Parking & Access Control

Parking provider in the Swiss city of Geneva, Fondation des Parkings (Geneva FDP) has begun a digital parking enforcement pilot using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) scan vehicles from Arvoo and Genetec. The pilot, which will continue until the end of November 2016, aims to ensure that drivers pay for parking while making parking payment enforcement more effective. Agendum parking data analytics will process the licence plate scans to provide parking attendants with data on violating vehicles a

US-based ITS companies Gridsmart Technologies and Denso International America are to showcase Gridsmart’s single camera intersection management system and Denso’s connected vehicle and infrastructure (C2X) technology, using 5.9 GHz dedicated short range communications (DSRC), working together to prevent vehicle/pedestrian crashed at an intersection. The demonstration, which takes place on 27 October at Gridsmart’s headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee, begins with a technology presentation at 1000, follo

Parking solutions provider APT Skidata, a joint venture of Swarco and Skidata, has launched SWAPPAccess, a ticketless parking solution that enables customers to plan, park and pay for parking, whether on-street or off-street, through a dedicated mobile app. Using APT Skidata’s hosted payments solutions and smartphone applications, drivers set up an account via the app with their payment details stored through a secure portal. Before embarking on a journey, registered users can access parking availability

Nedap’s smart parking sensors have been installed in the Piazza Risorgimento in Turin, Italy as part of a smart city project initiated by Italian smart city developer Planet. The project aims to provide a sustainable public space and includes smart street lighting which dims when not required, video surveillance, automated garden irrigation and interactive information panels, as well as smart parking sensors to provide motorists with real-time information on available parking spaces. The sensors utili

According to a new market research report by MarketsandMarkets, the parking management market is estimated to grow from US$3.03 billion in 2016 to US$5.00 billion by 2021, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.6 per cent. According to the report, Parking Management Market by Software and Professional Services, by Solution (Access Control, Security & Surveillance, Fee & Revenue Management, Enforcement & Permit Management) - Global Forecast to 2021, the major forces driving the parking management m

Swarco Parking & eMobility UK (formerly APT Controls Group) has re-located its head office to new premises in Hemel Hempstead to better meet the increasing business demands of Swarco’s companies and brands, which include APT Skidata, Evolt, Veri-park and APT Security Systems. The new head office establishes a London base for the company, providing more space for its growing technical and customer care departments and more space for holding stock which will reduce customer order lead time. The move fol

Parkopedia, the world's largest parking service provider, announced today a global partnership to provide TomTom with premium parking content for its automotive customers. Commenting on the announcement, Parkopedia's CEO Eugene Tsyrklevich said "We have been working on parking matters with TomTom for a while now and are particularly happy to see our joint efforts come to light in this new market leading solutions for drivers and the automotive industry."

Mercedes Benz has extended Inrix Off-Street Parking service to its Mercedes-Benz C-Class and S-Classes in Europe and the US, providing drivers with accurate real-time and dynamic parking information for garage location, number of spaces, detailed rates and current occupancy levels. Inrix Off-Street Parking includes more than 29 million confirmed spaces in over 90,000 accessible locations spanning 4,000 cities in more than 60 countries. The service only displays publicly accessible, non-restricted parking

Israeli smart city control applications provider Telematics Wireless is to supply its smart city technology for use in a new control and monitoring solution for 132,500 street lights in the City of Montreal, Canada, as part of a US$22 million (CA$28 million) contract awarded to engineering consultants Énergère for the supply and installation of an intelligent street lighting management solution. Telematics' solution will include its 7-pin external lighting control units (LCUs) and internal LCUs that will co

From September and following a successful pilot, Vienna’s parking permit will be replaced by Schreiner PrinTrust’s RFID electronic parking permit. Developed by Schreiner PrinTrust in collaboration with city officials, the new RFID parking permit for on-street parking, the new tag is attached to the vehicle’s windscreen. It has an embedded driver identification number and can be valid for multiple permits and used in different districts of the city. Parking inspectors check the permits using handheld R