Technology

Every parking transaction, delivery, and passenger pickup tells a story about how our communities move. Connecting that information can help cities, parking owners, and operators improve utilization, respond to demand, and make better use of valuable parking and curb space. Yet that data often sits in separate systems—from payment and enforcement solutions to sensors or cameras. How do you bring it together, and what can you do once you have a clearer picture?

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing industries around the world, and parking is no exception. For decades, parking operators primarily relied on historical experience and manual observation to make operational decisions. Today, advanced data systems and artificial intelligence are giving operators the ability to understand parking demand in real time and anticipate what may happen next.

The September/October Ask the Experts question generated so many strong responses that not all could be included in one place...

Parking has traditionally been viewed as a necessary part of the transportation journey—something drivers had to deal with before reaching their actual destination. Today, that perception is changing rapidly.

What Parking Taught Me About Turning Information into Action

The way parking agencies approach technology is evolving. Not long ago, RFPs typically solved one problem at a time: pay stations, permit software, citation management, enforcement equipment. Today, agencies are asking a broader question. Instead of "What product do we need?" parking leaders are increasingly asking, "How do we modernize our entire operation?" What were once standalone technology purchases are becoming larger modernization initiatives, considering customer experience, data visibility, compliance, and integration as one strategy.

Brooke Krieger’s second mobility-inspired album turns parking, curb access, compliance, technology, and even paystations into an unlikely 12-track soundtrack for the industry.

Register for this 30-minute microlearning webinar featuring Uber. We’re witnessing a major shift in how colleges and universities approach campus mobility. As travel behaviors evolve, parking demand changes, and institutions face increasing pressure to do more with limited resources, many campuses are rethinking the role of traditional fixed-route transportation. In this session, we’ll explore the broader industry trends driving the adoption of on-demand tech in campus transportation and its role in creating flexible, resilient transportation networks. By examining real-world shuttle replacement initiatives as a benchmark for this evolution, we will explore why and how campuses are reimagining fluid, rider-centric transit ecosystems.

A Digital Leap in Urban Parking Management

Rytec introduces the System 4+™, the most advanced door controller on the market today. The System 4+ provides state-of-the-art intelligent control for optimal energy efficiency, adjustability and ease-of-use on many of Rytec’s high-performance doors.

SenSen Networks Limited (ASX: SNS, OTCQB: SNNSF) has been granted a United States patent for the artificial intelligence system that allows a moving vehicle to work out exactly where it is by looking at the street around it. US Patent 12,670,613 B2, titled “Systems and Methods for Image-Based Location Determination”, was granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on 30 June 2026. It comprises 14 claims across six drawing sheets and names four SenSen inventors: Subhash Challa, Nhat Vo, Louis Quinn and Duc Vo. The patent is assigned to SenSen Networks Group Pty Ltd and claims priority to two Australian provisional applications filed in March and August 2020.

How Cloud Platforms Are Transforming the Industry