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Curb Management

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.

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.

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 […]

Smart Solutions for the Loading Zone Revenue Dilemma

Successful curb management requires recognizing that loading zones and parking spaces are complementary components of an integrated strategy, not competing resources. Cities that understand this relationship and properly value the economic and social benefits of well-designed loading zones can create solutions that serve commercial needs while maintaining revenue streams.

Smarter Parking Starts With Better Questions

By Jade Neville As someone who’s worked in the UK parking sector for a number of years, I’ve seen firsthand how much of our urban infrastructure still struggles with what should be a relatively simple question: Where can I park? If you’ve spent any time driving in busy cities — whether it’s London, New York, […]

Unlocking Parking Innovation with Data Standards

During the past several years, the parking industry has seen the development of two critical parking data standards: the Curb Data Specification (CDS) from the Open Mobility Foundation (OMF) and the data specifications developed by the Alliance for Parking Data Standards (APDS).
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