Hoboken Rolls Out 'Pay By Plate' Parking On Monday

Hoboken, NJ - The City of Hoboken will transition its existing on-street parking meters from a “pay-and-display” to “pay-by-plate” system.

Under the new system, customers will be able to pay at any pay station in the city without needing to return to their vehicle to display the receipt, a city news release stated.

"In the months ahead, the new payment system will also allow customers the ability to pay-by-phone using a mobile application," the release stated. "Through pay-by-phone, customers will be able to pay for parking without going to a meter and add time to the meter directly from a mobile phone application or by calling without returning to the meter."

To purchase parking with the pay-by-plate system, customers should:

1) Enter the vehicle license plate number

2) Make payment via credit/debit card, smart card, coins, or bills (where available).

According to city officials, there is no need to return to your vehicle to leave the receipt. The real-time paid/unpaid status will be visible to enforcement officers via tablet computers.

The transition to “pay-by-plate” will begin on Monday, March 21, with the meters located on Hudson Place.

Parking Enforcement Officers will be stationed at the meters to educate drivers on their use, city officials stated.

Additional blocks will transition to the new system in the following days and weeks, city officials stated.