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SKIDATA: Frictionless Parking Promotes Public Health

March 30, 2020

SKIDATA: Frictionless Parking Promotes Public Health

Los Angeles, CA (March 30, 2020)—In this uncertain time of pandemic and public health crisis, we must find ways to minimize common touchpoints that could allow the Coronavirus and other viruses to spread more widely. SKIDATA, the leading provider of parking technology, urges parking owners, operators, and business owners with parking assets to look to frictionless parking to protect their staff and patrons, and promote public health.

“Frictionless parking was developed as a driver amenity, to make parking more convenient,” said Chris McKenty, SKIDATA Vice President. “No one foresaw that it could also promote public health, but that’s exactly what it’s doing. Owners and operators who already have frictionless technologies in place should encourage tenants and parking patrons to take advantage of the technology and create user accounts. And those who don’t should look into expanding their current equipment into frictionless technology suites.”

Frictionless parking suites combine several parking technologies, including Parking Access & Revenue Control Systems (PARCS), License Plate Recognition (LPR), and parking guidance technology to provide a completely touch-free parking experience. Parkers register their vehicles online and establish credit card payment credentials. When they drive to a frictionless parking facility, the LPR equipment recognizes the vehicle and permits entry; the parking guidance equipment directs them to an open space, and when they are ready to leave, the LPR again recognizes the vehicle and bills the associated credit card the appropriate fee. Some systems include pre-booking platforms that allow parkers to reserve and pay for parking in advance.

“Promoting public health isn’t just about the Coronavirus,” said McKenty. “Hopefully, this virus will be eradicated soon. But even if it is, we are still subjected to the flu and other viruses every year. The new reality of parking is that we need to eliminate as many common touchpoints as possible, and frictionless parking can be an important part of a parking public health strategy.”

About SKIDATA

SKIDATA is an international leader in the field of access solutions and their management. Almost 10,000 SKIDATA installations worldwide in ski resorts, stadiums, airports, shopping malls, cities, spa & wellness facilities, trade fairs and amusement parks provide secure and reliable access and entry control for people and vehicles. SKIDATA places great value in providing solutions that are intuitive, easy to use, and secure. The integrated concepts of SKIDATA solutions help clients optimize performance and maximize profits. SKIDATA Group (www.skidata.com) belongs to the publicly traded Swiss Kudelski Group (www.nagra.com), a leading provider of digital security solutions.

ParkBlue Successfully Launched in Ohio and Indiana by TIBA Parking Systems, Enabling a Frictionless Parking Experience

November 14, 2018

ParkBlue Successfully Launched in Ohio and Indiana by TIBA Parking Systems, Enabling a Frictionless Parking Experience

Columbus, OH (November 14, 2018) – TIBA Parking Systems’ Bluetooth technology (BLE), ParkBlue, was successfully implemented in Ohio and Indiana for monthly transients at multiple sites.

Since July, hundreds of monthly users have utilized the first garages installed by Signature Control Systems in partnership with TIBA Parking Systems.

Monthly parkers at these locations now have the ability to gain frictionless access to the garage using their branded mobile app. As the driver approaches the entry and exit devices, the gate detects the mobile device and allows the parker into the garage by using the phone as the credential. Drivers can also access a secondary QR code by manually tapping their ParkBlue application on their phone if needed.

This not only offers convenience to the parker who no longer has to roll down their window and present an access credential, but also offers convenience to the owner and operator who does not have to purchase and distribute expensive access credentials which are continuously lost and transferred amongst other users.

This Bluetooth solution has also increased the throughput of the facility as less time is required in the lane to manually authenticate the driver.

Operators can benefit from the ease of dialing-in the sensor range of the ParkBlue device through the software so as not to detect other users in adjacent lanes or in the same vehicle.

“TIBA is thrilled to bring frictionless parking and better ease of use to monthly drivers,” stated John Whiteman, TIBA Executive Vice President of Sales. “We look forward to expanding upon ParkBlue to help more drivers navigate to specific open spaces throughout different lots, assisting garage operators with managing overflow traffic, and increasing driver data through a robust business intelligence platform.”

“We are excited to bring TIBA’s Bluetooth enabled access app to North America via these first two installations,” stated John Bambey, Vice President at Signature Control Systems. “It’s great to be able to provide our customers and parkers with this level of industry leading technology and ease of access.”

About TIBA Parking Systems:

For 30 years, TIBA has provided innovative solutions for the parking market, resulting in reliable, user-friendly products that lower the price of initial acquisition and the cost of ongoing maintenance. TIBA has successfully implemented this through a focus on software development, while continuing to enhance and support its reliable hardware platforms. This allows owners to keep the capital investment down while still enjoying the latest software functionality. With extensive global experience, TIBA’s robust, scalable architecture enables parking operators to keep pace with the latest trends in centralized operations, automated smart facilities, web reservations and mobile payments. TIBA’s flexible software grants parking operators to be IoT-connected and leverage big data to increase revenue. TIBA’s agile

TIBA LLC, 2228 Citygate Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43219 ∙ Phone (614) 328 -2040, Fax (614) 864-2153 Web: www.tibaparking.com Email: info@tibaparking.com

The City of Pasadena partners with Inugo to transform their downtown parking

November 05, 2018

The City of Pasadena partners with Inugo to

transform their downtown parking

Inugo today announced that the City of Pasadena has chosen Inugo as their partner of choice and will be installing the Inugo solution into three of their downtown garages.

“We are delighted to be working with the City of Pasadena to transform the way visitors park” said Sam Barclay, CEO of Inugo “Inugo will allow drivers to find parking easily, park ticketlessly and charge them automatically when they leave. Parking is simple with Inugo”

Inugo delivers frictionless parking technology in a simple to use cloud-based platform. Inugo can open any gate using the Inugo App and Inugo Intelligent Gate Controller using Bluetooth™ wireless technology.

With a single view across multiple facilities, Inugo has been designed to reduce admin time, operational costs and revenue leakage for the parking provider, and a stress free parking experience for the parker.

Inugo technology can help cities implement Smart Cities Share Parking programs, where commercial or residential parking can be opened up to public use when not in use. These programs can deliver increases in parking capacity without building new parking facilities.

“Inugo is a perfect solution for us, giving us the ability to offer a self service option and improved customer experience” said Jon Hamblen, Parking Manager for the City of Pasadena “It offers us a smart way of providing access and it leverages technology in a way that our equipment was not able to previously. We are very happy with the installation”

About Inugo:

Inugo was founded to revolutionize the way that we Find, Park and Pay for parking. It not only offers time efficiencies and faster turnaround of stalls but it is also the only ticketless and cashless parking experience.

Parking professionals have an opportunity to utilize their under-used parking facilities and generate a revenue. Inugo offers a simple, seamless and cost effective parking management tool which allows Parking Operators to configure multiple parking facilities and add differentiated rates while catering to diverse user groups.

www.inugo.com

The Inugo App is available for iOS and Android users.

For more information contact:

Inugo Systems Ltd Liz Barnett | Director of Marketing Inugo Systems Ltd +1 (714) 916

5301 | liz.barnett@inugo.com

Inugo: Frictionless ‘Windows Up’ Parking

September 10, 2018

Inugo: Frictionless ‘Windows Up’ Parking

The latest ‘buzzword’ in the industry is ‘Frictionless Parking’, but what does that mean?

To us at Inugo, it is all about the perfect customer parking experience.

When parking is Frictionless, the customer never winds down their window, never gets a paper ticket and never has to walk to a pay machine. The parking transaction is completely automated.

Never wind down your window

Never get a ticket

Never walk to a pay machine

To give your customers a completely Frictionless Parking experience, you need to implement a set of technologies that will do the following:

Allow the user to register an account so that they are a ‘known customer’
Open the gate on request to enter
Open the gate on request to leave the facility
Provide for mobile payments
Create a post parking relationship with the user so they can access receipts and manage their relationship with you the operator.

Until now, the ability to reliably open the gate has always been the barrier to a widely accepted Frictionless Parking program. LPR technologies have been used – but they are both expensive and imperfect. Inugo has solved this problem with our patent pending Bluetooth™ based Inugo Intelligent Gate Controller (ICG). The Inugo ICG provides a reliable and fast way to open any parking gate or door, and it is cost effective.

Inugo registered users can open the gate from their phone, starting a parking session. The Inugo App keeps track of their parking session. They can validate their parking with participating retailers and restaurants. When they exit the facility they open the gate again, ending their session and charging their credit card automatically for their parking.

The Inugo Customer Management Platform provides the technology platform that will allow you to implement a completely Frictionless Parking experience in your parking facilities.

www.inugo.com

ABM chooses Inugo for frictionless parking at 18 Downtown San Diego parking lots

July 09, 2018

ABM chooses Inugo for frictionless parking at 18 Downtown San Diego parking lots

Inugo has announced that their frictionless parking technology will be used in ABM’s eighteen downtown lots in downtown San Diego to improve customer experience and speed of payment.

Inugo is leading the parking industry with new frictionless technologies based on Bluetooth™, LTE™ and GPS wireless technologies. For ungated surface parking lots, Inugo’s advanced geo-fencing technology creates a virtual boundary so that drivers who enter the boundary can start a parking session with the touch of a button on the Inugo mobile app. The user’s credit card will be charged when the parking session has ended.

“We are excited that ABM has chosen Inugo for frictionless parking in San Diego” said Sam Barclay, CEO “Our unique technology offers ABM the ability to easily manage their sites from a single cloud based portal, significantly reducing operational costs. Users love that they can find parking, park easily and pay when they are done without needing to line up and pay manually at a pay machine.”

Frictionless, ticketless and cashless payments are controlled in this platform, so all parking payments can be tracked. Rates can be varied per site and special pricing can be preloaded.

“Inugo is the perfect solution for ABM”, said Josh Boen, Operations Manager for ABM. “Our mission is to make a difference for our customers every day, and Inugo helps us improve our customer experience by making the parking experience frictionless.” Says Boen “Inugo also offers us the ability to manage complex parking operations through a simple to use cloud portal, including pricing and occupancy, Inugo just simplifies the whole process.”

Inugo is the developer of the Inugo Smart Gate Controller, the Inugo App and the Inugo Operator portal, which together make frictionless parking a reality in gated or ungated parking facilities.

AboutInugo:

Inugo was founded to revolutionize the way that we Find, Park and Payfor parking. It not only offers time efficiencies and faster turnaround of stalls but it is also the only ticketless and cashless parking experience.

The Inugo App is available for iOS and Android users.

www.inugo.com

For more information contact:

Inugo Systems Ltd

Liz Barnett | Director of Marketing

Inugo Systems Ltd

+64 27 253 7761 | liz.barnett@inugo.com