DAYTON — Starting next week Dayton’s airport will be rolling out new AI parking technology.
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It’s aimed at saving travelers time.
No more waiting for the arm to come up and down and paying at the kiosk.
Dayton International Airport is teaming up with Metropolis.
You will be able to handle parking through their app.
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When you pull in, Artificial Intelligence scans your plate and records your time entering a lot.
When it’s time to leave, the system scans your plates for your exit time and calculates your rate.
“Love it. I think it makes it more convenient for everybody. That way when you’re checking in, you can go ahead and reserve your parking space, get everything situated, drop it off and short-term parking, jump on the plane, and be gone,” Tara Hughes said.
There will also be QR codes at the airport to get started with the mostly mobile-based parking system taking over.
“A lot of individuals may not be up on the technology. So they could slow the line down. But if there’s an opportunity for them to like, be if there’s multiple lanes and opportunity for those type individuals to get in another lane, then I guess it will be fine,” Tracy Grimes said.
Airport officials confirmed people will still have the option to pay an attendant with cash or card in person as they exit.
Dayton International Airport says they’re just the second airport in the country to use this parking technology.
San Antonio’s airport started using it just before Thanksgiving.
More information on the technology can be found here.
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