No change necessary as oddly named parking app comes to Windsor

There's a confusing name for the new parking app the City of Windsor plans to roll out later this month.

The company behind the app is Passport Parking, and its Canadian arm is called Passport Canada.

The city stresses this venture has nothing to do with the federal government's official passport operation, which provides travel documents.

"The name is a bit confusing ... but the service is great," parking enforcement supervisor BillKralovenskysaid in a news release."It's another option and one that we feel is more in keeping with the times. Everyone seems to have a smart phone these days, but not everyone has change in their pocket."

Once it launches on December 18in Windsor, userswill be able to use the app to pay for parking at street meters and city-run surface lots. But coins are still an option too.

Kralovenskysaid early next year the app will update to a 2.0 version, which should find parking spacesthrough GPS, making it even easier to use. Currently, the codes on parking meters in other cities differ from each other.

In Detroit the app is called Park Detroit, which is from Passport International, hesaid. It currently uses three numbers in its zone, while the app requires four, but should be compatible with the update next year.

The app is apparently going to get a different name in the new year.