Flowbird parking 4+

I paid in the app. Prior to paying, I updated my plate number. Guess the app wasn’t quick enough, or is buggy, but it used my old plate number when I paid for my session. Caused me to get ticketed. Now have to dispute the ticket. Quite the pain when technology doesn’t work or gets in the way.

I have to park my car several blocks away from my work. When I get to my office I open up the app and try to pay for a session. However, when I attempt to zoom out on the map, the app refreshes the screen for new parking kiosks. All expected behavior.

And then GPS drift happens and the app thinks I’ve moved so it snaps back to my “location” which is three blocks north of where I actually and is three blocks north and two blocks west of where my vehicle is actually parked. Then I have to zoom back out and try to select a kiosk close to my vehicle before the GPS drifts again and the app snaps to my “location” ... again.

Please allow us to DISABLE the “map centering/snapping”.

Today, for the sixth time, I payed for parking on Flobird in my hometown of Nyack,NY. Regardless of my good standing I was issued a ticket during paid time because there is a lag between the app and the devices carried by parking enforcement personnel. I was understanding early on when the town implemented this new system, but it has been 6 months now and it’s time consuming to have to go to the village hall over and over after having paid for parking properly. I think syncing all parts of the operation is fundamental to running a paid parking app. How can this continue to be a problem?