COVID-19 has changed the world in many ways. The drastic and wave-like rise of the virus left (or met?) many unprepared. From governments to businesses and individuals, the world has had to adapt and evolve into the new normal resulting from the virus. While some sectors have adapted and risen beyond the negative effect, others…
The parking management industry is rapidly adopting the use of technology. There has been an increase in what parking solution companies can achieve with their platforms and ease of use. However, with the rise of technology comes increased vulnerability. The need to adopt the best online security practices has never been more immense. And this…
It’s no secret that technological advancements shape businesses across different industries, including the parking industry. The purpose of utilizing new technologies is to improve the parking industry’s performance and deliver a better service experience to customers by offering them comfort and convenience. Besides this factor, there’s also a dire need for system improvement in the…
It’s nice to know that the light we see at the end of the tunnel is not another train. If you’re like me, you’re likely getting tired of the lockdowns but also very frustrated with all those that aren’t following the guidelines and stretching things out. Please, Get Your Shot! This past week my wife…
One of the most significant issues in the 21st century is cybersecurity. Information is a goldmine, and access to information has a vast effect online. While businesses set up to use customer information for building a better product, information criminals are waiting to use it for selfish reasons. Parking management is a business at risk…
Vehicle owners and parking space managers have been forced to look for the safest ways for parking in the face of the pandemic. For this reason, contactless parking has become a top option to reduce the risk of spreading the virus. Parking lots are high-traffic areas for people, and this is why touching anything around…
Contactless Parking During COVID-19 Before the start of the pandemic, people would choose where to park based on factors like location, price, accessibility, etc. Now that the risk of infection is on everyone’s minds, every business or institution that offers paid parking must prioritize something else for their customers: safety from Covid-19. In the field…
Integrate all necessary tools As one of the major parking suppliers for commuters and monthly parkers in Winnipeg, Manitoba, FNP Parking wants to ensure a seamless user experience especially for their premier tourist destination The Forks. Before they started using the OperationsCommander platform, FNP Parking was managing its 4,000 parking spaces through three different platforms.…
For the last 20 years, Carleton University has used what is now known as the OperationsCommander platform to manage the parking for thousands of student, faculty, and guests. In 2001, the university started using ParkAdmin, a module of OPS-COM, to keep track of permits and streamline enforcement. The savings on administration costs were so significant…
Static and mobile LPR (License Plate Recognition) are fast becoming the most efficient technology improvements for parking. Law enforcement agencies and parking management suppliers have opted to support the new technology that is considered helpful and useful by their staff. LPR is a system used to capture and analyze license plates. It can be used…
I started this article more then a year ago and then it fell by the wayside. Today the idea of the Parking Industry investing in technology has never been more pressing. As the World moves slowly into some phase of COVID-19 recovery it has become increasingly more important to be able to provide services to…
Pesky Outstanding Parking Fines – A Headache for Parking Managers. On a quest for information, I allocated some time over the past year and talked to various people who manage parking. What I stumbled across was a common challenge talked about; How do I collect outstanding revenues from tickets? What are others doing to collect these revenues? When managing parking…
Parking an excellent source of revenue “We do not consider parking to be a revenue source.” I read that quote in a blog post from a Director at a University in the Midwest and wondered if I’d read it correctly? It got me thinking; how many other educational organizations have the same outlook about parking…
The secret is out… Organizations can take parking monitoring to a whole new level. All thanks to the pairing of parking and security software solutions and LPR camera system integrations. Proper LPR integration would combine cutting-edge LPR technology with a parking and security management solution creating a more cost-effective and accurate way to monitor parking permits,…
First a bit about the history of OPS-COM… The OperationsCommander (OPS-COM) Parking, Security, and Safety Management software suite originally ParkAdmin parking management. ParkAdmin also had a predecessor though unnamed. That original system we developed somewhere around 2005 was a system for tracking the ownership of parking passes. Not much to it but represented a better way to track…
