{"id":368647,"date":"2026-04-07T23:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/368647\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T23:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:54:09","slug":"vancouver-announces-new-parking-app-touts-flexibility-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/368647\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver announces new parking app, touts \u2018flexibility\u2019 | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Vancouver is rolling out a new way to pay for parking.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, it announced that it will be using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.htsp.ca\/?utm_source=CMO%2FCEC+-+News&amp;utm_campaign=CEC%2FENG%2FACCS+-+2026-04-07+-+IB+-+City+introduces+HotSpot+app&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HotSpot app<\/a> in addition to PayByPhone. The City said this is to offer users \u201cmore payment options and to ensure continuous service if one app becomes temporarily unavailable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a release, they said this new app offers \u201cdrivers more flexibility to pay for street parking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HotSpot will be available at all on-street pay parking locations, using the same five-digit location code as PayByPhone. It accepts credit and debit.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"670\" height=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2259208\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hotspot-parking.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2259208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">City of Vancouver\/Supplied<\/p>\n<p>The City is currently installing updated signs with the HotSpot logo, so that users are aware of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe introduction of HotSpot is part of the City\u2019s goal to modernize its parking infrastructure and improve customer service by making it easier for drivers to pay for parking,\u201d reads the release.<\/p>\n<p>You can download the HotSpot app on the App Store for iOS or the Google Play Store for Android.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Vancouver is rolling out a new way to pay for parking. On Tuesday, it announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-368647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}