Parking challenges began with the invention of the first automobile. However, it grew worse as the population expanded and the process of urbanization progressed. For example, the United States presently has eight parking spaces for each car in the country. Parking lots take up to 30 percent of an average city. The collective amount of…
Technology has come to change the business world. Firms have employed data in making decisions and shaping the customer experience. However, while data offers a lot of solutions and insights, it also comes with its dilemma. There are different approaches and systems to using data. In this post, the focus will be on the pros…
Digitalization was already a growing trend in the world. However, the emergence of the COVID-19 has increased the rate of digitalization across several industries, with the parking management industry not being left out. Across the world, in developed countries, almost 60 percent of businesses have gone from an analog process to a digitized one due…
Technology has come to help solve our problems in many ways. It has enabled us to transform our lives in many aspects such as shopping, education, entertainment, and many more – making things more convenient and more straightforward through intelligent innovations. The world has now become a small village due to technology. The benefits of…
The need for evolution and adaptation has never been as pressing. The reality of the pandemic has brought several changes to different sectors across the world. The car parking industry is one such sector that the pandemic has hit. Before covid-19, there has been a pressing need for reforms and technological advancement in the parking…
COVID-19 has changed the world in many ways. The drastic and wave-like rise of the virus left (or met?) many unprepared. The world has had to adapt and evolve into the new normal resulting from the virus from governments to businesses and individuals. While some sectors have adapted and risen beyond the adverse effect, others…
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…
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 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 parking management, this means using…
Upgrade The Technology While “good parking spaces” might not seem high on the list of services that a hospital or medical center should provide, it can be a crucial part of the overall experience for a patient. It’s common for the parking lots of health institutions to be crowded, with some employees taking the best…
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 students, 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…
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…
