Parking & Access Control

The global smart parking system market size is expected to reach US$368.7 million by 2024 according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Favourable government initiatives and increasing public sector funding will favour the growth and adoption of smart parking system for the forecast period. The industry is anticipated to witness an upsurge in demand for smart parking systems in transport transit and commercial applications segment, and it is subsequently expected to impel the growth in the industry.

Connected car services provider Inrix is to partner with mobile payments solutions supplier Parkmobile to jointly develop an embedded, end-to-end parking solution for automakers, which will enable US drivers to find, route to, reserve and pay for parking at lots, garages and meters directly from the dashboard. Inrix will now offer automakers embedded, end-to-end user experience across both on- and off-street parking, while Parkmobile will enhance Inrix's real-time occupancy data to help drivers make more

Swedish city Linköping has introduced an innovative solution to enable drivers to locate available parking bays for motorists with disabilities. The designated parking bays, spread over 23 parking areas across the city, are equipped with Nedap’s wireless in-ground Sensit sensors which detect the occupancy status of each individual parking bay in the street and the parking duration. The sensors, which Swarco Sweden integrated with the city’s LinPark parking app, process occupancy data in real-time and dis

New technology emerging from the ACT could drastically reduce the amount of time that drivers in Manuka, Canberra spend looking for parking spaces. Australia’s ACT Government, in partnership with parking technology firm Smart Parking, has launched a 12 month trial of SmartPark, the real-time bay sensor parking solution, in the Canberra suburb of Manuka.

UK city Canterbury is to introduce Parkeon mobile and white-label website payment options alongside its ParkREG automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology. It has introduced the Parkeon Whoosh! app alongside ParkREG with barriers technology, rolling out the combination at four car parks in the city. The technology provides visitors with a cashless and ticketless convenient way to pay for parking via app, IVR and text. In addition, the council has unveiled a new ticketless parking website.

Amsterdam had taken the final step in digitising parking and parking enforcement and the move is paying dividends. It was almost a decade ago that the City of Amsterdam decided to start the evolution - or maybe even a revolution – of its parking enforcement: it got rid of the paper parking permit or ticket behind the windscreen and introduced the digital parking right. It was the first step on a bumpy but successful road to digitization, resulting in a fore running position in on street parking enforcement.

Vehicle identification and detection specialist Nedap has launched Nedap MOOV, an access control system designed for vehicle entrances in cities, industrial estates and parking facilities. The dedicated MOOV city access control module utilises Nedap’s VMC vehicle management controller to enable administrators to manage access to the city in a secure way, at any time from any location via the cloud. The vehicle access management module is for business parks with multiple tenants and is designed to ensure onl

Parking systems and management specialist WPS has completed the installation of its ParkAdvance pay-on-foot parking system at the recently-opened Friars Walk Shopping Centre and Leisure Complex in Newport, Wales, as an integral part of delivering the ultimate visitor experience. In addition to shopping centre visitors, the chosen system was required to manage multiple tariffs; it needed to accommodate local university students, gym members and employees providing different rates for each. The car park

Dutch vehicle detection and identification technology Nedap and Australian payment solutions provider Advam are to partner in a venture which combines their expertise in parking, transport and payments. The combination of Nedap’s TRANSIT long-range vehicle identification system with Advam’s ticketless solutions produces a fully-integrated account-based solution for their parking and transport management which enables customers to enter, exit and pay for parking or access a transport hub. In addition

According to Sveriges Radio, the charging stations on Norway’s Green Highway between Sundsvall and Storlien charged over 20,000 cars in 2015. Most of the charges were made in Åretrakten, in central Sundsvall and in the area of trade Birsta. The Green Highway is a joint project by Sundsvall, Östersund and Trondheim municipalities to develop a fossil-free transport corridor. In total there are over 170 electric charging stations along the highway, a number that is growing steadily each year as the numbe