Parking.sg app available for motorcycles and heavy vehicles from 20th Dec

Motorcyclists and drivers of heavy vehicles will be able to pay for public parking using the Parking.sg app from Wednesday (20^th December). This means the app will now be available for use for all vehicle types in Singapore, said the Urban Development Authority, Housing and Development Board, and Government Technology Agency in a joint statement on Tuesday.

Parking charges for motorcycles will be capped at 65 cents per day or night session per car park, similar to current rates. The app, which was made available for cars on 1^st October, has since been used by 152,000 vehicles for more than a million parking sessions, said the statement. It has also been downloaded more than 300,000 times on the Apple iOS and Android.

The app was developed by the three agencies for motorists to pay digitally for parking at the 1,100 public car parks that currently use paper coupons. The app is able to calculate parking charges automatically, based on 30-minute blocks. If the parking session is ended earlier, motorists will be refunded and will be charged on a per-minute basis. Motorists can also extend their parking session remotely using the app, which will prompt users when their session is about to expire. Additional app features will be introduced in the future, including allowing the export of parking history and enhanced map features for car park selection, added the statement.