Providence switches to app-based parking payments, drops credit card option

Jacquelyn Voghel

06/28/2022

PROVIDENCE IS PHASING OUT its credit card payment option for single-space parking meters in favor of its PVD311 app. / COURTESY CITY OF PROVIDENCE

PROVIDENCE – By the end of the month, the city will eliminate the credit card payment option from single-space parking meters and process all non-coin transactions through its PVD311 app. The change was made to accommodate the national discontinuation of 3G services, the city said in a statement. Providence’s credit card parking option previously relied…