Parking Meters In San José To Make Parking More Efficient

Electronic Parking Meter

Electronic parking meters will soon replace the "boleta" system and move Costa Rica into the 21st century when it comes to parking on the streets of San José.  The Municipalidad de San José plans to install 1500 electronic parking meters in different areas of the capital.

The electronic parking meters will be similar to those used throughout the world, where the user either uses coins, a debit or credit card, or scratch card that uses a telephone number dialed into the system to activate the time on the meter.

The Municipalidad de San José plans to install these electronic parking meters by the end of the year.  The plan is to better organize street parking, avoid congestion, and disorder.

Currently drivers need to find a place that sells "boletas" which are not always marked or hope a the guachiman on the street at this location sells them.  The big problem while trying to find a place that sells the "boletas" you can receive a penalty for not having a "boleta"