Contactless Parking During COVID-19 Before the pandemic, people would choose where to park based on factors like location, price, accessibility, etc. Now that the risk of infection is on everyone’s minds, every business or institution that offers paid parking must prioritize something else for their customers: safety from Covid-19. In parking management, this means using…
Upgrade The Technology While “good parking spaces” might not seem high on the list of services that a hospital or medical center should provide, they can be a crucial part of the overall experience for a patient. It’s common for the parking lots of health institutions to be crowded, with some employees taking the best…
Integrate all necessary tools As one of the major parking suppliers for commuters and monthly parkers in Winnipeg, Manitoba, FNP Parking wants to ensure a seamless user experience especially for their premier tourist destination The Forks. Before they started using the OperationsCommander platform, FNP Parking was managing its 4,000 parking spaces through three different platforms.…
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…
Pesky Outstanding Parking Fines – A Headache for Parking Managers. On a quest for information, I allocated some time over the past year and talked to various people who manage parking. What I stumbled across was a common challenge talked about; How do I collect outstanding revenues from tickets? What are others doing to collect these revenues? When managing parking…
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…
The secret is out… Organizations can take parking monitoring to a whole new level. All thanks to the pairing of parking and security software solutions and LPR camera system integrations. Proper LPR integration would combine cutting-edge LPR technology with a parking and security management solution creating a more cost-effective and accurate way to monitor parking permits,…
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 for evaluating parking operations and finding 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 evaluate their data to see if they are reaching their goals and maximizing…
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)…
Full disclosure before we get too far into this. OPS-COM offers a single-vendor parking security system for related management so we’re clearly biased when it comes to this topic. We believe the benefits of a single vendor far out way the potential drawbacks. But, we’ll try to be objective in this blog because ultimately, we…
Parking permit overselling is a common practice in the industry. While it may not be popular among the general public, it is fundamentally required for efficient use of parking spaces. Generating the most revenue from each parking space can translate into keeping prices lower for all permit holders. There is a fine balance between maximizing…
