Rockville Centre Debuts App To Pay For Parking

The Village of Rockville Centre is launching a new parking payment program, and demoing it in the St. Agnes parking lot.

"Whoosh!" is an app that will allow users to pay for parking by cell phone, tablets and computers. Starting now, drivers in Parking Field 27, located adjacent to St. Agnes Cathedral, can pay for parking with the app using their smartphones.

“Whoosh! helps make mobile parking payment an alternative to conventional coin- and bill-operated parking meters,” said Mayor Francis X. Murray. “This new system will increase convenience and efficiency for residents.”

Before rolling out the system throughout the village, the system will be tested to make sure it is running correctly and smoothly. The Whoosh! mobile phone app can be downloaded from the App Store onto an iPhone or the Google Play Store onto an Android device. Users register their license plates and credit card with the Whoosh! system through the app or through www.whooshstore.com. A convenience fee of 50 cents is added to each transaction.

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