You're right, Tim Gaston of the rpa explained this to me over a year ago.
You have introduced smart cards for Luas but one cannot pay at Luas
carparks with these.
The existing Luas scheme will be replaced when the city-wide scheme is
introduced so RPA has decided not to add car parking to the existing
scheme.
Surely this little bit of integration could be achieved easily?
Was this considered by the rpa?
Why was it not done?
To achieve integration of car parking the existing software would have
to be modified and new equipment would have to be installed in the car
parks. The car park element would ideally include a barrier type
operation which is different to the platform validators used in the tram
system. The current car park equipment is not set up to read smart
cards and it would be quite expensive to modify them, especially if the
smart cards are to be replaced in 2 years.
He seems to have missed the point that the parking system was introduced after the luas started up....
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