CashKey Parking Meter Payment System to End on June 30

For Immediate Release: Monday, March 27, 2017

  

 

 

 

Beginning July 1, County parking meters will no longer accept CashKeys as payment. The CashKey allows parkers to add time to County parking meters by inserting the key-like device into a special slot on the meter. In July 2014, the Montgomery County Department of Transportation’s Division of Parking Management (DPM) stopped selling CashKeys because the manufacturer ceased production of the keys and support for the system’s computer software and hardware.

 

Starting July 1, the meters will no longer accept the keys and CashKey deposits and stored value will no longer be refunded.

 

Through June 30, CashKey holders may turn in their keys to receive the $15 refundable deposit and any remaining value stored on the key at the following locations:

 

Bethesda Parking Sales Store

4720 Cheltenham Drive

(inside the Cheltenham Garage #42)

240-777-8770

 

Silver Spring Parking Sales Store

809 Ellsworth Avenue

(inside the Town Square Garage 61)

240-777-8744

 

Both stores are open Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., except County holidays.  Proof of identification and address must be presented.  Refunds will be sent by mail and may take approximately four weeks to process. 

 

Since 2014, CashKey owners have still had the option to use their keys, but have not been able to add any value to them. Parking meters continue to accept coins, credit cards and/or Pay by Phone. 

 

Visit DPM’s website for more information about the County’s parking locations, rates and various payment programs.

 

 

Release ID: 17-070
Media Contact: Esther Bowring 240-777-7155