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10 Trends Revolutionizing Event Parking

The way drivers travel to, park at, and leave from major venues is changing at a pace never seen before. Here are 10 — plus one bonus — of the most significant parking and mobility trends shaping venue and event operations today and tomorrow.

V2X: Your Car Is Talking. Is Parking Listening?

Thanks to vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology, cars are chatting with traffic lights, toll booths, satellites, cell towers, and even other vehicles. But not parking. And that needs to change.

Why Every Parking Contract Should Require APDS

If you’d told me, back when I first started in parking enforcement, that one day I’d be advocating for international data standards, I probably would’ve asked what a data standard was. I definitely wouldn’t have guessed it’d be the thing that helps transform how cities manage mobility.

How Smart Cars Will Change Exception Handling

Electric vehicle (EV) technology, autonomous features, advanced driver assistance, mobile-first connectivity and sensors enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming not only how people drive, but how they reserve, enter, exit and pay for parking. With these changes comes one inevitable question: What does it mean for exceptions?

Top 10 Special Event Parking Challenges: An Operator’s Guide

This comprehensive guide shares the 10 most consistent critical challenges in operations, strategic management, and guest experience and client management and provides proven strategies to overcome them, along with essential pre-event planning protocols that can prevent most problems before they occur.

Small Lots Earn Big Returns Through Automation

License plate recognition (LPR) cameras, wireless communication systems, and cloud-based management platforms now offer a workable solution that can transform small lots into revenue-generating assets without the prohibitive infrastructure costs of traditional approaches.

PayByPhone, SKIDATA Strike Global Partnership Deal 

Mobile parking payment provider PayByPhone has signed a strategic global partnership with access control solutions leader SKIDATA to integrate mobile payment capabilities into hundreds of gated off-street parking facilities worldwide, with Miami, Florida, set to become the first market to launch the new service in Q4 2025. 

Fee Transparency Drives Parking Revenue and Customer Loyalty

For parking operators and airports, clear pricing is no longer just good customer service. It is about building trust, protecting reputation, and turning parking into a reliable source of long-term revenue.

Innovation Reshapes the Parking Landscape

The parking industry is undergoing a profound shift as digitalization redefines how space, data, and customer needs intersect. Across the U.S., operators are witnessing the emergence of new tools and models that increase operational efficiency and unlock additional revenue streams. Although global pioneers have already demonstrated what’s possible, the U.S. market is primed to leap forward by localizing and scaling these innovations.

Digital Payments Transform Parking

Some of the most exciting new innovations revolve around digital payment technologies and automated data collection. From license plate recognition (LPR) to mobile apps and contactless payment systems, new innovations are reshaping how drivers interact with parking facilities while offering compelling advantages in convenience, efficiency, safety, and sustainability. Along with revolutionizing the user experience, these trends are also changing the physical design and economics of parking infrastructure and operations.
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