Mobile pay now offered at Prospect Hts. Metra lot

The city of Prospect Heights now offers Passport mobile pay at its Metra Station lot. Passport's solution allows drivers to pay for parking from the convenience of their smartphone or tablet. With Passport, riders of the Metra will now have the option of making credit card payments as opposed to using cash. This launch partners the city of Prospect Heights with Charlotte, North Carolina-based Passport and Chicago-based Total Parking Solutions.

"The Passport mobile payment app is an exciting update to our Metra Station parking location," said Mayor Nicholas J. Helmer. "This will make paying for parking and getting on the Metra as quick of a process as possible."

"Drivers will enjoy how quickly they can pay through our app and the convenience of making payments from their smartphone," said Alexandra Wells, a sales associate at Passport.

Users can get started by downloading the free PassportParking app for iOS or Android devices. Users can also register online at ppprk.com.

Passport was selected to provide this mobile parking payment solution for Prospect

Heights after successful launches in more than 15 Chicago suburbs, including Evanston, Oak Lawn, Skokie, and Oak Park. Passport also developed ParkChicago, Chicago's mobile parking payment application.

Passport is the industry-leading mobile payments company specializing in integrated urban mobility solutions. The company provides feature rich software platforms that offer parking and transit agencies a more effective and efficient way to manage their operations and serve their customers. Passport's mobile payment systems are deployed in more than 1,000 locations in 43 states and provinces across the U.S. and Canada, with clients such as Chicago, Toronto and Boston.

For information, visit www.gopassport.com.

Established in 2005, Total Parking Solutions, Inc. and its principal partners have over 50 years of experience in the parking industry. The TPS corporate office and parts warehouse is located in Downers Grove. Total Parking Solutions provides certified technicians who install and service Cale equipment throughout the Chicago area, Illinois, southern Wisconsin, northwest Indiana and the lower peninsula of Michigan. TPS now has more than 65 municipal, campus and private parking operators utilizing more than 500 pay stations manufactured by Cale to collect parking and transit fees. For information, visit, totalparking.net.