Now, top-up parking using your Nol card

Dubai - The new service that currently operates on Android only, is part of the Smart City initiative of the Dubai Government

The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has launched a smart service enabling smartphone users to recharge their parking accounts by utilising the NFC feature of Nol cards, in the RTA DUBAI app.
The new service enables public parking users in Dubai to pay their parking fees through the e-parking purse after topping it up using their Nol card, in addition to other payment means such as cash and text messages, prepaid card and mobile app.
The new service that currently operates on Android only, is part of the Smart City initiative of the Dubai Government.
Maitha bin Adai, CEO of RTA's Traffic and Roads Agency, said: "This service complements the use of Nol card as part of the available and future payment means of parking fees. The Nol card had been used in buying parking tickets through parking machines since 2009 and accounts for 15 per cent of other payment means provided by RTA.
"The objective of this smart service is to enhance a plan for improving parking services on smart apps and maximising the satisfaction of car parking users, by obviating the need to go to parking machines and buying tickets.
Paying parking fees through the e-parking purse using smart parking services is on the rise, bin Adai noted. The increase in the use of the service reached 30 per cent in 2017 compared to 2016.
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