This year, Park Assist added an LPR camera on entry.When
you arrive, your license number is “attached” to the ticket you received on entry.When you leave, the process of inserting your ticket at a pay-on-foot also called up your vehicle and presented a picture of the location of your
car.No need to enter a plate num- ber (and perhaps key it in improperly). It’s fast and efficient. Another such example is the Luke II by Digital Payment
Technologies (DPT). The company took its successful Luke mul- ti-space paystation and expanded on a theme. Luke II not only covers P-and-D and P-by-S, but also has license plate input; allows a ton of payment options; and enables the user to pay-by- cell and then be notified by text when the parking time is near- ing its limit, and enables the user to update payment from his or her phone, if allowed. DPT’s new paystation product has many enhancements in
design in both the way money is handled and the robust nature of the enclosure. At this year’s IPI show, I noted that virtually all single-space
meter companies were providing a “pay by credit card” facility on their meters. Let’s face it, the market was crying for this tech- nology, one company led the pack, and now others are bringing the enhancement to their products. Many companies added electric vehicle (EV) charging sta-
tions to their product lines. It was difficult to walk down an aisle without seeing these in abundance.
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be purchased by garages as benefits for potential parkers. Other companies (such as in revenue control) saw them as add-ons so their equipment could collect money from the charging stations aswell as for parking. Brand spanking new? No, there were a number of such
charging stations last year. However, this year, many manufac- turers jumped on the sustainability band wagon and provided these products. Reduce expenses and go “green” by selecting lighting that
uses less power. Pay yourmonthly parking at a POFwith a credit card. In-street sensors provide data for occupancy and rate deter- mination. “Cloud computing”was noted in a number of booths – locate your computer hardware off-site and do away with the limitations of on-site data centers. Itwas all there. Next year, expect some of these products to have been
moved aside and others to take their places. Perhaps I am jaded, but forme, “wow” iswhen a company takes a product andmakes it better, makes it work and makes it fit the marketplace. I saw some of
those.And I did say “wow.”
John Van Horn is Founder, Publisher and Editor of Parking Today. This article was underwritten by ACS, a Xerox Co.
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