Industry News
March, 2018
Newcastle City Council in Australia has launched a state-first parking app to coincide with the Broadmeadow stadium park and ride service’s free window closing. The shuttle service attracts a $2.20 fee per day now, which can be paid with the EasyPark app designed to let commuters pay without having to return to the meter. It will help manage parking spaces across the local government area. “I’m thrilled to say that with the launch of the EasyPark app, the City of Newcastle is on the way to relegating parking meters to the dustbin of history,” lord mayor Nuatali Nelmes said.
A garage billed as Northern California’s first fully automated parking structure has opened in Oakland. People drive up, drop off the car and walk away. A machine lifts the car to one of the 39 spaces in the seven-level structure. Scott Gable, CEO of Oakland’s CityLift Parking, which worked on the garage in conjunction with Oakland company Signature Development, said the structure cost about $45,000 per space and would save on greenhouse gas emissions. That’s partly because cars won’t drive around in it. It also uses less material per space than other garages, because the cars can fit more compactly. Automation is already popular in Europe and Asia, and “we think this is the future of parking,” Gable said. Starting in April, cars will be able to park in the garage — the Hive Parking Structure near Broadway and 24th Street — at night as well as during the day.
Beginning March 1, Downtown Pensacola and Premium Parking, a New Orleans, Louisiana based parking management provider, will transition to a new digital parking management platform for Downtown Pensacola’s on-street, public lots, and garage parking operations. As part of this market launch, Premium Parking has established a local office and management team based in Downtown Pensacola. The team will oversee operations in the City of Pensacola, Florida and the Gulf Coast. Downtown Pensacola will also launch Premium’s mobile payment solutions on its paid parking footprint, offering locals and visitors easy ways to pay by phone-via text or mobile app-using their license plate. Additionally, parkers can continue to use traditional payment methods via local pay machines. As part of the transition, Downtown Pensacola will install new, customer-friendly signage that showcases the new ways to pay.
Join MAPA members and sponsors at Oriole Park at Camden Yards for Parking and Baseball, Wednesday, May 16 at 11 AM. Registration includes tickets, lunch and our sponsors will offer power pitches on their products and services. Afterwards cheer on the Orioles to win! Lunch and Presentation at 11, Game Starts at 12:35 PM. Education, networking and fun at a reasonable price. That’s the MAPA way! For full information log on to midatlanticparkingassociation.org.
Jason Reigstad, Vice President of Special Projects at Reigstad Engineers, Inc., is the only engineer in Minnesota to be selected as one of the top newsmakers of 2017 through the national publication, Engineering News-Record. Reigstad and other newsmakers of 2017 will be honored at the 2018 ENR Award of Excellence Celebration at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York, N.Y. April 5-6, 2018. Reigstad was selected for this prestigious honor for his investigative work regarding a possible danger hiding in over 100 precast concrete parking garages across the United States as there have been failures in at least three garages. The issue lies within a problematic product these garages have in common called C-Grid, a grid of high-strength carbon-fiber reinforced polymer (FRP).
“There’s one basic college course every student must pass. It doesn’t appear in the course catalog and it isn’t assigned a grade. However, it could result in a pass/fail at the end of the semester. Time management — it is one of the first lessons a student must learn when balancing school, a social life and oftentimes, work, too. For the students at the University of Rochester there’s a solution to help manage time. The university has recently upgraded from its current parking provider to PassportParking for a smoother and more convenient app experience. In addition, the Colorado School of Mines announces the launch of the PassportParking® application. The app is powered by the global leader of mobile payments for parking and transit, Passport, serving cities and universities throughout North America. The PassportParking app makes paying for parking more convenient for students, visitors and faculty. The app allows users to make payments from their smartphones, which not only makes paying easier but reduces the chance of receiving a parking ticket
TagMaster, a leading supplier of advanced RFID, Infomobility and ANPR solutions for vehicle identification within Traffic and Rail Solutions has, through its subsidiary CitySync Ltd, received orders from two clients for ANPR projects. CitySync has received orders for ANPR projects within two different applications. One of the project are within “freeflow” airport parking and the other within access security. The client for the access security project is one of the major retailers in UK that will use CitySync´s CS50 intelligent camera for access security across distributions centers all over the country. All products are part of the standard assortment and will be delivered during first quarter 2018.”
The City of Penticton, British Columbia, announces the launch of the Passport Canada mobile parking application for residents and visitors. Passport, the developer of the app, is the global leader for parking and transit payments for cities and universities across North America. The Passport Canada app is available at more than 600 parking spaces throughout the city, including on-street spaces and five off-street parking lot locations. With the app, users can efficiently pay for parking sessions from their mobile devices, as well as:
Reno A&E (RAE), introduces the ATG Series Detectors, designed to provide accurate vehicle counts for parking, tolling and access control revenue systems. The Model DL-ATG (Anti-Tailgating, Counting and Directional Logic) Vehicle Detectors and Model L-ATG (Anti-Tailgating and Counting) Vehicle Detectors are designed to accurately count bumper-to-bumper passenger vehicles, detect multiple vehicles entering or exiting during a single gate cycle, including tailgating vehicles. The ATG Series Detectors also provide single- or dual-lane directional counting and are able to count vehicles even if a metal object is placed in the loop area, prior to a vehicle arriving over the loop detection zone, as well as audit revenue collection at parking facilities.
Aeo at Ward Village condominium complex in Honolulu, debuted a new smart-tech parking facility that will include two levels dedicated to the new Whole Foods Market, scheduled to open this summer. The developer said the multi-level parking structure will utilize the state’s first M4 camera-based system by Park Assist, which is designed to optimize parking guidance, reduce wait time and improve overall traffic flow.
Ryan Hunt named president of Premier Parking. He began his career in the parking industry with Premier Parking in July of 2006, a time when Premier managed five properties in downtown Nashville, TN. Over the last eleven years, Premier Parking has grown exponentially, expanding to several major U.S. cities and totaling over 400 parking operations. Ryan has served a vital role in many of the acquisitions and transitions that Premier Parking has completed during his time with the company, proving to be a great asset to the growth and stability of the organization. Now, as President, Ryan will remain intensely focused on continuing aggressive growth strategies and the M&A strategy to propel Premier Parking’s success and enhancing the culture that makes Premier so special.
