Reader question:I have noticed that the city of Green Bay parking meters have slots for credit cards. I have also tried to use my credit card in them and they do not work. Why is the slot there when we can’t use it and when will the city fix this unfunctional piece of equipment?
Answer: Parking at one of the city’s nearly 700 parking meters is three-fold: Recall how to parallel park, insert coins to pay the $1.25-per-hour rate as of Jan. 1, refill to avoid citations that have regularly brought in about $1 million annually. Without coins, the only other payment option is the parking app Passport.
There was never a third option for credit cards, tempting as the just-wide-enough diagonal slots may be. The diagram instructions show a card with an arrow pointing inward to insert. The city covers up some slots with “No card/debit card” stickers…