Merchants Can Offer Discounts with Detroit New Parking System

Shoppers can now get discounts on parking meter rates from business owners through Detroit’s new parking system.

Bre’Anna Tinsley/ WDET

Businesses can now provide parking discounts through Detroit’s new parking kiosks. Customers will be given a five-digit code from participating vendors that can be used at the kiosks or in the parking app.

Park Detroit Spokesperson Jamaine Dickens says businesses can also offer discounts through a website.

“They would log on to our website which is www.parkdetroit.us and go to the merchant’s page and register there as a merchant,” Dickens says. “And there they can open an account and then begin providing discounted parking to their customers.”

Merchants would pay for the discounts using credit cards. 

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  • Bre'Anna Tinsley
    Bre'Anna Tinsley is a reporter for Detroit Public Radio, 101.9 WDET. She covers city government and housing, as well as co-hosting the "Detroit Evening Report" podcast.