NEWS COMPANIES AND PEOPLE UPGRADE FOR LEEDS
Online payment options and automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) parking management are two of the innovations being introduced to car parks in Leeds city centre. Management of the Edward Street and
Templar Street car parks in central Leeds has been taken over by Town Centre Car Parks (TCCP) from NCP. TCCP is a division of Town Centre Securities,
the Leeds-based property investment and development company. This move will enable TCCP to manage the car parks in conjunction with London-based development company Hammerson, and to introduce a series of parking-friendly measures. Ben Ziff, (pictured right) managing director of
TCCP, said: ‘The capacity of the Edward Street and Templar Street car parks is 520 spaces and they form a very popular site for parking in Leeds city centre. Our aim is to enhance the car parks, making them more fl exible to meet the needs of commuters and shoppers.
BARCODE BENEFITS
‘We are determined to create quality, good- value car parks, by replacing the old-fashioned pay-and-display machines with a modern ANPR system. This enables drivers to pay on arrival or departure, whichever is easier, and to extend their stay without any hassle. ‘We are also planning a parking feature that is unique in Leeds, namely the ability to pay online up to 24 hours after departure. That will make it so much easier and more fl exible for drivers who haven’t got the right amount of cash with them,’ added Ziff. TCCP already owns and manages the Merrion Centre, Clarence Dock and Whitehall Riverside car parks in the city. Ziff said: ‘We are now very much back in the car park business in Leeds. We have owned and managed car parks across England and Scotland for the past 40 years. We have a full understanding of the car park business and are able to deliver and manage fi rst-class car parks.’
CASHLESS APPLICATION
Basildon Council has launched a cashless parking service in Wickford and Billericay, in partnership with BemroseBooth Mobile. The service, at nil cost to the council, is accessed by customers registering a card and calling a number to charge the fee to it. A phone app is also available for Apple and Android smartphones.
APT SkiData has launched a two-dimensional, quick response barcode reader as an integral part of its parking control column, enabling the reading of tickets (as barcodes) sent to the customer’s mobile phone, PDA or printed on paper. Depending on operator need, this can facilitate access, accept payment, and recognise discount entitlements in any number of combinations and confi gurations. The omnidirectional imager captures the barcode in less than a second, regardless of its orientation. Sean Dunstan, managing director of APT SkiData, says the principal benefi t is convenience: ‘In one confi guration a customer can pre-book their parking and have a ticket sent to their mobile phone, which they’re much less likely to lose than their ticket, while an operator can capture valuable data about customer parking habits, enabling them to better target offers to build loyalty.’
40 JULY 2012
UPPING THE ANTE
Drivers of electric vehicles in London now have more than 100 extra charging points following installations in 13 Q-Park car parks across the capital. The Chargemaster wall-mounted dual units, part of Mayor Boris Johnson’s Source London
network, managed by Transport for London, offer economical charging at up to 7kW or twice the standard speeds.
www.britishparking.co.uk
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