Green Parking Amid Grey Soot

Greening Up Cars, driving, and parking are decidedly un-green. From fuel emissions to pollution, obstruction of green space to vehicle noise, parking can be hard on the environment. The parking industry has recently made significant inroads to creating more sustainable, greener parking lots and structures. With newly established standards and benchmarks, the parking industry is…

Groundbreaking Wireless Parking Technology for Multi Level Lots

Multi-Level, Simple-Count  The pioneering OpenSpace system, developed by Parking Logix, turned parking counting on its head with completely wireless parking counting. Now, we’re introducing the same plug-n-play solution for multi-level lots and once again changing the face of parking counting. Any Open Spots? In on-street environments, open spaces are typically visible to drivers as they…

Parking Apps & Distracted Driving

Parking Apps & Distracted Driving Instant Gratification There’s no denying it; today’s drivers are distracted. In fact, today’s people are distracted. Faced by a constant onslaught of new information, quick videos, and constant contact, people simply can’t focus. A NY Times article calls the constant stream of stimuli people encounter “a profound….challenge to focusing….,” while a…

Parking Guidance and Universities – What you need to know

Parking Guidance and Universities  Like municipal parking operations, universities and colleges represent some of the most challenging and dynamic environments in the industry. With peak ingress periods of tens of thousands that descend upon campus each morning, huge events that attract both regular and first time visitors, unending variety of various permits programs, and some…

Events Parking

Peaceful Parking or Pandemonium? Keeping the parking process running smoothly at events presents unique challenges for lot owners and managers. Not only is ingress at its peak right before events, but often it is in lots that are not used to such high concentrations of parkers. When a large percentage of your business is conducted…

Creating a Commodity

Valuable Commodities When you think of commodities, the first things that jump to mind are probably gold, oil, or diamonds, with parking spots unlikely to make an appearance. But why not? Parking is, in fact, quite the commodity. It’s needed by everyone (who drives), often can be hard to come by, and can be quite valuable…