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The British Parking Association, the UK trade body for the parking industry, announced it will develop and operate the National Parking Platform (NPP) following successful government-backed trials. The platform will enable drivers to pay for parking in all participating car parks using their preferred mobile app, eliminating the need to download multiple parking applications. The NPP connects participating car parks to a shared platform that accepts payments from any approved app. The initiative is being delivered by a consortium of industry leaders including Ring Go, JustPark, and PayByPhone, all mobile parking payment providers. The platform has been rolled out in 10 local authorities and currently processes more than half a million transactions monthly. The parking sector will operate the platform on a not-for-profit basis under government oversight, with no cost to taxpayers.
The City of Sarasota, Florida, announced it will implement a gateless parking system at all three city parking garages beginning June 17. The new system will require drivers to pay within 15 minutes of entering the garage, with citations issued to vehicles that do not comply. Cameras will be installed at each entrance and exit to monitor license plates. Multiple payment options will be available, including the Passport app, a mobile parking payment provider that will be used exclusively for city garage parking, while ParkMobile, a smart parking and mobility solutions provider, will continue to be available for both garage and on-street parking. Pay stations accepting coins and credit cards will also remain available.
On Air Parking, a provider of discounted airport and city parking reservations, announced a partnership with Park Guard, a parking protection plan provider, to offer optional vehicle protection coverage for all reservations. The protection plans provide low-cost coverage for vehicle theft or damage during parking reservations. Three protection levels are available: Plan A covers up to $1,000, Plan B covers up to $2,500, and Plan C covers up to $5,000 of theft and damages while parked. Travelers can select their preferred plan at checkout when booking through OnAirParking.com, with protection applying for the full duration of the parking reservation. Park Guard handles all aspects of the protection plans, including a streamlined claims process managed by licensed adjusters.
The City of Boston announced it is building a digital map of the city’s curb network and parking regulations using artificial intelligence (AI) through funding from the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The project combines AI, real-time information sharing, and planning expertise to improve curbside management for residents, businesses, and mobility services. The initiative uses 360-degree panoramic imaging and LiDAR technology to convert parking layout and regulations into digital format, creating a public, interactive map of Boston’s curb network. The project is currently being implemented in Chinatown and will conclude in May 2026.
Orikan Group, a parking technology company, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the parking meter system technology provider Global Parking Solutions USA (GPS USA). GPS USA has served as Orikan’s exclusive distributor of Metro Meters and EziCom central management system in the U.S. market for more than 15 years. The acquisition will see Michael Kavur and Philippe Swale join Orikan, bringing local expertise in multi-space parking meter implementation.
Parking Base, a provider of cloud-based parking management solutions, announced a major upgrade to Permit Manager, its digital parking permit platform. The enhanced system enables operators to issue, price, bill, and renew permits with greater flexibility and control. New features include custom permit durations for monthly, quarterly, annual, or custom period lengths, flexible billing cycles that can be set up front, mid-month, or end-of-month, and auto-renew or expiration controls. The platform also enables operators to create custom permit types with restricted access based on unique URLs or email domains, update rates instantly from the back office, and set specific contracts and documentation requirements for individual permit types.
Bluefin, a provider of payment and data security solutions, announced a strategic partnership with Campus Innovation, a developer of parking management software for colleges and universities. Campus Innovation will integrate Bluefin’s payment processing platform and PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) into its C-Park parking management system. C-Park is a cloud-based platform designed to optimize space utilization and streamline revenue collection for campus parking operations. The integration aims to provide higher education institutions with secure parking payment processing for students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors. The partnership will incorporate Bluefin’s data protection technologies, including P2PE and tokenization, to protect transactions processed through C-Park.
Orbility USA, a provider of parking access and revenue control systems (PARCS), announced the launch of its U.S. Dealer Partnership Program to expand its market presence across North America. The program aims to support regional growth by providing dealers with dedicated sales support, market intelligence with services related to requests for proposals, tradeshow support, hands-on training and certification, ongoing sales and engineering support, and manufacturer incentives.
Umojo, a provider of smart city technology solutions, and JD Enterprises (JDE), a parking and mobility consultancy, announced a strategic partnership to provide technology-driven parking, mobility, and curb management solutions. Through the partnership, JDE will offer municipal leaders and asset owners parking, loading zone, and mobility planning services using data intelligence from Umojo’s AI-driven software platforms. The collaboration will enable JDE to automate real-time data collection, analysis, and forecasting for parking and mobility studies. Initial focus areas include parking operations and AI-assisted technology audits, parking utilization surveys, transportation demand management audits, traffic and event parking studies, predictive maintenance planning, theme park guest experience surveys, parking and curbside safety packages, loading zone utilization surveys, micromobility compliance studies, and insurance risk-score audits.
In-Parking, a provider of AI-driven parking intelligence solutions, announced a partnership with the City of Tampa, Florida, to optimize parking management through real-time data insights. The city will integrate In-Parking SIGHT, an AI-powered analytics platform, to gain visibility into parking trends, occupancy patterns, and revenue opportunities. The project will include integrations with the city’s comprehensive parking operation technologies, including mobile payments, enforcement, and revenue collection systems. The platform provides real-time parking insights, incident detection, revenue forecasting, and sustainable parking management capabilities built on the Microsoft platform.
PayByPhone, a provider of mobile parking payment services, announced it has expanded its presence across the United States and Canada with nine new clients since the beginning of 2025. Drivers in Baltimore, Maryland; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Hull, Massachusetts; Kansas City, Missouri; Niagara Falls, Ontario; and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, can now use PayByPhone for digital parking payments at on- and off-street locations. The company also serves as the exclusive parking payment provider at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf, Maryland, and provides services at Winnipeg Winter Club in Manitoba and Midtown 8 in Miami, Florida. The City of San Luis Obispo, California, selected PayByPhone as its single parking payment provider.
APCOA, a parking services provider, announced it has been selected by Manchester Airports Group (MAG) to provide barrierless terminal drop-off and pick-up area solutions and associated services at Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands Airports in the UK. The partnership introduces barrierless technology in terminal curb areas and within parking operations to provide seamless entry and exit processes with flexible payment options. The solution is supported by APCOA’s cloud-based Parkway system, which maximizes the use of technology, automation, and data across vehicle detection, customer channels, payment reconciliation, and enforcement. The barrierless solution has improved traffic flow around the airports, removed tailgating, and supports MAG’s environmental objectives by encouraging sustainable transport options.
The City of Cleveland created an online portal to receive reports from drivers who have had their cars booted while legally parked. The city is investigating reports of private parking enforcement companies booting vehicles despite proper payment.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released findings from its investigation of a fatal July 2023 crash in Highland, Illinois, where a Greyhound motorcoach collided with three combination vehicles parked on a rest area exit ramp. The NTSB found that limited truck parking capacity led to unsafe parking practices that contributed to the crash. As a result, the board issued several recommendations to address truck parking shortages nationwide. The NTSB recommended that the U.S. Department of Transportation expand use of the Truck Parking Information Management System to identify areas needing additional truck parking and pursue options to increase commercial vehicle parking capacity, including establishing grant programs for states and local governments, assessing feasibility of covering parking facility maintenance costs, ending restrictions on private rest area development, and seeking additional Congressional appropriations. The board also recommended that the National Coalition on Truck Parking publish an updated report proposing solutions to truck parking capacity shortages and projecting future truck volume and parking needs.
Parkopedia, a connected car services provider, announced a partnership with NIO, an electric vehicle manufacturer, to provide on-street parking functionality to all of NIO’s European models. The collaboration provides Parkopedia parking data to NIO drivers, enabling them to locate on-street parking and make parking decisions. The On-Street Parking functionality shows parking options directly on the integrated navigation system, with color-coded sections indicating the likelihood of finding available spaces. Drivers can view detailed information about each parking zone, including hourly rates, restrictions, and accepted payment methods. The feature is being delivered through NIO’s Banyan 2.4.1 software update, rolling out via a navigation app update on the new NIO App Store across all current NIO models
in Europe.
