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CBC
31-07-2025
- Business
- CBC
Paying for parking from your phone? You'll need to get Montreal's new app
Mobicité is now the only way Montrealers can pay for street parking from their smartphones. For now, the app is similar to the old one, P$ Service mobile, but the city's mobility agency says other functions including parking information and customer service will be added over the next few years.
CBC
31-07-2025
- Business
- CBC
Time to get Montreal's new parking app, because the old one no longer works
Montrealers who pay for parking regularly now need to download a new app. In June, the City of Montreal began its rollout of Mobicité, which replaces P$ Service mobile. In recent weeks, you may have received notifications on the old app — P$ Service mobile — to download Mobicité. But as of today, P$ Service mobile no longer exists. If you go on that app, you will be prompted however to download your transaction history by logging into your account on the website for the Agence de mobilité durable de Montréal. For now, the Mobicité app will allow users to only pay for parking, like the old app did. But the city's mobility agency says the new app will add other functions over the next few years, such as the ability to provide parking information and customer service. The new parking app cost $719,000 and took 10 months to develop. Earlier this month, the agency said the P$ Service mobile had about 800,000 active users. The total for the new app was a fraction of that, about 80,000, but that number was growing steadily. WATCH | Earlier this month, the city was warning people about this parking scam: Fake QR codes are popping up on meters — don't scan them, says Montreal parking agency 16 days ago The agency in charge of parking in the city hung signs on meters to encourage people to download their new parking app, Mobicité. Some of the signs were vandalized with fake QR codes, which might direct people to a fraudulent website.
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Yahoo
Don't scan that QR code on Montreal parking meters. It's likely a fraud
The agency in charge of Montreal's parking meters is warning of potentially fraudulent QR codes posted on its signs. The Agence de mobilité durable de Montréal said in a media release on Tuesday that it was aware that some of its signs had been vandalized with a QR code that wasn't supposed to be there. The agency hung the signs on parking metres across the city to encourage people to download their new parking app, Mobicité. The signs have no QR code, but some users have reported seeing one posted on them. Do not scan the QR code, the agency said, it may direct you to a fraudulent or malicious website. "Our team is working hard to identify and remove them as quickly as possible," the media release said. "Thank you for your vigilance and for reporting any suspicious signs to us." The agency changed its parking app from P$ Service mobile, which allowed users to pay for parking, to the new app, Mobicité, to allow additional features in the coming years. For now, the Mobicité app will allow users to only pay for parking, like the old app did. But down the line, Laurent Chevrot, the general manager of the agency, says the app will add other functionalities over the next few years, such as the ability to provide parking information and customer service. "With the other application, that wasn't possible," he said. Mobicité rolled out at the beginning of June. It cost $719,000 and took 10 months to produce.
CBC
15-07-2025
- CBC
Don't scan that QR code on Montreal parking meters. It's likely a fraud.
Social Sharing The agency in charge of Montreal's parking meters is warning of potentially fraudulent QR codes posted on its signs. The Agence de mobilité durable de Montréal said in a media release on Tuesday that it was aware that some of its signs had been vandalized with a QR code that wasn't supposed to be there. The agency hung the signs on parking metres across the city to encourage people to download their new parking app, Mobicité. The signs have no QR code, but some users have reported seeing one posted on them. Do not scan the QR code, the agency said, it may direct you to a fraudulent or malicious website. "Our team is working hard to identify and remove them as quickly as possible," the media release said. "Thank you for your vigilance and for reporting any suspicious signs to us." The agency changed its parking app from P$ Service mobile, which allowed users to pay for parking, to the new app, Mobicité, to allow additional features in the coming years. For now, the Mobicité app will allow users to only pay for parking, like the old app did. But down the line, Laurent Chevrot, the general manager of the agency, says the app will add other functionalities over the next few years, such as the ability to provide parking information and services like customer service. "With the other application, that wasn't possible," he said.
