Case Studies

In-Ground and Overhead Vehicle Detection Sensors, Dynamic Signage, SmartApp & SmartRep

Mosman motorists are now able to locate available parking within the main shopping precinct of Mosman and Spit Junction through the newly launched SmartPark solution.

A new apartment complex in Brisbane’s West End Precinct, Light+Co, requested a decorative finish for its car park that incorporates five bespoke colours installed in a unique design of intricate circles, lines and intersecting shapes.

The transportation industry is projected to experience more change than most sectors, in large part because it offers solutions to some of the world’s most acute challenges: environmental sustainability and rapid urbanisation.

Few of us would leave the tap running or the fridge door open, and many are diligent about turning off lights. But when it comes to air pollution, many people are wasteful and unaware.

The Star Casino in Sydney chose a bespoke, high-end car park floor that would impress its VIP visitors before they even step through the venue’s front door, using 85,000m2 of specialist deck coating solutions to refurbish the floor in its five-storey car parking facility.

In a commitment to ensuring Cardiff is a high quality, attractive and liveable smart city, Cardiff City Council is using innovative technology to deliver tangible service improvements in city management.

Database Consultants Australia were named as the winner of Excellence in Technology and Innovation at the 2016 Parking Industry Awards for world-leading innovation of parking technology in the City of Melbourne.

Parking industry consultant, Grant McLean, received recognition for the many years he has dedicated to the parking industry, when he was awarded Individual Excellence in Parking at the 2016 Parking Industry Awards.

Public outreach is an important process that brings people together to address issues of common importance, to solve shared problems, and to bring about positive social change.

If you’re in the parking business, whether it be as an authority, garage, or private lot, and you’re not using social media, you’re missing out on a huge opportunity. Social media provides platforms to distribute information quickly and effectively, and it’s also an invaluable tool for customer service.

Pokemon Go has taken the world by storm with over 100 million downloads to date. But Google ‘Pokemon accidents’ and you’ll quickly see that this popular augmented reality game is no laughing matter for employers.

A plethora of new and personalised ways of getting around cities are emerging – electric bikes, motorised scooters, electric vehicles, car sharing and re-interpretations of the taxi by Uber.

Today’s intelligent parking guidance systems continue to redefine what is possible — along with what is expected — in a multifaceted installation. With its new L4 Smart-Sensor System, Park Assist has added remote management of ultra-efficient luminaires to the equation.

Having a conversation in a noisy area is difficult enough when you are talking face to face with your partner and can be virtually impossible when using a communications system. What if this noise could be suppressed, wouldn’t that make it a lot easier?

Car Next Door is Australia’s first peer-to-peer car-sharing platform, turning any car into a share car by providing simple in-car technology, an online booking and payment system, and comprehensive insurance to make it simple and safe for people to rent their car out when they’re not using it.

PayStay, the Australian owned and operated parking payment solution, has recently integrated another new feature that allows motorists to locate parking at the touch of a button.

Innovation is about new and existing businesses creating new products, processes and business models. It is also about creating a culture that backs good ideas and learns from taking risks and making mistakes.

The transport sector is currently undergoing its most rapid transformation in decades. Disruptive transport technologies, such as App based ride sourcing platforms (e.g. Uber), innovations in car sharing, real time public transport information and autonomous vehicles are set to change travel behaviour in our cities over the next 5 – 10 years.

An MHTM boom gate from Magnetic Automation Pty Ltd is helping ensure the safe movement of vehicular traffic at the car park of a leading Australian aerospace company.

Following a successful trial at APCOA’s offices in Gothenburg, a Q-Free barrier-less and cashless parking solution went live at the Ericsson Globe, Sweden’s national indoor arena, on 18 March 2015.