The International Parking Meters Study for World Usability Day 2008

The focus of this study is to get an insight into how the common task of paying for a parking space is addressed globally. Do parking meters differ between countries or are they all facing the same design challenges? Usability professionals in nine different countries went out and tried to use a local parking meter. They took pictures of this process and reported their findings to us. We then compared the different reports to find common patterns and problems.