Parking Revenue Recovery Services (PRRS), Inc., a provider of artificial-intelligence (AI)-driven compliance and vehicle activity monitoring, announced the appointment of Todd Tucker, JD, DBA, CAPP, CPP, as its new chief operating officer. Before joining PRRS, Tucker served as president at Parking Logix. He assumed the role from Chris Conley, who retired from PRRS.
The Chicago Department of Aviation opened a new 6-story parking garage serving the recently renovated and expanded Terminal 5 at O’Hare International Airport. The $191-million garage features a parking guidance system that provides real-time availability of parking spaces, as well as 48 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The Terminal 5 garage project, which more than doubles the amount of available parking at the terminal, was led by joint venture AECOM Hunt Clayco BOWA as construction manager at-risk.
The City of Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Department of Finance (DOF) announced the launch of the Smart Streets Pilot program, an initiative using camera technology to enhance enforcement of parking and standing violations in bus and bike lanes. This pilot program aims to modernize the current system to protect vulnerable road users who are walking, biking, and using transit while improving transit operations. The 2-year pilot will initially include 8 city vehicles equipped with cameras to enforce parking violations. In 2025, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) will install equipment on up to 6 CTA buses on priority routes to further support the program's goals of improving transit efficiency and safety.
TagMaster, a supplier of data solutions and advanced sensor systems for smart cities within the traffic and rail sectors, acquired 92.5% of the shares of Quercus Technologies, which designs and manufactures video-based advanced digital solutions for the parking industry. Headquartered in Reus, Spain, Quercus has installations in more than 100 countries worldwide. The acquisition of Quercus gives TagMaster access to deep knowledge in computer vision and state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and will enhance the group’s leadership in intelligent sensing for both traffic and parking applications.
Oobeo, a subsidiary of Toledo Ticket Technologies and a provider of streamlined, subscription-based parking software, announced the launch of EnforcePlus. This parking enforcement solution introduces a fully featured mobile app and software suite designed to revolutionize parking enforcement.
Ethan Glass and Nate Dunning, co-founders of parking software provider Ocra, have been named to Forbes 30 Under 30 2025 in the Transportation & Mobility category.
The truck parking firms TRUX Parking and Truck Park Management merged to form the largest truck parking management company in the nation, now solely known as TRUX Parking. This merger allows the new entity to expand rapidly, acquiring and operating high-demand parking locations across the U.S., optimizing site operations, and providing a long-term solution to the truck parking shortage.
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) and the Wayne County Airport Authority selected the Park Assist Solution, from TKH Security, to enhance the passenger experience and streamline DTW parking operations. The automated parking guidance system will be installed in the McNamara Parking Garage, the Big Blue deck, and surrounding surface lots, totaling 18,000 monitored spaces upon completion. Installation is expected to be completed in two phases between 2025 and 2026.
On December 9, 2024, the parking infrastructure owner and operator Q-Park completed its acquisition of SAGS, the 4th-largest player in the French parking market. SAGS maintains a portfolio of about 400 parking facilities with approximately 300,000 parking spaces.
APCOA, the European parking operator, appointed Nicola Veratelli as its new chief executive officer. He succeeds Bert Pijls, who has been interim executive chairman since June 2024 and who will now resume his role as chairman.
Planet, a global provider of integrated payments and technology solutions, has announced a three-year contract extension with Flowbird, a global provider of solutions in parking, transport, and mobile services. The partnership will streamline payment processes through Flowbird’s mobility apps, parking meters, and transport ticket vending machines, offering a unified solution across all payment options including unattended terminals, EV charging stations, and digital transactions. Through the partnership, Flowbird is now able to offer a full range of flexible payment methods including all major cards, local payment methods, and digital wallets.
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is evaluating the performance of ParkZen, a new smart parking mobile app that enables local travelers to view real-time parking availability in six commuter lots in Fairfax, Prince William, and Stafford counties at no cost. This parking technology will be initially available in the six designated lots for the early adopters during the evaluation period from November 2024 to January 2025. If the trial period is successful, VDOT will evaluate rolling out the technology for other commuter lots throughout Northern Virginia and the Fredericksburg area starting in Spring 2025.
The digital parking services provider EasyPark Group announced a strategic partnership with Hubject, which connects EV charging networks and providers to facilitate charging access. This collaboration will enable EV drivers using EasyPark to park and charge at more than 600,000 stations across Europe. EasyPark Group also announced a partnership with the parking management company Goldbeck Parking Services. Through the partnership, EasyPark customers will gradually get access to more than 118,500 parking spaces managed by Goldbeck Parking Services across Germany and Austria during 2025.
Automaker Kia has launched CarPay, the brand’s in-car payment service that enables customers to pay for items and services from inside the vehicle, starting with the EV3. The first application available will be with connected car services provider Parkopedia, which helps drivers in Europe locate available parking and pay for it conveniently through the vehicle’s navigation screen.
Parking management technology provider Frogparking announced a partnership with the city of Calabasas, California, to enhance parking availability and efficiency across the city. The first stage of this partnership involves the pilot installation of 48 parking sensors and gateways outside City Hall. Frogparking also announced the addition of Greg Mason as its new head of U.S. growth and strategy.
Frogparking also installed a customized parking guidance system at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport in Rochester, New York. The installation includes 1,323 parking spaces equipped with parking guidance technology and an integrated dynamic wayfinding signage package to guide drivers to available spaces within the airport’s multi-level parking structures.
The City of Hoboken, New Jersey, announced it is allowing parkers at municipal Garage B to pay directly from their phones using the payment app from ParkMobile, which is part of the EasyPark Group.
ParkHelp, a provider of intelligent parking solutions, announced the launch of its Tariff Protection Plan (TPP), an initiative to secure pricing for clients planning parking technology infrastructure projects in 2025 and 2026. The TPP provides cost certainty to parking owners by shielding them from potential dramatic cost increases caused by the implementation of tariffs on equipment built outside the United States.
On Air Parking, a platform for affordable airport parking, and the travel search engine KAYAK announced a partnership aimed at empowering travelers across the nation to save on parking costs, simplify travel logistics, and maximize savings.
Vend Park, a provider of AI-powered parking technology solutions, announced a new integration with Cove, a platform that modernizes property operations and tenant experience for real estate owners and operators. This collaboration aims to create a unified experience by linking Cove's visitor management module with Vend's advanced parking technology, enhancing the way properties manage visitors, parking, and tenant interactions.
Canadian developer Concord Pacific unveiled the world’s largest EV charging parkade at a master-planned community in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Every one of the underground parking facility's 1,974 parking spaces has 24/7 access to EV charging, powered by an electrical infrastructure system so robust it has the capacity to supply all power access points at once, if needed.
California-based building C.W. Driver Companies completed construction in San Ysidro, California, of a new six-story parking structure with an 11,540 square-foot ground floor retail space for developer and owner Baja-Mex Insurance Services. The facility includes 349 parking spaces and six zero-emissions parking spots for charging electric and hybrid vehicles (in the form of two dual and two single charging station installations), as well as a 75-panel, 25-KW solar array on the roof to harvest solar power.
ParkHelp Technologies, a provider of smart parking guidance and management solutions, announced the appointment of Kathrin Dudek as sales manager, West Coast.
Parking management company Propark Mobility announced that it has acquired Drive Hospitality, a parking management company based in Los Angeles.
The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) has named Thomas Ketron as its director of sustainability. In this new position for PCI, Ketron will be the staff liaison to the PCI Sustainability Committee and its subcommittees, as well as serve as representative to other industry groups and organizations on sustainability and resiliency issues.
The American Concrete Institute has released ACI CODE-323-24: Low-Carbon Concrete — Code Requirements and Commentary. The code provides provisions for concrete where reduced global warming potential is required. The code employs a carbon budget approach and emphasizes the use of Environmental Product Declarations for benchmarking, aiming to standardize methodologies for reducing carbon emissions associated with concrete construction.
