Pay & Display

Over the past few years since they’ve been removing meters and installing the «Pay to Park» or «Pay & Display» machines, I’ve had problems with several of them not working. They all seem to operate a little differently (buttons in different places, some accept credit cards others don’t, some don’t accept change, some only accept $ 5 bills or larger) and sometimes the instructions are not clear, have been peeled off or are faded from the sun. Also, there have been a few times when I’ve parked, and the closest 2 or 3 Pay & Display machines were broken completely. It’s frustrating to be in a hurry to get somewhere and 2 of the 3 functions on the machine (coins and credit card, for instance) don’t work, so you need to try feeding it bills in hopes that will work.
I also think some of their pricing is a bit out of line. To force people to pay a minimum of $ 6 to park at the meters on Biscayne near Bayfront Park and Bayside is a bit cray cray. $ 2 or 3 minimum would be fine, but when I’m simply meeting someone for lunch in this area, $ 6 is a bit steep… Wouldn’t you want to ENCOURAGE people to park downtown, support businesses and spend their money in your city?

Screw The Parking Authority, this machine is still built to take advantage of the people! They break and chew up your money, also some force you to put a minimum of 3 – 6 dollars! even if you need to run in and out. You Pay 6 dollars and if you get back a min. late you still get an $ 18 ticket (what, no Grace period?). They want to give you fees and extra money! If the City really cared for it’s people they would get rid of all this crap and build 20 floor parking lots with all the money they steel, yes «steel» what dose a broken machine do? Give us a better system like the new Pvm Parking machines or let us vote them out! Info on the PVM’s:
Until you show some compassion to mankind, choke on your money and go to hell.

In theory it’s a great idea. But leave it up to Miami to screw it up. «Hey,» says the City of Miami, «Let’s install these machines all over town. And we’ll make sure they are constantly broken. And then we will still give people tickets even though they have no way of paying for parking. Better yet, let’s bilk Miamians out of even more of their money by making the minimum amount you can put in some of these meters $ 3 – even if you only need the parking spot for 20 minutes. And finally, let’s put the icing on the cake by not taking Amex. Mwhaaaaaaaaaaaaa.»

love the concept (since i NEVER have change on me). hell, i never have any kinda of cash… just plastic. so the pay + display is a brilliant idea.
however, i gotta agree with joseluis. nazis. if all the machines are broken, how can you give tickets? literally ever single machine was broken in a square mile area the other night. i went to 2 diff parking areas and every single station was broken. am i supposed to park in the ghetto and walk the mile alone to my destination. hell nah! i have no intention of getting raped anytime soon.
they get 2 stars ONLY for the times the pay station works, considering i’d be getting a ticket anyways for the lack of coinage.

you gotto be kidding me. the miami parking authority is destroying downtown! its a mafia. lots of their machines are out of service. they own every parking lot in downtown. parking overnight at any of their lots is 18 $. a parking ticket (the miami parking authority issues those tickets) is also 18 $. i dont know if im some sort of genius or prophet here but i see something fishy going on… don’t offer yearly street parking permits for residents like in south beach (it was $ 60 a year when i lived there). oh wait, there is a monthly plan. for 70 $ .a month! effing mafia. i hope this gangsters end up in jail someday.
i guesss the pay and display system works … if its not abused like in miami. for example, yesterday and today, every parking space in flager street is closed from 5pm to 6am because they are shooting a tv spot for gatorade. i wonder how much they paid city officials to do this. this doesnt happen in cities where they shoot all the time… like ny or los angeles… the saddest part is that no one seems to care about this parking issue in downtown … because not enough people live here yet, but if downtown miami ever explodes. this will be an issue for sure. now we just gotto wait if downtown in fact ever blows up. the way this city works. i doubt it. too much effing corruption in this effin town.

I loved the Pay & Display in Miami. I believe this is the answer to public parking as opposed to the standard parking meters with the usual 2– or 4-​hour parking. DC is overdoing this!
Instead of a parking meter for each parking spot, Miami has placed a payment center for every «x» amount of parking spaces. You just go there, pay and display your receipt in the car (dashboard).
The cool thing about it is that you can pay cash or use your credit/​debit card. Another cool thing is that most of these machines let you decide how long you want pay for parking (1, 2, 4, 5, 8 hours or whatever). Pay to your heart’s content and you don’t have to worry about the meter maid.
If only all other cities did this, we’d all be so friendly!