Travers explains meter timeout uses

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) -- New Haven's director of transportation is talking to News 8 about the city's move to wipe out leftover time on parking meters.

The city added magnetic devices to parking meters on Chapel Street between York and College Streets. The devices detect when cars leave and zeros out any remaining time.
    
The pilot sensors, provided by IPS Group Inc.,  which will collect data for 90 days.
    
Jim Travers, the director of New Haven's Department of Transportation, explains the data will be used to take a look at dynamic parking.

"What dynamic parking is, is getting out of the mind set that a meter parking is you put a quarter in, it ticks down, you park, you leave," he said. "We can adjust different rates for different areas, we can adjust the time limits that associate with different streets."

Travers says this information is also beneficial to businesses in the area.
    
In the future an app may even be made to help make it easier to find parking.