Alliance for Parking Standards and Park’nPay App

Posted on March 4, 2020

By Stuart Norman, CEO Parking Australia

The Alliance for Parking Data Standards (APDS) will release the finalised Version 2.0 of the global parking standard later this month, following a public review of the draft standard in the second half of 2019. This ground-breaking initiative will establish a common language for data elements and definitions in the parking, transportation, and mobility sectors – streamlining innovation, progress and technology in our industry – and beyond.

Accident hot spots and Park’n’Pay app

Posted on January 29, 2020

By Stuart Norman, CEO Parking Australia

Parking Australia has initiated discussions with AAMI to explore what we as an industry can do to decrease the number of accidents. It would be illogical to think that we can stop accidents occurring in our car parks, but we should do everything we can to make them as safe as possible.

NSW Government Park’nPay App – In breach of anti-competition policy?

Posted on November 12, 2019

By Stuart Norman, CEO Parking Australia

On Thursday 17 October the NSW Government launched their Park’nPay App. The NSW Minister for Customer Service, Victor Dominello, was joined by the Minister for Transport and Roads, Andrew Constance, to announce the ‘new’ technology. The first problem is that the technology is not new. Secondly, there are a number of Parking Australia members who have provided such technology for many years.

Is the parking industry facing regulation?

Posted on October 11, 2019

By Stuart Norman, CEO Parking Australia

On 10 September a group heading up the Airports for Australia and New Zealand (A4ANZ) released a statement calling on the federal government to further regulate Australia’s major airports. Part of this call was to regulate airport parking prices which received significant press coverage, albeit as Myriam Robin from the Australia Financial Review stated, ’Tabloids reheating ancient airport price-gouging figures’.

Is parking really a priority?

Posted on September 9, 2019

By Stuart Norman, CEO Parking Australia

We know from the media that parking is a priority for those who live and work in areas where parking is in scarce supply. It can mean the difference between getting to work or an appointment on time, picking up the children before day care closes or being able to visit a sick relative. But is parking really a priority for decision and policy makers? Having thought about this, I have come to the conclusion that for most it goes into the too hard basket.

Upcoming Events

Parking Innovation in NSW

25 May 2021, 3pm – 6pm
Primus Hotel, Sydney

Join Parking Australia in Sydney for a presentation and networking event covering some of the key issues facing the parking industry in NSW. Including special guest speaker, NSW Shadow Minister for Better Public Services, Sophie Cotsis MP. Presentations will be followed by networking drinks and canapés.

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PACE 2021

22-24 August 2021
Adelaide Convention Centre

The Parking Australia Convention & Exhibition 2021 will continue the tradition of delivering knowledge and innovation, in an environment conductive to discussing advances and future developments important to the parking industry.

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Parking Case Studies

Electric Vehicle range anxiety (and the need for more chargers) is real

Replacing cars that run on fossil fuels with electric cars will be important in meeting climate goals – road transport produces more than 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. But there are obstacles to wider uptake, particularly in Australia.

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Don’t rush into a hydrogen economy until we know all the risks to our climate

There is global interest in the potential for a hydrogen economy, in part driven by a concern over climate change and the need to move away from fossil fuels.

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3 reasons the cloud is the only place to store your parking data in 2020 and beyond

It’s 2020, “the cloud” is everywhere, and we’re not talking about the ones in the sky. But what is it? Why are more and more companies hosting their and their user’s data on it? And why does Frogparking host the data our system collects from our customer’s parking facilities on it?

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Coronavirus has changed our sense of place, so together we must re-imagine our cities

Is it time to re-imagine our fundamental relationship with cities? People bring cities to life. They interact, work, socialise and travel. Without this, cities are just collections of buildings and infrastructure. This relationship is now on hiatus all over the world.

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City of Charles Sturt expands contactless parking technology

COVID-19 cases may be dropping across Australia, particularly in states like South Australia but that doesn’t mean there should be complacency of guidelines. Smart technology solutions that enable guideline adherence easily and cost effectively, are paramount.

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LPR technology that does much more than read license plates

One of the biggest challenges facing the car parking industry today is a lack of accuracy. Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) rates are commonly sitting well below a hundred percent and recently proving insufficient alone, as more and more drivers go out of their way to disguise their plates in an effort to avoid penalties […]

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Three ways that Frogparking can help with your COVID response strategy

People around the world are looking for ways to increase physical distance with each other and reduce contact with shared surfaces to “flatten the curve” and slow the spread of COVID-19 otherwise known as the Coronavirus. Businesses, cities, and households are making changes in this new world that we live in.

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