Digital Parking Tech

Los Angeles, CA — Orikan, the parking technology leader, announced the U.S. launch of PayStay Marketplace, a revolutionary digital payment platform designed to simplify parking payments while unlocking new opportunities for municipalities, operators, and mobility partners. PayStay Marketplace brings together parking payments, and mobility-related services into a single, user-friendly interface. The platform allows drivers to pay for parking through an available app they may already have installed or check out as a guest completely account free.

IPMI hosted a Learning Lab on Pittsburgh’s rollout of curb digitization and ticket-by-mail technology, presented by gtechna. Matt Jendrzejewski, PECP, of the Pittsburgh Parking Authority outlined the city’s phased implementation, beginning with smart loading zones in 2021 and expanding to street cleaning enforcement by 2025. The session highlighted the importance of pilot programs, legislation, human review, and technology integration. Ben Pisch from Sensen explained how AI supports plate detection, rule enforcement, and occupancy analytics. Panelists also discussed technical challenges, compliance impacts, and revenue trends following implementation.

Philadelphia, PA — Arrive, a leading global mobility platform and parent company of parking app ParkMobile, announced the launch of express pay in Philadelphia to provide the latest seamless and convenient off-street parking experience. In partnership with Flash, a pioneer in off-street parking technology, express pay enables automatic parking access and payment for drivers at participating garages without reaching for a card, ticket or phone.

If your parking lot is full, the revenue is rolling in, right? Not necessarily. Full occupancy doesn’t automatically translate into maximum revenue. In today’s environment, rising costs, changing mobility habits, EV growth, and increasing customer expectations mean that volume alone isn’t enough.

Like many cities, Royal Oak didn’t suddenly end up with a complicated parking system. Over time, well-intentioned upgrades, new policies, and layered technologies created a program that no longer matched the way people experience parking day to day. What was meant to make parking easier had, in some cases, made it more confusing for customers and more cumbersome for staff.

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) face a web of new challenges in facilitating payments: Merchant expectations are rising, payment environments are getting more complex, and software platforms are under pressure to deliver more connected, secure and value driven commerce experiences. These challenges require ISVs to sharpen their focus on what’s most important to succeed in the current environment. For 2026, we advise ISVs to concentrate on three key goals. These represent the biggest opportunities to strengthen competitive position, deepen merchant relationships and unlock new revenue.

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Unlocking Ancillary Revenue from Every Customer

A few months ago, my college, Schoolcraft College, hosted a business pitch competition. Intrigued by the opportunity, I immediately opened the Notes app on my phone -- where I had been collecting ideas for years -- and began revisiting one concept that had stuck with me: an interoperability platform for parking.

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Vancouver, Canada – Lightyear Capital, a New York-based private equity firm with over US$8 billion in assets under management, has completed its acquisition of PayByPhone, a leading provider of digital parking payments and mission-critical parking management software to more than 1,300 clients globally, from Corpay (NYSE: CPAY).

This session highlighted the psychology of parking and technology's role in influencing driver behavior. Key topics included habit formation in parking patterns, the impact of pricing on demand, payment compliance rates, and the effectiveness of enforcement. The panelists shared experiences from their respective municipalities and universities, highlighting challenges and successes with technology implementation, such as sensor data, mobile payments, and digital signage. They also explored future trends in digital curb management and the potential for technology to improve convenience and compliance while addressing concerns about pricing and accessibility.