Change is coming to UWindsor parking services, and change is going, too — coins will no longer be accepted as payment for campus parking.

Instead, people will be able to pay at meters and in pay-and-display lots using Apple Pay and Google Pay, tap-enabled credit or debit cards, or the free Honk mobile app, which allows users to find and pay for parking in campus lots through their smartphones or tablet computers.

The app has several advantages for clients, says Laurie Butler-Grondin, manager of UWindsor parking services.

“Honk stores and manages parking receipts, and will alert users before their time expires, enabling them to pay for additional time remotely,” she says. “It doesn’t make sense to be searching for change and running back and forth to parking meters anymore.”

Infrequent visitors will not need to download the app, Butler-Grondin adds.

“We know some people won’t want it cluttering up their devices, so there is an option for them to access the system through a QR code,” she says. “That information will be posted at the current pay stations.”

Eligible areas include the Askin, Assumption, Clark, Human Kinetics, Stadium, St. Denis, and Union parking lots, as well as the Vanier Circle.

Download the app at www.honkmobile.com.