Gloucester’s parking goes cashless to counter seasonal traffic jams

 

UK’s famous beach town Gloucester is getting creative with its latest alternative to smoothen the congestion situation during the festive summer season. This initiative taken by the town’s council is a first attempt at providing a most pleasant beach day experience to both locals and visitors. This is why their scheme of action has been established using Yodel. This online registering system consists of customers being able to process and bill reservations for parking spots up to ten days prior to their arrival. In doing so, the application ensures that Gloucester’s residents and incoming seaside lovers will benefit a technological advancement and up-to-date service as has previously mentioned the mayor, Greg Verga.

In fact, the working policy of Yodel is quite simple and easy to understand according to the inhabitants of Gloucester. Moreover, it happens to fill in for the “first-come-first-serve” system enforced by cash billing transactions. The only exceptions are that tourists’ beach stickers also called "non-residents’", will no more be in activity, and any reservation cancellation or changes will not be refundable.

Moreover, this big change in lifestyle and habits for the local community has yet to bring results as it is expected to help the deadly traffic jam situation met by beach goers every year. Thanks to this digital intervention, the upcoming beach season will no more be a traffic nightmare, but fun and peaceful outing days.

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The city’s usual busy route to the beach
Gloucester locals and regulars cannot wait to witness their first-ever trafficless summer 

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