Traffic Advice

 

New Parking Meter System Trial Scheme –

Implementation of Field Trial in Yuen Long and Mong Kok

 

Motorists are advised that a field trial under the New Parking Meter System Trial Scheme (the “Trial Scheme”) lasting for about nine months will be launched in Yuen Long and Mong Kok with effect from 8 a.m. on 21 October 2016 (Friday) and 28 October 2016 (Friday) respectively.

 

20 new parking meters, including 10 dual-bay parking meters and 10 quad-bay parking meters, covering about 60 parking spaces in Fung Kwan Street of Yuen Long, and Tung Choi Street and Sai Yeung Choi Street South of Mong Kok will be involved (see Annex I).

  

During the Trial Scheme, new parking meters affixed with an Octopus logo, a Visa payWave logo, a MasterCard Contactless logo and a UnionPay QuickPass logo (see Annex II) will accept the use of Octopus, and other contactless credit cards enabled with the Visa payWave, MasterCard Contactless and UnionPay QuickPass function and support offline payment transaction for payment of parking fee.  Parking meters with no such logos will not accept the use of the aforesaid payment cards for payment of parking fee.

 

To purchase parking time, motorists need to select parking space, parking time and payment means, and then tap their payment cards in front of the new parking meters according to the instructions shown therein as usual.  The mode of operation of the new parking meters, including the charging rates, the period of operation, the longest parking period allowed and vehicle types allowed, will remain unchanged.

 

Indications will be provided on the kerbside next to the metered parking spaces and at the back of the new parking meters to facilitate motorists in locating the corresponding new parking meters for purchase of parking time (see Annex III).

 

Motorists may call the service hotline of the contractor of TD for enquiries related to the operation of the new parking meters.  The service hotline, which will be displayed on the new parking meters, will commence operation from 21 October 2016.  For other enquiries, please call TD at 2804 2600.