Many of Brussels municipalities made it possible for drivers to pay for on-street parking by SMS text message.
Schaerbeek has had text message payments for some time. For a month now, Molenbeek and Forest have also started to use this method of payment, and next month, Anderlecht will join.
François Robert, spokesman for Parking Brussels, said: “We want to simplify the procedure as much as possible, especially by SMS payment, because it’s very easy: just send a text message and it’s done.
“It already works, and quite well. On 1 March, the measure will be extended to Anderlecht.”
According to Parking Brussels, the extension will mean that about a quarter of all the on-street parking spaces in the Brussels region will now be covered by SMS payment.