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Industry shifts, technology changes, and what they mean for people who own or operate a garage.
15 December 2018Mall of America is Embracing the Smart Parking Industry
Officials at the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN have invested $3.4 million in red and green lights just in time for the Holiday Season. In most...
11 December 2018How The Parking Experience Varies Around the World
While living on American soil, it’s easy to forget that life in foreign countries happens without Trump tweets and Football Sundays. So, when the...
3 December 2018Parking Industry Taking Advantage of Black Friday and the Shopping Season
With the passing of Thanksgiving 2018, the nation has entered the busiest time of year for shopping and travel. More than half of the American...
14 November 2018The Future of Autonomous Vehicle Parking
The era of Smart Parking has only just begun, however the technology and software needed to make parking more efficient is currently being installed...
7 November 2018Bill Would Equip NJ Towns With Smart Parking Meters
The days of cheating the system for free parking may be limited for drivers in the Garden State. A bill that is currently working its way through the...
31 October 2018Kyosis Attends the NPA Convention in Las Vegas
South River, NJ–On Sunday October, 21st the team at Kyosis Parking Technologies boarded a plane West to Nevada. The goal was to make it to, set up at,...
16 October 2018Embracing Smart Parking This Football Season
The love one has for their favorite sports team can rival that of pets, significant others, and even family members. Being a sports fan can also weave...
25 September 2018CIO Review says, "Kyosis: Orchestrating Smarter and Economical Parking Management"
Today’s public enterprises are trying to stay at their competitive best in serving citizens by embracing innovation and increasing their workforce to...
24 September 2018Amazon Again Extending Their Reach: This Time into Parking
The average Marketing 101 professor would warn young entrepreneurs about the possible damaging effects when stretching a product or service line....
18 September 2018Will New Digital License Plates Interface with Smart Parking?
The bumper sticker industry may be in for a scare. Digital License Plates have become a real thing for drivers in the state of California and this new...
31 August 2018Parking History: How the Industry Joined the 21st Century
On July 16th, 1935 the world’s first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City, OK. The Magee-Hale Park-O-Meter Company was born and citizens across...
19 August 2018There is a Parking Lot the Size of New Jersey
Well, not exactly. There is not really a black-top-covered, state-sized plot of land devoted to parked cars. However, new studies have revealed the...
8 August 2018The Things You Can Accomplish When Parking is Made Simple
You made great time getting onto campus or to the office. You’ve got plans to get in early and leave a few minutes early to get to the beach before...
30 July 2018Access Control Features Revolutionizing Vehicle Parking
For many drivers, thoughts of parking in a large garage or lot can cause (but are not limited to) fever, headaches, depression, bouts of rage, and bad...
16 July 2018Attending Conferences to Make the World of Parking a Better Place
The world of parking is now bigger, smarter, and more technologically advanced than the average driver would have ever guessed. In order to meet...
5 July 2018Smart Parking and Practicing Car Theft Prevention this July
Summer has arrived. As a result, it’s important to understand one of the most common (and depressing) forms of larceny in the United States while...
27 November 2017The economics of electric cars and your parking garage
Global electric car sales are expected to climb steadily every year through 2030, going from under a million in 2017 to more than 6 million by 2030....
26 October 2017Are zoning laws effective for solving a city’s parking and traffic woes?
Planning and zoning boards all over the United States turn to parking regulations to curtail traffic. It’s been standard practice for decades: any new...
18 October 2017Navigating the world of mobile parking apps
It’s no surprise that the parking industry has turned to technology to solve some of its most pressing issues. Mobile apps designed to make the parking...
27 September 20174 Ways Parking Garage Owners Can Maximize Profit
The parking garage industry generates between $25 billion and $30 billion each year, with some cities even experiencing a boom in paid parking garage...
13 September 2017What’s Driving Parking Garage Design’s New Direction?
When we think about parking garages, typically one type of structure comes to mind: a cold, gray building built with sharp corners and dull character....
22 August 2017The challenge electric cars pose to smart parking systems
Parking facility operators often worry about availability in their garages or lots, and the of electric cars, which require special charging stations...
15 August 2017Smart parking system installation doesn’t have to be a drag
Finding parking in a crowded garage is already difficult enough. Good luck locating open spots when entire sections are cordoned off for renovations!
8 August 2017What’s driving growth in the parking management system and solutions industry?
Driving often goes together with the battle to find open parking spots.
1 August 2017Can smart parking systems organize special event chaos?
Although graduation ceremonies, sporting events and big arena concerts are all exciting, the frustration of finding on-site parking—and, later, leaving...
25 July 2017Yes, smart parking systems are affordable!
Like running any stable business, managing a parking facility takes people, time, and, above all, money. So it’s no wonder that parking facilities may...
21 July 2017New Urbanism and Parking
If you’ve ever left your car downtown for hours as you shopped and dined, you owe that convenience to New Urbanism.
18 July 2017Parking Management Systems for Cities and Their Residents
The world’s population is constantly increasing, and with that, so too is the number of people on the road. With tens of millions of people on the go...
5 July 2017Should airports use parking management systems to offset the effects of construction?
Although it may seem logical for an airport to fix all its flaws at once, attempting to solve parking problems during construction periods might prove...
29 June 2017Can residential complexes use parking management systems instead of outsourcing the job?
It’s far from wise to assume that an apartment complex’s parking lot can go completely unsupervised, but the alternative – outsourcing to an outside...
20 June 2017Transit-oriented Developments: Lack of Efficiency, Not Spaces, Can Create Problems
Transit-oriented developments (TODs) are an urban planning mainstay. The major driver behind TODs is a “revival” of sorts for neighborhoods...
8 June 2017A Parking Management System That Works for City-based and Rural-based Campuses
Finding any parking space on a college campus, let alone a convenient spot close to academic buildings and student centers, can be close to impossible.
6 June 2017The problem with airport parking
We’ve all been there: you’re running late for a flight, but it’s a busy travel day. You drive up and down row after row of the parking lot, but you...
16 May 2017Putting Parking Management Systems To Work: A Colgate-Palmolive Case Study
Parking management comes in a few different forms: expansion of existing space, valet parking and automated tools like ticketed entry typically come to...
12 April 2017De-Stressing the Hospital Parking Experience
Going to the hospital is already a difficult experience. Arriving at the hospital should be as seamless and as stress-free an experience as the time...
4 April 2017The What and Why of Parking Problems, By The Numbers
If you ask most people what defines a parking problem, they might stumble over their words or shrug their shoulders. They might even beckon a famous...
28 March 2017Can NJ Shore Towns Improve Beach Parking?
Nothing spoils a beautiful summer day like a never-ending trek from the parking space to the beach chair.
21 March 2017Parking management systems don’t take snow days
Employee safety and property security are priorities every single day, whether the weather is perfectly sunny or dreary-snowy. It comes as no surprise...
14 March 2017Can Parking Guidance Systems Help Competitive Campus Parking?
Finding parking can be a nightmare on college campuses.
7 March 2017Parking Management Systems That Benefit Employers -- And Employees
Many offices are not immune to parking woes, and poorly-managed parking can make good employees quit or influence qualified candidates to go with a...
28 February 2017Why Every Garage Should Have Smart Parking Technology By Now
Parking is synonymous with frustration in nearly every place where cars and driving are involved, from losing customers in a downtown business district...
21 February 2017Design Trends And Municipality Parking
Parking solutions are all about approaching, designing and managing with human nature in mind. Instead of just accounting for the number of spaces...
14 February 2017Why Revamping An Existing Parking Garage Beats Building New
People quickly notice when a community has a parking problem. And they don’t stay quiet.
7 February 2017Can modernizing parking help a municipality’s traffic problem?
Traffic slows cities to a crawl, inconveniences residents, slows down public transportation and even discourages visitors from coming back to a town.
1 February 2017Using Parking Technology For Effective Parking Management
It’s no surprise that the parking management industry is poised to grow by leaps and bounds over the next few years.