Advanced Digital Parking Management Software Systems
The industry of parking has made a major step towards the integration of technology. This is a very important part of the reason that smart or digital parking has made its mark in all sectors of parking from businesses, campuses, event venues, and real estate. The shift that people and businesses needed to go through during the Covid-19 pandemic, has created a more welcoming culture towards a more digital inclusive society.
Overall, trends are pointing to a major rise in the use of technology even with our return to a more normal society as the pandemic continues to be on the decline. Commercial parking, office parking, and the overall parking industry is one of great importance. Parking practices are morphing to meet the changing needs of residents and tenants of parking facilities travel and overall mobility behavior. One such change is the shift to using personal vehicles for travel instead of public transportation due to the increased need for personal protection over the past few years.
Hardware and Software Technology of Digital Parking
The push for more independent and social distance behaviors over the past few years, the implementation of technology in the parking industry has been placed as one of the top priorities of the industry. Before the pandemic, the technology implementation was slow and not as high of importance, however, our society is becoming more and more advanced. All avenues of our lives need to reflect this change-parking included.
Touchless Interactions
Touchless technology has been a major focus for consumers. This includes shoppers, employees, visitors, and guests to improve safety in the parking sector. Touchless parking technology includes such devices like FLASH, sensors, cameras, and mobile applications to control all aspects of parking from entry, exit, monitoring, and bill payments. This also includes the owners and managers of the parking premises. Monitoring software utilizes cameras and License Plate Recognition software to control entry and exit in parking facilities. This is major cut down on processing times and person interactions with either a attendant or touchpads and machines that may not have been cleaned.
As a better method of convenience, smart parking also offers the ability for users to reserve spaces, find available parking, and do all aspects of their parking experience through the palm of their hand. Mobile apps are on the rise to control parking on both sides of the screen from users and managers.
Security
An parking facility needs to have some form of security. The larger the operation, the more need for security as traffic and users increases. However, even the small scale parking facility needs to have reliable parking safety. Cybersecurity of the app platform should also be considered for users to protect personal data shared in the app from names, addresses, card numbers, and car license plate numbers. Smart parking offers a secure platform to keep compliance of information security through the installation of the latest PCI compliance that can also keep up with all transactions.
Endless Data Opportunities
Another major benefit of smart parking is the generation of data that can be used to make important decisions to move the operation in the right direction based on goals and client wants/ needs. Parking software utilizes a cloud-based software that can track and monitor parking activity in a facility. This can also apply for real estate parking for residential lots or condos, shopping centers, and more. According to FlashParking, “Parking systems that utilize the power of the cloud… better position [a manager] to track a user across their journey and leverage new tools.” This is also very helpful tracking overall traffic in the parking facility to help make vital decisions on expansion and overall upgrades to the facility. In the past this generation of data was a long tedious process with countless papers and filing cabinets. Now, the software like ParkingBadge can generate reports and charts to explain data for the whole facility, or select users of the facility at the click of a button.
Smart parking is making a major push in the parking industry as the clientele makes advances towards more technology inclusiveness. ParkingBadge with their expert staff can help make the switch to a more technology inclusive facility.
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