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Isle of Wight invests in Flowbird’s solar-power parking

Island Roads has replaced around 40 parking terminals with solar-powered systems from Flowbird Urban Intelligence at a variety of locations across the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of the UK. Island Roads is responsible for the island’s highways network and associated services and selected the Flowbird Strada Rapide terminals in a bidding process. Flowbird says the machines are linked to its Smartfolio, allowing Island Roads to remotely monitor its estate while also providing parking and paymen
July 10, 2019 Read time: 1 min

Island Roads has replaced around 40 parking terminals with solar-powered systems from Flowbird Urban Intelligence at a variety of locations across the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of the UK.
 
Island Roads is responsible for the island’s highways network and associated services and selected the Flowbird Strada Rapide terminals in a bidding process.
 
Flowbird says the machines are linked to its Smartfolio, allowing Island Roads to remotely monitor its estate while also providing parking and payment transaction data.

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