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From the Street to Strategy: My Journey Through a Changing Parking Industry

Looking back as Parking Today marks its 30th anniversary, it feels like the right moment to reflect on how far the industry has evolved and how much those early experiences influenced the way I communicate, lead, and think about the role parking plays in our communities.

Innovation Requires Three Distinct Mindsets, Part 2

If Explorers spark innovation and Town Builders give it structure, City Enablers keep the engines running, ensuring that progress doesn’t just happen once but continues sustainably over time. They are the professionals who fine-tune systems, manage complexity, and preserve balance between ambition and practicality. Much like life in general, progress in the parking industry requires a balance of efforts by Explorers, Town Builders, and City Enablers.

Automated Parking Takes Flight

As U.S. airports look to improve their parking programs, a growing number are adopting automated payment systems to streamline their parking operations and expedite and simplify the parking process for travelers.

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. 

The Silent Crisis on Main Street

The era of the “dumb curb” is over. The era of the intelligent, digitized, and managed curb has arrived. The only question remaining is whether parking authorities will step up to lead this transition or be overrun by it.

Metropolis Agrees to $8.75 Million Tennessee Settlement 

The parking operator and provider of artificial intelligence solutions Metropolis Technologies, Inc., recently agreed to an $8.75 million settlement with the State of Tennessee to resolve its investigation into the company.

Parking’s Streaming Moment: When Will Cities Embrace AI?

Imagine if your favorite music today still required handling fragile vinyl or cumbersome cassette tapes — unthinkable, right? However, this analogy perfectly describes the outdated reality of parking in many cities across America.

ParkHelp Acquires Cleverciti, Creating Global Smart Parking Leader 

Looking to provide a more comprehensive approach to smart parking, the parking guidance solution provider ParkHelp Technologies has acquired Cleverciti Systems GmbH, a rival parking guidance provider specializing in curb management, on-street parking signage, and guided enforcement solutions. Announced November 3, the deal unites ParkHelp’s off-street parking guidance expertise with the on-street […]
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