More councils banish pay and display machines for hated cashless alternatives trends now
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More than two million drivers will soon live in 'parking meter deserts'.
Pay and display machines are increasingly being scrapped in favour of cashless options such as mobile phone apps.
Charity bosses and MPs said it was an 'appalling' trend and urged council chiefs to consider the impact on older motorists and struggling high streets.
A poll commissioned by the Mail found that more than half of over-65s do not feel like using parking apps such as RingGo and PayByPhone. And four in ten respondents of all ages said they would be put off going to town centres that lacked parking meters.
'Successful towns and high streets have accessible high streets and this involves easy-to-use car parking,' said Andrew Goodacre of the British Independent Retailers Association.
Pay and display machines are increasingly being scrapped in favour of cashless options such as mobile phone apps
Charity bosses and MPs said it was an 'appalling' trend and urged council chiefs to consider the impact on older motorists and struggling high streets
'I am appalled that many councils are
