A credit card transmission glitch that caused people to hit the ATM before parking in Philadelphia was fixed by midday Monday.
The city's parking authority said a computer glitch that developed over the weekend continued to block credit card payments at on-street kiosks into Monday morning.
"We want to apologize for any inconvenience caused by the failure of our kiosks to accept credit card payments," said Philadelphia Parking Authority Executive Director Vince Fenerty. "We worked throughout the weekend to successfully correct this technical problem and things are now back to normal."
Earlier, the PPA said the city's more than 1,000 pay stations would only accept cash and prepaid smart cards until it could restore credit card payments.
And drivers better pay up.
The PPA said it planned to fully enforce expired meter rules, with a 10-minute grace period, after relaxing ticketing on Sunday. The authority said it'll reverse fines for drivers who pay the kiosk within 10 minutes of being ticketed.
The PPA told anyone who believes they were unfairly ticketed to email their Customer Service Department at sruiz@philapark.org or call 1-888-591-3636.
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Earlier this year the parking authority cited the proliferation of credit card-ready kiosks in its decision to phase out prepaid smart cards effective Dec. 31.
