

Joshua Freeman, CP24.com





Starting soon, drivers in the city will be able to top up on-street parking meters in Toronto without having to dash back to their cars.

Mayor John Tory said Monday that starting this month, customers will be able to pay for on-street parking in Toronto through the Green P mobile app.

The updated app will allow customers to pay for on-street Green P spots using their smartphones and will deliver reminders when the time is running out so that money can be remotely added from a phone.

There is no extra fee to use the feature on the free app.

“This is all about making people’s lives just a bit easier,” Tory told reporters Monday. “The Green P app is an example of how we can modernize the services the city offers and the way the city delivers them.”

Previously, the app allowed customers to pay for parking at Green P lots, but not at on-street parking spots where drivers are required to buy and print a ticket and place it on their dashboard.

The long-awaited Green P app was unveiled in March 2015 after at least five years of development.

According to the city, roughly 25 per cent of daily Green P transactions are now made through the app.

The rollout will start this month and is due to be complete by the end of the year, Tory said. Customers will know that the feature is available if they see a four-digit location ID on the pay and display machine.