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From Circling to Connected: How AI Is Transforming Parking and Smart City Development 

Parking technology has come a long way. What started as coin slots and painted lines has evolved into sophisticated guidance networks, real-time occupancy data, and seamless digital payments. Now comes the next chapter. Artificial intelligence (AI) is being layered onto that proven infrastructure, giving operators and cities tools that not only show what’s happening but also anticipate what’s coming. 

The Curb Needs a Lead Physician, Not Just Specialists

Spending years working across both the U.K. and U.S. parking landscape since, I’ve noticed something consistent on both sides of the Atlantic. The curb is almost always underestimated and almost always under-governed. Not for lack of talent or technology. But for lack of the right kind of thinking at the top of the system.

Your Curb Rules Are Right, Drivers Still Park Wrong

The curb isn’t where rules live. It is where decisions happen. And those are very different things to design for.

Parking Policy Center Continues Shoup Legacy

The UCLA Center for Parking Policy was launched in 2025 to carry forward Donald Shoup’s legacy of connecting parking research with wider audiences.

From Enforcement to Intelligence

What cities are beginning to recognize is that enforcement systems, when powered by artificial intelligence (AI), are not just regulatory tools. They are one of the most immediate and scalable ways to build real-time visibility across urban environments.

Rethinking the Occupancy Target

What matters more than how full the curb is at any given moment is how productive that curb is over the course of a day. Productivity, in this context, is best measured not by occupancy, but by how many different vehicles are served.

30 Years of Parking Today: Moments That Mattered

Thirty years of Parking Today means 30 years of headlines that captured an industry in motion: deals that reshaped the competitive landscape, ideas that challenged conventional wisdom, and technologies that changed how parking works. The headlines on these pages are snapshots of those moments. 

30th Anniversary of Parking Today: 30 Years of Change

During the past 30 years, what was once viewed simply as the business of storing vehicles has evolved into a sophisticated industry integrating finance, software, infrastructure, and urban planning.

Arrive Adds Enforcement Through Passport Deal 

In the latest in a series of acquisitions, the parking and mobility giant Arrive is picking up Passport Labs, Inc., the parking technology provider specializing in compliance and curbside payment solutions. 

Los Angeles looks to data collection to improve curb management  

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) is working with the design consulting firm Arcadis and its CurbIQ curb-management solution to create a digital inventory of curb uses within a large section of downtown L.A.
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