Parking & Access Control

Shropshire Council in the UK has installed 25 new eco-friendly Parkeon StradaPAL parking terminals as part of a county-wide replacement programme. The new terminals, located both on and off street in Shrewsbury town centre and in Bridgnorth, enhance customer convenience through multiple payment options, including Chip & Pin, contactless and coin, and will also enable the council to provide print on demand discount coupons in the future.

Parking technology specialist Parkeon has developed a module for its Strada range of terminals that captures air quality data, enabling authorities to monitor levels of particulate matter and pollutants such as CO2. According to the company, its parking terminals are capable of integrating with smart third party systems, including supporting environmental monitoring technology.

UK access control systems supplier Nortech Control Systems has appointed Norbain as Distribution Partner. Norbain will distribute the full range of Nortech’s security products including access control, readers and ID devices, long range identification and vehicle detection and parking products.

The east Suffolk district councils of Suffolk Coastal and Waveney in the UK have brought forward a scheduled replacement of their parking terminal estates to ensure that local people are able to use the new £1 coin to pay for parking. A total of 115 Parkeon Strada Rapide terminals, comprising a mix of solar powered and mains operated machines, have been installed in towns across the districts, including Lowestoft, Beccles, Bungay, Felixstowe, Framlington and Aldeburgh. All of the new terminals are linked to

Drivers in the UK, US and Germany spend billions searching and paying for parking spaces and paying for more time than they need to avoid a penalty charge, according to a new study by Inrix.

Inrix has announced the availability of its On-Street Parking service in the new BMW 5 Series car, providing real-time on-street parking service for a connected car, using historical and real time parking data to predict the availability of parking spaces.

Inrix has partnered with European parking operator APCOA Parking Group to exchange parking information in a deal which will provide Inrix with access to information from 1.4 million parking spaces at over 9,000 locations in 13 countries.

Parking technology business APT Skidata has teamed up with UK parking operators CitiPark in a trial which aims to reduce emissions in car parks, building on an eight-year relationship that has seen APT Skidata’s technology at 12 of CitiPark’s 15 sites.

An RFID parking permit developed by the Schreiner PrinTrust business unit has won the innovation category of the 2017 FINAT Label Competition at the European Label Forum in Berlin.

Wilson Parking New Zealand has chosen parking solutions provider Smart Parking to supply sensor and bay-finding technology at nine new sites. The deal marks a continued cooperation with Wilson Parking New Zealand, which already has Smart Parking technology installed in 1,134 bays across four sites in FY17. Within the next twelve months Wilson Parking New Zealand expects to roll out up to nine new sites which will encompass over 3,000 parking bays. Smart Parking's sensors enable parking facilities to have ac