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Parkeon and Skidata, two system providers in different markets of the parking industry, intend to form a strategic alliance. Skidata specialises in off-street parking, while Parkeon supplies on-street parking systems. Currently Skidata, which
has 30 years in the parking business, has more than 6,000 global installations, while Parkeon enjoys a market coverage of 165,000 terminals in more than 50 countries and 3,000 cities, and 95,000 banking transactions per day. Te planned strategic alliance
Help is on hand for drivers seeking a parking slot.
iHelp for time- poor parkers
Driving around an unfamiliar city looking for a parking space, or even finding a space in your own hometown, is set to become much easier as technology comes to the rescue of time-poor parkers. Te new iPhone app Nosey
Parker has been developed for business travellers, tourists, shoppers, parents, or anyone who doesn’t want to pay the earth for a parking space. Te app can identify the nearest car park to the motorist’s current position help find the cheapest or safest parking facility. Nosey Parker is the only
app that provides UK-specific car park locations and prices, with a database containing information about 13,400 UK car parks that between them offer over 1.8 million spaces. Manchester-based developers
Stardotstar say they wanted to create an app that would
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address a common problem. Director Gareth Langley explained: ‘Anyone who drives knows that parking can be really frustrating. If you’re new to a city you can waste time driving round for ages until you finally find a car park, only to discover you’ve parked in the most expensive one in town.’ Te Nosey Parker database
also contains information on car parks with parent and toddler spaces, disabled spaces and even car parks that accept credit cards. Nosey Parker is available
from the App Store now; it will cost £1.79. New additions to the app will be introduced in the coming months and will include, the addition of search options and the ability to filter results by a number of different criteria. Visit:
www.noseyparkerapp. com for more information.
between Parkeon and Skidata will give clients the chance to combine data from both areas of the parking business – on street and off-street – using a single parking back-office to manage their operations.
Tis provides a number of possibilities for parking facility operators to increase the efficiency of their operations and improve services for people on the move. In the future, the two
companies will fully co-ordinate the development of business services, based around a single back office, payment platform and tariff engine. An important aspect of these solutions will be their open design and compatibility with third-party equipment and systems. Chief executive officer for
Skidata, Charles Egli, said: ‘In keeping with the trend toward greater mobility, the interaction between private and public transportation is becoming more and more important. Parking continues to play a key role in this development.’
One half of a double act… Parkeon at Parkex.
SYSTEM UPDATE
Maidstone Borough Council has adopted a new management software system that has updated all of its parking services operations. Jeff Kitson, the parking services manager, praised the efficiency of the system and
said the introduction of the new Parking Gateway and Permit Gateway management support systems from Imperial Civil Enforcement Solutions (ICES) had ‘transformed all operational areas within our parking services team.’
Jeff Kitson… praising the new software system.
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