Municipalities that want to digitize their on-street parking operations should look for smart parking solutions from a technology provider that has on and off street parking means. If a city’s entire public parking system — from garages and lots to curbsides — is optimized for a single payment app, consumers have a greater incentive to download it.
Security is another essential consideration when you are evaluating payment solutions. Mobile transactions should be upheld to the same PCI DSS Level 1 standards you seek out in traditional parking payment equipment. Find out more about the importance of PCI Compliance here.
Finally, you’ll need to consider more advanced technologies like parking spot sensors, driving mode detection, and IoT.
Sensors can be implemented in both on- and off-street parking spaces to monitor and report occupancy back platforms like Arrive’s Park Whiz. On the front end, users can then see and even reserve available spots.
Camera-powered technologies like License Plate Recognition (LPR) software are growing in popularity for the speed and accuracy with which they can identify vehicles.
In today’s smart cities, the Internet of Things (IoT) is what connects disparate city services to work together in a single, dynamic, and responsive network. Parking technology providers like FLASH actually install IoT controllers within their hardware. As such a visible piece of the smart city puzzle, parking is an optimal sector to pilot IoT.