ParkMobile and Reach Now to develop smart mobility solutions

ParkMobile has joined forces with BMW subsidiary Reach Now to build integrated smart city solutions aimed at improving parking, transit and multimodal transportation. Users could pay for parking in a transit lot via the ParkMobile app and then use Reach Now to buy a ticket to ride a train, bus or ferry. Nat Parker, CEO of Reach Now, says the partners will create “smarter mobility solutions that help drive more intelligence for cities and help consumers get from point A to B”. The partnership betw
June 19, 2019 Read time: 1 min
2133 ParkMobile has joined forces with BMW subsidiary Reach Now to build integrated smart city solutions aimed at improving parking, transit and multimodal transportation.


Users could pay for parking in a transit lot via the ParkMobile app and then use Reach Now to buy a ticket to ride a train, bus or ferry.

Nat Parker, CEO of Reach Now, says the partners will create “smarter mobility solutions that help drive more intelligence for cities and help consumers get from point A to B”.

The partnership between ParkMobile and Reach Now was realised via a joint venture between BMW and Daimler, which seeks to encourage collaboration in areas such as transit, parking, charging, ride-sharing and ride-hailing companies.

ParkMobile is also working with BMW-owned Charge Now to integrate charging solutions.

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