ParkOmaha 4+

I’ve using this app since 4 years now and it worked great in the past. This past year, I can’t extend my parking time, it keeps going to refresh and try again. It just stresses me out when it doesn’t work and I have to park longer than the two hours. Why in the world did it change to only paying for two hours? It used to be so easy to pay more hours on top of the first two when needed. I’m just frustrated and hope this gets fixed on this app. It’s been happening more than once to me.

Park Omaha is frustrating. Tried to park at the place we wanted to get breakfast and couldn’t pay. No meter nearby and the app said zone was unavailable when clearly it was. Tried to call to pay and it says enter parking zone followed by #. Then it immediately gives the first number of the zone as you type it in and says not a valid option. Tried calling someone and that individual told us to go park in another zone. That is not convenient nor a solution for someone that has a hard time walking in our group. Very inconvenient and frustrating. Loss of business for the restaurant and city. Will not be staying in Omaha with a car anytime soon if this is how they run the parking here. Can’t pay but wait we will come by to ticket you if you don’t pay…how convenient.

ParkOmaha used to be slow and clunky but it got the job done. Now that the city has added payment boxes everywhere, the ability to manually enter a zone has stopped working even though the signage says it does. The QR codes also do not work so you are forced to use the payment boxes. Then, when your time is running out, you can no longer extend in the app or restart a new session, so you have to leave the restaurant or wherever and go find another payment box. It’s a lot of work for $1-3. Finally, instead of being able to see how much time is remaining in the app, you can get a receipt texted but there is no countdown or notification that your time is about to be up. These changes are badly executed and ridiculously inconvenient.