Carbon-Metered Parking is an award winning service developed by Cobalt Telephone Technologies (RingGo's parent company), which uses RingGo to automatically link parking charges to the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of the vehicle being parked.
Where CMP is offered, someone using a more environmentally-friendly vehicle will benefit and be charged less for their parking. Those driving vehicles with higher emissions usually pay more.
With road transport a significant factor in the production of carbon dioxide and therefore global warming, the aim of the service is to make people aware of their vehicle's emissions and, where possible, encourage them to use more environmentally-friendly vehicles.
Carbon-Metered Parking was offered for Council parking across the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames during 2009 and 2010 (see case study of the scheme). In March 2010, the service was recognised by the UK's leading national parking awards, when it won the British Parking Environment Award.
For more information on CMP, please download our white paper here. If you manage or operate a car park and are interested in implementing RingGo's Carbon-Metered Parking, please contact us.
