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Why Parking Guidance Systems Are No Longer Optional in 2025 

For years, parking guidance solutions have been viewed as a luxury, an optional enhancement rather than a necessity. Increasingly, operators, municipalities, and developers now recognize that smart guidance systems are essential for optimizing parking operations, improving customer experience, and driving revenue.

EVs and the New Geometry of Parking Facilities

During the past several years, a growing body of research has emerged focusing on electric vehicle (EV) weights as compared to those of internal-combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Although EV vehicles are indisputably heavier than their ICE equivalents, the implications of that added weight, along with other factors unique to EVs, are changing how we design parking facilities. As the adoption of EVs accelerates, we must reevaluate how we design for the change in structural loads as well as how we lay out these spaces to accommodate accessibility, fire safety, charging logistics, and future adaptability.

The Case for Creative Charging Solutions

Despite major investments, on-street electric vehicle charging in North America still struggles to keep pace with soaring demand and patchy infrastructure.

Omaha’s Parking Overhaul

By adopting gateless parking and mobile-first technology, Omaha is transforming operations and redefining the customer experience. By Jacob Larson Getting stuck inside a parking facility is never on anyone’s bucket list. For drivers, it’s an unexpected inconvenience that turns a routine outing into a source of stress. When a payment machine fails and staff must […]

Parking Startups Take Center Stage

The second annual Accelerate! Parking Pitch Competition showcased innovative solutions as emerging companies competed for industry recognition.

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, […]

Midlife Crisis? Nah, Just an AI Challenge

By Katherine Beaty I’m almost 50. (Nope, still in denial. Please don’t bring it up.) Lately, though, I’ve gotten serious about physical fitness. I want to be 70 and still able to walk to the mailbox without sounding like a bowl of Rice Krispies. I work out five days a week, following a plan from […]

Your Website: It’s Free Real Estate

Your website is a conversation starter, a sales tool, and like a parking garage, often your first impression and customer touchpoint. It deserves your attention and regular updates.

MPS, Clancy Systems Drop Patent Infringement Lawsuit 

By Jay Landers  A year-long legal battle between Municipal Parking Services Inc. (MPS) and Clancy Systems Inc. recently concluded, when both parties agreed to dismiss the case in which MPS alleged that Clancy had infringed three of its patents pertaining to automated parking monitoring and enforcement.  On June 13, the two companies asked Magistrate Judge […]

MPS Sues PRRS, LAZ Parking for Patent Infringement Claims 

Opening a legal battle that could have major ramifications for the automated parking monitoring and enforcement sector, Municipal Parking Services Inc. (MPS) — the maker of the SafetyStick and other automated parking detection and violation enforcement equipment — recently filed a lawsuit alleging patent infringement against the parking compliance company Parking Revenue Recovery Services Inc. (PRRS) and parking operator LAZ Parking. 

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