It comes after reports that pay-as-you-go parking machines are set to disappear from city streets, leaving drivers forced to use apps to pay for a ticket.
Pay-and-display council machines have already been left in the past in some areas.
And further changes could soon see more than two million motorists living in areas without parking meters.
Brighton and Hove city council will reportedly get rid of its parking machines by May 31, while the London borough of Bromley will do the same by early April.
However, the cost of updating all machines in Bromley, for example, would cost £1 million.
Harrow finished ditching all its machines in January and Enfield plans to have all its meters gone by early April.
While Westminster city council has had no pay and display machines since 2019.
Other boroughs which have removed some machines are Richmond, Merton and Barking and Dagenham.
Elsewhere, half a dozen councils confirmed their meter numbers had been reduced – with further cuts to come in Ealing.
The west London council had 196 machines in 2016 but by the end of this year it will be just 60.
Councils are reportedly scrapping traditional pay and display machines as mobile phone operators are switching off the 3G data networks which power the meters, according to The Times.
While East Suffolk Council says it has slashed its meters from 126 to 96 to “reduce carbon emissions related to cash collection”.
Spokesmen for many town halls said motorists would still be able to pay for tickets in cash through the ‘Paypoint’ scheme in shops.
Apps such as RingGo and PayByPhone allow drivers to give card details over the phone.
However, they can also charge extra fees of up to 30p an hour.
But councils are blaming the cost of changing the meters over to 4G as mobile providers prepare to switch off their 3G networks.
Both Vodafone and EE will turn off their respective 3G networks entirely by the end of 2023, while Three will stop theirs in 2024.
One benefit of using a smartphone app is it often gives users the ability to add extra time to their stay without having to rush back to their vehicle.
There are up to 30 different smartphone apps that are currently used to pay for parking, including ParkMe, Parkopedia, Just Park and PayByPhone.
But these numerous providers usually each require users to key in their contact information as well as their car details – which takes much longer than simply inserting coins or a bank card into a machine.