Around the world, momentum is developing behind endeavors to bump out substantial parking garages, curbside parking, and carports for administrations and infrastructure for people on foot, cyclists, and public transportation. Yet, there are no sufficient efforts to encourage people to move away from free parking to a proper permit to help manage parking spaces and…
Undoubtedly, smart parking has made it easier for organizations and the government to manage parking spaces. Smart parking grew from a vision to today’s reality and has been accepted in almost all cities around the globe. Before smart parking, it’s been challenging for municipal administrators to solve parking issues. With fewer parking spaces and more…
As the world evolves and more cars appear on the road, the demand for parking has increased. Mismanagement of parking spaces in any organization causes disorderliness and inefficiency in managing cars in the lot, which can negatively impact the performance and overall profit that the organization should be making. Here is what we mean, assuming…
The parking lot in your company is a vital resource. It is essential to how smoothly the company runs, and it aids the mobility management of the organization’s employees. However, it can also be a source of dissatisfaction and animosity within the company. For this reason, there must be rules that guide parking within the…
Parking challenges began with the invention of the first automobile. However, it grew worse as the population expanded and the process of urbanization progressed. For example, the United States presently has eight parking spaces for each car in the country. Parking lots take up to 30 percent of an average city. The collective amount of…
Digitalization was already a growing trend in the world. However, the emergence of COVID-19 has increased the rate of digitalization across several industries, with the parking management industry not being left out. Across the world, in developed countries, almost 60 percent of businesses have gone from an analog process to a digitized one due to…
Technology has come to help solve our problems in many ways. It has enabled us to transform our lives in many aspects such as shopping, education, entertainment, and many more – making things more convenient and more straightforward through intelligent innovations. The world has now become a small village due to technology. The benefits of…
For the last 20 years, Carleton University has used what is now known as the OperationsCommander platform to manage the parking for thousands of students, faculty, and guests. In 2001, the university started using ParkAdmin, a module of OPS-COM, to keep track of permits and streamline enforcement. The savings on administration costs were so significant…
Static and mobile LPR (License Plate Recognition) are fast becoming the most efficient technology improvements for parking. Law enforcement agencies and parking management suppliers have opted to support the new technology that is considered helpful and useful by their staff. LPR is a system used to capture and analyze license plates. It can be used…
Parking an excellent source of revenue “We do not consider parking to be a revenue source.” I read that quote in a blog post from a Director at a University in the Midwest and wondered if I’d read it correctly? It got me thinking; how many other educational organizations have the same outlook about parking…
First a bit about the history of OPS-COM… The OperationsCommander (OPS-COM) Parking, Security, and Safety Management software suite originally ParkAdmin parking management. ParkAdmin also had a predecessor though unnamed. That original system we developed somewhere around 2005 was a system for tracking the ownership of parking passes. Not much to it but represented a better way to track…
The move to digitally capture parking data can be an essential tool to evaluate your parking operations and find ways to make improvements that help generate revenue and improve the driver experience. While not everyone looks to parking as a revenue source, they should be evaluating their data to see if they are reaching their…
Nobody likes to see spots in a permitted lot sitting empty as they circle looking for available space. At least a “Garage full: monthly permit holders only” sign tells us someone is either using those spaces or paying for them. By using a shared parking approach, parking authorities can eliminate empty spots when demand for…
Most people wouldn’t think parking enforcement and the boot would be a form of customer service, but it is. Those who have outstanding violations may not think so. However, for the rest of us who follow the parking rules by merely finding a spot to pay and paying for it to keep parking accessible and fair.…
Parking enforcement ROI is an appealing prospect for many who manage parking. LPR parking enforcement offers opportunities for improved management with reduced long-term costs. It can also open up opportunities for improved revenue generation. While the technology is not new, many want to better understand the associated costs and the projected return on investment (ROI)…
