Computer-Implemented System And Method For Providing Information Through A Display Of Parking Devices

A computer-implemented method for offering merchant business-friendly parking, comprising:

• managing a multiplicity of motor vehicle parking spaces through a server, comprising:
• interfacing a plurality of smart parking devices that are each physically proximate to at least one of the parking spaces;
• interfacing a plurality of vehicle occupancy sensors that are also each physically proximate to at least one of the parking spaces;
• and
• interfacing a plurality of parking availability indicators that are each associated with at least one of the parking spaces;
• managing use of one of the parking spaces, comprising:
• activating the parking availability indicator associated with the parking space;
• sensing occupancy of the parking space by a motor vehicle through the nearest vehicle occupancy sensor;
• displaying through the nearest smart parking device a plurality of parking rates associated with the parking space, the parking rates starting from a short period of free parking and raising to at least one of a fixed rate and escalated rates that increase over a period of time;
• receiving a selection of a parking period and payment for the parking space for a selected parking duration from a driver of the motor vehicle;
• and
• indicating through the parking availability indicator that the parking space is valid for the paid period.