Slipping Into the Future: New Technologies and Trends in the Parking Industry

This article describes a variety of innovations in the parking industry. It includes a look at new technologies ranging from mechanical, or elevator, garages, to new wireless technologies and pay-on-foot, or cashier-less, parking. Wireless technologies include tools that permit owners to track how many drivers park in their facility and at what times. Mobile payment technologies permit drivers to use cell phones or PDAs to log into the system with their phones when they arrive, log out when they leave and pay via phone. While pay-on-foot technologies have been available for some years, they have been recently improved to allow pay-in-line equipment that is smaller than traditional machinery and can be located in individual exit lines rather than in remote corners of a structure.

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• Authors:
  • Rich, Richard A
  • Kinnell, Richard W
• Publication Date: 2006-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 19-22
• Serial:
  • Parking
  • Volume: 45
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: National Parking Association
  • ISSN: 0031-2193

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electronic payment; Parking facilities; Technological innovations; Wireless communication systems
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01024976
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 2006 7:55AM