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<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">June 12, 2026</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">City of Columbia to discontinue CoMo Park Card program</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - The City of Columbia Parking Utility will phase out the CoMo Park Card program, ending support for the prepaid parking cards later this year.<br /><br />CoMo Park Cards may be reloaded through the end of the day Friday, July 10. After that date, additional funds cannot be added to cards. Cards may continue to be used through Dec. 31, 2026, when parking garages and meters citywide will have their CoMo Park Card slots disabled.<br /><br />The City stopped issuing new CoMo Park Cards in May 2024 and has continued supporting existing cardholders while evaluating long-term parking payment options.<br /><br />The decision to discontinue the program is driven largely by aging parking meter equipment. Many parking meter card readers have reached the end of their service life and replacement parts are no longer available for purchase. As card readers fail, the City's ability to support the CoMo Park Card pr
ogram becomes increasingly limited.<br /><br />Customers who still have funds remaining on their cards are encouraged to use those balances before Dec. 31. CoMo Park Cards will no longer function after Dec. 31, 2026, and refunds will not be provided for any unused balances.<br /><br />Parking customers may continue paying for parking using coins or the ParkMobile app. Since Jan. 1, 2026, customers using ParkMobile for hourly parking have not been charged a convenience fee, making the app cost the same as paying directly at the meter.<br /><br />In addition to no-fee hourly parking payments, ParkMobile offers features that are not available with the CoMo Park Card, including the ability to add funds remotely, track active parking sessions and locate a parked vehicle.<br /><br />"The CoMo Park Card served Columbia parking customers well for many years, but the technology that supports the program is reaching the end of its useful life," said Lee White, Assistant Director for Pu
blic Works. "With no replacement parts available for many of the card readers and with ParkMobile now offering fee-free hourly parking payments, this is the right time to transition to newer payment options."</div>
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