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Industry News

February, 2022

Mobile Smart City has expanded the Pango mobile parking app to Downtown Bend, Oregon. Mobile Smart City through its integrated platform utilizing Pango’s Cloud-based system is now providing Pango Mobile Payment Platform, Hectronic’s Multi-Space Meter, LPR system, and QR entry & exit solutions.


SKIDATA and Schneider Electric announced a partnership to provide a seamless EV charging solution for parking managers and their customers as electric vehicle adoption becomes more widespread.


Phoenix Parking Solutions has a gift for making celebrations sophisticated, safe and memorable. The Atlanta-based parking management company specializes in providing front-door service to any neighborhood or commercial event space, adding elegance to seasonal soirees while keeping the mood merry and bright.


Parking Australia, the national body representing the interests of the parking industry in Australia, elected three directors at its Annual General Meeting of the company. The two new directors are Angelique Mentis from thatsMYspot and Daniel Hitchcock from First Parking. Mosstyn Howell from UbiPark was also re-elected to the board for a third term.


Flowbird Group has launched a new parking system for the seaside community of Gloucester, MA in partnership with its local distribution partner, Wescor Parking Controls. Located 45 minutes from Boston, Gloucester is home to America’s oldest seaport. Visitors come from all over to visit its unique shops, artists, and award-winning restaurants.


The New London Parking Authority and Southeast Area Transit are excited to announce the launch of NL SmartRide, a flexible, dynamic, on-demand micro-transit shuttle service for passengers in New London. An Uber-like service, NL SmartRide uses a smartphone app for riders to schedule customized curb-to-curb transportation


Yamaha Bicycles, which recently donated $5,000 to fund the first All Kids Bike kindergarten PE program in Santa Barbara, helped students, teachers, and administrators welcome a fleet of new Strider Bikes to Harding University Partnership School yesterday. Guided by their PE teacher Kyle Marme, students in the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades unboxed and assembled the bikes for the school’s youngest students.


DERQ, a Detroit-based technology company, and their partner CT Group, an intelligent transportation systems distributor, are partnering with Fremont, California to deploy intersection analytics systems as a key component of the Fremont Boulevard Safe and Smart Corridor Project on a 9-mile section of Fremont Boulevard


Premier Parking announced that more than 600,000 of its customers have signed up to use their new parking technology made possible through an exclusive partnership with Metropolis. Customer use has resulted in more than one million transactions processed to date. 


Parkopedia wants to transform the combined parking and charging experience for EV owners with the launch of ‘Park and Charge’ to deliver the most comprehensive and accurate charging service available. EV owners would be able to accurately find, authorize, pay and manage charging sessions with ease, all in one place from within their vehicles.


Amano McGann, Inc. is pleased to announce that Tom Keeley has joined AMI as Vice President of Canadian Operations. Based in Ottawa, Keeley will be responsible for all Amano McGann Canada sales and operations.


The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority announced the launch of the San Diego Flyer, a free electric shuttle bus service powered by Endera electric shuttles, that will transport passengers between the San Diego International Airport and Old Town Transit Center. Through their partnership with ACE Parking, Endera supplied a fleet of 6 fully electric shuttles for the service.


Endera, a technology company specializing in all-electric commercial vehicles, charging infrastructure, and software solutions, announced the launch of its all-electric powertrain for Class 3 and 4 zero-emission commercial vehicles.


Denison Parking began managing the assets and parking facilities of three Minneapolis locations in December 2021. Centre Village, the Gateway Garage, and Loring Garage, are all indirectly owned by investment funds managed by Alinda Capital Partners. The three parking facilities total in excess of 3,000 parking spaces in some of the most in-demand areas of Minneapolis.


Beam Global announced that a Federally Funded Research and Development Center has made a third repeat order to further expand its fleet of EV ARC solar powered EV charging systems to charge EVs, hybrids and NEVs (neighborhood electric vehicles) used in fleet operations and by employees. Beam Global also announced that Virginia Clean Cities at James Madison University in Virginia deployed its first EV ARC solar-powered EV charging system to charge fleet, student, faculty and visitor EVs.


Verra Mobility has completed its acquisition of T2 Systems, an expert in parking management solutions in North America, for $347 million on a cash-free and debt-free basis, plus an additional up to $9 million related to an impending asset acquisition by a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of T2 Systems.


T2 Systems has acquired the NuPark solution from Passport. T2 will
bring the best parts of NuPark together with existing T2 offerings to continue delivering best-in-class solutions for university and municipality customers that meet evolving post-pandemic needs.


Clearwater-based Robotic Parking Systems received a U.S. Commercial Service Export Achievement Award in December 2021 for successfully expanding its exports to Kuwait. The U.S. Commercial Service is the trade and investment promotion arm of the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration.


CEO & Founder of APC Hospitality LLC, Ellis M. Dumont proudly announces a new affiliate, APC Security Services, Inc. and the addition of Salvatore Ingui as Regional Director. APC Security Services holds significant importance in the APC Hospitality brand of services.


Park Omaha has partnered with curb management company Automotus to deploy 100 “smart loading zones” across the city, with the goal of reducing congestion and improving parking turnover and curbside pick-up for local businesses. For the project, Automotus will use computer vision technology to track and analyze demand at the city’s curbs.


eleven-x, a global supplier of wireless IoT solutions, is excited to announce the launch of eXactpark, its newest sensor-based smart parking solution. This game-changing innovative solution will help municipalities, campuses and private organizations drive additional revenues, reduce costs, and ensure a great experience for drivers. 


The TIBA VAR Group can broadcast with great confidence the widespread Log4j vulnerability has no impact on TIBA products. TIBA’s edge devices are OS-Less and do not rely on any known source codes.


Superpedestrian launched its first fleet of seated e-scooters in a major U.S. city, bringing a more accessible option to riders in Baltimore, Maryland. Starting today, the MIT-spin off micromobility provider will deploy 150 of the seated scooters alongside its conventional fleet of 1,000 standing scooters.


Fleet Advantage announced it has been recognized as a recipient of the 2021 Green Supply Chain Award by Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine. Recipients are featured in Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s December 2021 issue.


Premier Parking announced that they are bringing their new Metropolis-enabled touchless parking technology to Kansas City. Premier first deployed the new Metropolis technology in April of this year in their headquarters city of Nashville and has since been rolling it out in key markets across the U.S. 


Cole Ticket Solutions Inc. is proud to announce their just-in-time stock program, providing West Coast customers with a reliable local source of revenue control products for the Parking, Transportation, and Mobility industries. Susan Cole founded CTS in 2021. CTS is a 100 percent woman-owned business delivering products and solutions for customers in the transit, parking, and mobility industries.


LAZ Parking announced the formation of a new, long-term partnership with Argo Infrastructure Partners. Argo is an infrastructure investor based in New York with a long-term investment horizon, targeting higher quality infrastructure assets and businesses. 


Fleet Advantage announced that Senior Fleet Transaction Analyst and Project Manager, Jackie Jacobs, has been recognized as a recipient of Monitor’s 2021 Top Women in Equipment Finance award. The company has also received Food Logistics’ 2021 Top Software & Technology Providers Award.


2021 was another successful year for PayByPhone, a mobile parking payment company. The year was marked by the introduction of PayByPhone Business, a mobile fleet management solution. The company also launched its parking payment management application in 25 new locations, including 21 cities and 4 universities.


Oobeo, Inc. is pleased to announce the hiring of Michael Bockbrader as its new director of sales, commercial. Bockbrader, a commercial real estate and strategic procurement professional, brings more than 25 years of sales and business management expertise to Oobeo, an independent subsidiary of Toledo-based Toledo Ticket Technologies.



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