Technology

Boonton is joining other New Jersey towns by rolling out a pilot program that uses photographic technology to identify parking violators on Main Street. Beginning in July, the town will begin using SafetySticks “to enhance pedestrian safety and improve compliance with parking regulations in designated no parking areas,” a town announcement explained.

For years, cities faced a hard choice when modernizing parking and curbside operations: adopt an all-in-one platform and accept the trade-offs, or stitch together best-of-breed point solutions and manage the integration complexity. Rip-and-replace migrations only raised the stakes, often proving disruptive, costly, and slow to deliver.

San Francisco, CA - Parking BOXX, a North American parking systems manufacturer and software developer, published an educational guide on California's Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) usage and privacy policy law for parking operators and property managers.

It seems parking is always a problem in the mind of every driver as they approach their destination, including me, who knows that there is definitively no parking problem. It seems this tendency to think if we cannot park right in front of the place we are going then “without a doubt there is a parking problem!” When walking a few extra steps (i.e., a block or two) is good for us and is NOT a parking problem. This parking conundrum seems to have entered our minds instinctually from the time we started driving and convinces us we have the right to park in front of where we are going.

Chicago, IL - SpotGenius is revolutionizing a new era in parking enforcement with the launch of its new Enforcement CoPilot App. This app not only brings powerful live parking intelligence directly into the hands of enforcement teams but also delivers a first-of-its-kind, AI-powered enforcement routing.

Orikan, a leading provider of integrated parking, enforcement and compliance technology solutions across Australia, New Zealand and North America, announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by BPEA EQT Mid-Market Growth Partnership (the “MMG Fund” or “EQT”).

Get My Parking (GMP), a leading provider of parking technology solutions, announced a partnership with Skyline Communications, a Pacific Northwest-based technology integrator specializing in infrastructure, communications, security, and access solutions.

San Diego, CA — EnSight Technologies has been selected to deliver a vision-based parking occupancy management and guidance system for a new parking garage at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS). The system will help thousands of employees and visitors quickly locate available parking, improving traffic flow and reducing search times across the facility.

New York, NY – ABM (NYSE: ABM), a leading provider of facility, engineering, and infrastructure solutions, announced a new multi-year partnership with the Atlanta Braves to provide janitorial services at Truist Park, marking ABM’s 10th Major League Baseball team partnership and its first Sports & Entertainment client in Atlanta. The agreement further strengthens ABM’s presence across sports & entertainment venues nationwide and reinforces the company’s position as a leading facility services provider for premier entertainment destinations.

San Diego, CA - IPS Group launches Elevate™, a parking and mobility intelligence platform that unifies operational data and applies advanced analysis to drive better outcomes. Elevate will debut as a completed product at the 2026 IPMI Conference & Expo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after IPS Group teased the software at last year's event. Attendees can watch Elevate bring parking and curb data together in real time, turning complex information into clear insights.

Dallas, TX – JustPark has launched Plate Validator, a new capability within its JustPark Prime platform designed to help venues, stadiums and event operators significantly speed up vehicle entry without the cost and complexity of traditional license plate recognition (LPR) systems.

Dynamic pricing is transforming the parking industry, but what happens to the humble reservation when rates change by the minute? For most operators, a "reservation" has always been a simple pre-purchase: a customer pays a fixed rate and parks later. That model made sense in a world of static pricing. But as AI-driven pricing engines, real-time occupancy data, and gateless systems become the norm, selling a fixed-price booking days or weeks in advance creates real tension. Operators must choose: honor the original rate and leave revenue on the table or embrace fully dynamic pricing and risk alienating customers who value certainty.