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Data Powers Parking Success

By deploying sophisticated business intelligence (BI) tools to harness this wealth of data, parking providers are discovering powerful opportunities to boost revenue, reduce congestion, and transform the customer experience, turning what was once guesswork into precise, profitable decision-making.

Why Parking Technology Fails Without Proper Infrastructure 

As an industry, we pour so much effort into researching and implementing the latest technologies to create exceptional customer experiences. But how often do we stop to ask whether the infrastructure can support the technology? Too often, when systems fail, the blame falls on the technology provider. Yet the real issue is frequently the infrastructure required to ensure the technology performs as intended. 

Parking Must Find its Place in AI 

As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes how consumers find and buy services, the parking industry needs to be where drivers are searching. Success depends on embedding booking capabilities directly in emerging, AI-powered touchpoints.

What Is Your People Investment Strategy?

What if, instead of thinking of your people as a cost center, you looked at them as an investment?

Striking the Right Balance: Technology Speak & Customer Value

As marketers, we all know it’s important to connect the dots between a product’s features and the value it brings to customers. But in technical industries like telecom and parking, it’s easy to slip into emphasizing how smart or capable a product is, without always clarifying why it matters. 

Summer Tech Tune-Up: Don’t Let Your Systems Melt Down

When was the last time you gave your tech stack a good old-fashioned summer tune-up?

How EV Charging Turns Parking Lots Into Revenue Powerhouses

As EV adoption accelerates, forward-thinking parking facility operators are discovering that charging infrastructure delivers far more than fee-per-session revenue: It’s reshaping their business models entirely.

A Conversation with Henry Grabar

A journalist and urban researcher explores how America’s relationship with parking reveals deeper truths about cities, economics, and society.

There’s Real Money in Trust

When there is high trust, relationships bloom into joint offerings that turn into revenue growth or money for both companies. Without trust, the relationship doesn’t even get off the ground.

Stronger Together: Why APDS and CDS Work Better Side by Side

Especially in North America, some think that the Open Mobility Foundation’s Curb Data Specification (CDS) is the “American” parking standard, and that the standard developed by the Alliance for Parking Data Standards (APDS) is something separate and mainly for Europe. That’s not right, and it’s causing unnecessary hesitation regarding parking standards adoption.
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