Alex Israel and Peter Fisher of Metropolis Technologies Inc. see a massive opportunity for the parking industry during the NPA show keynote session. Show Report For most people, few activities are seen as inconvenient as parking. Those who attended last week’s 75th annual National Parking Association convention in Las Vegas plan to change that perception. Exhibitors and speakers… Read More »
NPA Convention Preview Parking is becoming a test bed for the technologies reshaping physical commerce: computer vision, license plate recognition, contactless payments, dynamic pricing, mobile access and AI-driven automation. Those changes — and the operational, financial and customer-service questions that accompany them — will be central when the National Parking Association convenes Sept. 14–17 at Caesars Palace in… Read More »
The city’s parking authority is replacing its kiosks, and drivers will now have input into how they pay for their parking. The authority has unveiled two new options — an old school-looking meter that takes coins and credit cards but is mobile friendly, and an upgraded kiosk that runs off solar energy but is faster than the current machines. These kiosks also work with mobile devices..
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The kiosks mirror the style offered in West Hartford, where motorists enter their license plates into the machine when paying for parking. This eliminates the need for a paper sticker, Hartford Parking Authority CEO Eric Boone said.
Boone said the authority dismisses 100 to 150 parking citations a month because drivers misplace their stickers but are later able to produce them.
The public is invited to share their preference by filling out a survey on the authority’s website, www.hartfordparking.com, or by visiting the group’s Facebook page.
The Utah Supreme Court has issued another loss to three drivers in a lengthy fight over parking tickets.
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