Time to get Montreal's new parking app, because the old one no longer works

Montrealers who pay for parking regularly now need to download a new app.

In June, the City of Montreal began its rollout of Mobicité, which replaces P$ Service mobile.

In recent weeks, you may have received notifications on the old app — P$ Service mobile — to download Mobicité.

But as of today, P$ Service mobile no longer exists.

If you go on that app, you will be prompted however to download your transaction history by logging into your account on the website for the Agence de mobilité durable de Montréal.

For now, the Mobicité app will allow users to only pay for parking, like the old app did. But the city's mobility agency says the new app will add other functions over the next few years, such as the ability to provide parking information and customer service.

The new parking app cost $719,000 and took 10 months to develop.

Earlier this month, the agency said the P$ Service mobile had about 800,000 active users. The total for the new app was a fraction of that, about 80,000, but that number was growing steadily.

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Paying for parking from your phone? You'll need to get Montreal's new app

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Mobicité is now the only way Montrealers can pay for street parking from their smartphones. For now, the app is similar to the old one, P$ Service mobile, but the city's mobility agency says other functions including parking information and customer service will be added over the next few years.