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IPMI News: IPMI Announces Results of 2020 Board of Directors, CAPP Board Elections

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(Alexandria, Va., May 29, 2020) — The International Parking & Mobility Institute (IPMI) announced the results of its 2020 Board of Directors election; three new members will join the Board:

L Dennis BurnsDennis Burns, CAPP, is a senior practice builder and vice president at Kimley-Horn, with more than 30 years of parking management (airport and healthcare) and consulting experience. He is recognized as a national leader in sustainable parking and transportation policy development and has produced over 500 parking/transportation studies in his career. In 2010, he was honored as IPMI’s Parking Professional of the Year. Recently, he has focused on integrating parking and mobility management strategies in a variety of environments, including research and analysis of shared-use mobility and strategies to address the future impacts of autonomous vehicles.

 

Josh Cantor BODJosh Cantor, CAPP, has been director of parking and transportation at George Mason University since 2005 and was previously at Cal State Fullerton. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Parking Association of the Virginias (PAV), where he served as president from 2012-2016. He is past co-chair of and continues to serve on IPMI’s Educational Development Committee and served on the IPMI State & Regional Association Committee. He received his bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and his master’s degree from the University of Kentucky.

 

Kathryn HebertKathryn Hebert, PhD, is director of transportation, mobility, and parking with the City of Norwalk, Conn. As a critical part of the City of Norwalk Economic Development Team, she directs the city’s Transportation, Mobility and Parking Department, providing oversight, leadership, and management to create and implement convenient and safe mobile connectivity between neighborhoods, business districts, and major transportation hubs through coordinated planning, engineering, operations, and community collaborations.

 

The Board members will begin their two-year terms at the conclusion of the 2020 IPMI Virtual Parking & Mobility Conference & Expo this June.

The entire slate of officers of the IPMI Board of Directors, effective June 2:

• Chair: David G. Onorato, CAPP, Pittsburgh (Pa.) Parking Authority.
• Chair-elect: Gary A. Means, CAPP, Lexington & Fayette County (Ky.) Parking Authority.
• Treasurer: Alejandra Argudin, CAPP, Miami (Fla.) Parking Authority.
• Past Chair: Roamy R. Valera, CAPP, PayByPhone Technologies, Inc.
• Chris Austin, CAPP, University of Buffalo.
• Bridgette Brady, CAPP, Cornell University.
• Dennis Burns, CAPP, Kimley-Horn.
• Josh Cantor, CAPP, George Mason University.
• Pam Corbin, CAPP, City of Orlando (Fla.).
• Allen Corry, CAPP, DFW International Airport.
• Robert Ferrin, City of Columbus (Ohio).
• Kathryn Hebert, PhD., City of Norwalk (Conn.).
• Jaime Lopez de Aguilar, Sentex Group, Spain.
• Mark Lyons, CAPP, City of Sarasota, Fla.
• Jennifer I. Tougas, CAPP, PhD, Western Kentucky University.
• Shawn D. Conrad, CAE, IPMI.

Also announced were new members of IPMI’s CAPP Board of Directors:

• Gwendolyn Bolden, CAPP, Pittsburgh Parking Authority
• Sam Veraldi, CAPP, SP+

They join on the Board:

• Chair, Isaiah Mouw, CAPP, REEF Parking.
• Past Chair, Brian Scoggins, CAPP, REEF Parking.
• Irma Henderson, CAPP, University of California, Riverside.
• Hal King, CAPP, City of Hollywood, Fla.

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Member News: EVgo Announces EVgo Access®

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June 11, 2020

EVgo is pleased to announce the launch of a new proprietary product that enables gated, pay-to-park lots to host EVgo fast charging stations, called EVgo Access®. EVgo’s new cloud-based system offers seamless management of EV charging for parking garage operators – and is compatible with both Smart-gate and non Smart-gate solutions – while offering easy entry and exit for EV drivers using a simple QR code.

Good news for prospective site hosts: gated parking lots and garages can now host EVgo fast charging stations!

EVgo Access®, a brand-new product feature available on the EVgo app, gives EVgo customers access to fast chargers located within gated facilities using a simple QR code.

This feature is the latest demonstration of EVgo’s commitment to making it as easy as possible to drive – and charge – an electric vehicle in the United States. This cloud-based system is compatible with both Smart-gate and non Smart-gate solutions, making it possible for pay-to-park lots to host EVgo charging stations. With no additional fees to deter drivers, EVgo Access offers easy entry and exit for EV drivers and easy management of EV charging for parking garage operators.

The first EVgo Access station is located in the Aladdin Airport Parking garage in downtown San Diego. This lot, EVgo’s first in downtown San Diego, enables visitors to the city’s sites and to San Diego International Airport easy and convenient access to fast charging – and offers 10 EVgo fast chargers now available for use.

EVgo App to Enter

For more information, please read our recent announcement.

Interested in Hosting an EVgo Fast Charging Station?
EVgo owns and operates our fast charging network, so we cover all costs associated with building and installing a fast charging station, as well as ongoing maintenance. Hosting a fast charging station is a proven way to drive value for parking operators, with increased traffic and occupancy and no out-of-pocket expenses. Consider hosting an EVgo fast charging station in YOUR lot!

Click here to learn more about partnering with EVgo.

 

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Member News: Nashville’s Music City Center Selects Park Assist’s Parking Guidance System

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ParkAssist Nashville's Music CityNASHVILLE, TN – June 10th, 2020 – Park Assist® has been awarded the Parking Guidance System (PGS) contract for Nashville’s Music City Center. This 2.1 million-square-foot convention complex opened in 2013 in the heart of downtown Nashville. The facility was primarily built to host large city-wide conventions. Attracting local and national events, Music City Center has continued to evolve while maintaining a strong focus on sustainability and exceptional customer service.

With this evolution, came a significant rise in visitors as well as increased traffic and congestion in the parking facility. To accommodate this traffic, the Music City Center chose to implement Park Assist’s exclusive M4 smart-sensor system to elevate each customer’s parking journey and ensure that their outstanding experience starts in the garage.

Park Assist’s camera-based PGS uses color-coded smart-sensors to navigate parkers to the nearest available space, reducing parking search times while removing stress and uncertainty from the journey. In addition to this M4 technology, the Park Assist guidance system also includes exterior monument signs at the garage entrances and two of Park Assist’s select software extensions, Park Finder™ and Park Alerts™.

Utilizing Park Assist’s License Plate Recognition (LPR) technology, Park Finder ensures that the Music City Center’s visitors will be able to easily pinpoint their vehicles upon re-entering the garage. This technology, complemented by Park Assist’s mobile API access, enables returning parkers to find the exact location of their vehicles by entering their license plate number into the Find Your Car™ system. This advanced software system then directs the parker to the correct spot, optimizing the parking experience by minimizing wasted time and unnecessary frustration.

Music City Center will also use Park Assist’s Park Alerts module to enforce parking policies, increase garage productivity and security, and reduce compliance violations. Parking management will be able to establish and implement automated rules and alerts. If these rules are violated, Park Alerts will immediately notify management so they can promptly take the appropriate action.

The Music City Center installation is one of Park Assist’s first convention center projects in North America and its fifth major project in the Nashville area. Its other local sites include Nashville International Airport, Fifth and Broadway, Capitol View and 222 Second Ave.

“We are honored to work with Nashville Music City Center to help deliver a first-class parking experience for all guests and visitors at this bustling convention center.” Said Thomas Alexander, National Channel Manager, North America.

Park Assist was selected for this exciting opportunity due to its proven history of success, strong local presence, and ability to help accommodate the facility’s growth.

 
About Park Assist
Park Assist® is the parking industry’s leading camera-focused innovator with the most camera-based parking guidance installations in the world. Our patented technology helps customers effortlessly find parking spaces in real-time as well as find their cars when they return. Simultaneously, we provide parking operators with tools to improve customer satisfaction, create new revenue opportunities, realize greater operational control, capture parker analytics and expand CCTV capabilities. Park Assist is part of the TKH Group (Euronext: TWEKA), a $1.8 billion publicly traded company headquartered in the Netherlands. For more information, visit www.parkassist.com.

Contact
Katie Rodenhiser
Global Marketing Manager
katie.rodenhiser@parkassist.com

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What’s the Answer, Part II

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Diversity Management blogBy David Feehan

As I thought about my previous blog, I realized that there is much I wanted to say but did not. I raised the issue of diversity in the parking industry and even looked to our leadership at IPMI to ask if we were doing enough.

But having just concluded a town meeting sponsored by Leadership Montgomery, the leadership program where I live, I realized that my life journey has a bearing on how I view the issue of race, and I wanted to share some experiences with those of you in our profession.

I am a native of Minneapolis. I grew up in a racially mixed community in that city’s Northside, and became acquainted with discrimination at an early age. My best friend, who was African American, thought we should look for jobs in a neighboring business district. But when I proposed a day of cold calling on businesses, he told me he had tried that and been told by several proprietors, “we don’t hire n***rs here.” He told me without a letter of introduction from the Urban League, there was no way that he would endure that kind of humiliation again.

When we started college, I found a job at a major downtown financial firm. When I told my supervisor I had a friend who needed a job and was a college student, my supervisor told me that if my friend was Black, he could apply for a position as a janitor or on the loading dock. This company did not hire Black people in sales or management.

These were only a few of the examples of overt racism I witnessed as the years went by. Redlining was common in housing; discrimination in employment was frequent and almost expected. Black business owners were few and generally limited to barber shops, beauty salons, and bars.

Today, I am 75 years old. I have been married to a beautiful African American woman for 32 years. We have two biracial sons and four multiracial grandchildren. But the recent incidents involving murders of Black people, sometimes by police officers, leaves me searching for answers.

The parking industry has made great strides since I joined IPMI’s predecessor back in the 1990s. The board has become more diverse, and I know CEO Shawn Conrad has worked tirelessly to encourage a more diverse industry at all levels. But perhaps the incidents of the last few days have made us aware that the job is not finished. We have the talent and the courage as a vital industry to look once again at what we do and seek new ways to welcome people of color into our field. Perhaps a partnership with HBCUs (historically Black colleges and universities) is worth exploring. I proposed that when I was president of the International Downtown Association, but it never came to fruition. Let’s put heads together and see what more we can do.

David Feehan is president of Civitas Consultants, LLC.

 

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Member News: FlexPost Makes It Even Easier to Improve Parking Lot Safety with Our Streamlined New Website

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Holland, Michigan, 6/9/20 – FlexPost Inc., a leader and innovative manufacturer of flexible signposts and bollard units, has recently launched a new website to better serve our customers and help you find what you need faster. If you are just seeking replacement parts or accessories for your existing FlexPost® products, or in need of a single post, simply add to your cart for a quick check-out.

On the other hand, if you are looking to outfit your parking lots with new flexible signposts, use our website to learn more about our various products, and click to request a quote. We will then contact you and help you determine the best FlexPost solution for your particular application. Volume discounts are available.

New Website Features:

Parts & Accessories Finder

No need to spend time hunting for the right parts!

Just click on the category buttons or individual product images and see the exact parts/accessories that match your FlexPost product.

 

Flexpost website Assembly & Installation Guides

Assembly & Installation guides are available here for each of our FlexPost products, as well as mounting instructions for concrete, asphalt, adhesive or natural ground.

 

Use the convenient Product Type drop-down menu to quickly find your FlexPost product, sort by Mounting Application, or search by keyword.

Contact us today at (888) 307-6610 or sales@flexpost.net. We are looking forward to connecting with you to learn more about your parking lot project!

 

About FlexPost

FlexPost Inc. manufactures flexible signposts and bollard systems that save hospitals, universities, airports, retailers, municipalities and other organizations thousands of dollars annually in parking lot repair and maintenance costs.

Our products meet ADA height regulations and withstand vehicle impacts by remaining flexible during repeated hits. We offer custom branding options to include an organization’s logo and color scheme, and we are capable of supporting large nationwide installation programs.  Learn more at www.flexpostinc.com.

Contact Info:
Jeremy Johnson
FlexPost Inc.
2236 112th Ave. Suite 80
Holland, MI 49424
(888) 307-6610

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Member News: Telenav and Parkopedia Bring Stress-free Parking Services to Connected Cars

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Global partnership enhances Telenav’s VIVID Commerce solution for automotive OEMs
Santa Clara, Calif., and London, UK, – June 9, 2020 – Telenav®, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNAV), a leading provider of connected-car and location-based services, and Parkopedia, the world’s leading parking-services provider, have jointly announced a global technology partnership. Telenav’s In-Car Commerce (ICC) products and services for automotive OEMs will feature Parkopedia’s on-and off-street parking information and an ability to reserve and pay for off-street parking.
VIVID Commerce™, part of Telenav’s VIVID™ connected-car platform, enables merchants to offer in-car commerce to drivers and passengers in a safe and convenient manner. The partnership with Parkopedia and its integration into VIVID Commerce means that consumers will be able to search, reserve, and pay for parking directly from their vehicle. VIVID Commerce with Parkopedia leverages in-vehicle navigation to intelligently find and reserve parking spots based on arrival times.  Furthermore, the solution includes the latest in voice assistance and natural language technologies to ensure drivers and passengers can do all this with the safety of simply using their voice.
“Parkopedia is enabling us to further our commitment to delightful driving experiences by bringing a simple solution to the frustrating issue of finding and paying for parking,” remarked Sal Dhanani, Telenav co-founder and chief operating officer. “Our solution will let OEMs deliver even more value-added services to their customers.”
Parkopedia’s full portfolio of services, covering off-street (garage) and on-street parking, and payment solutions, ensures drivers can find, reserve, and pay for parking across 15,000 cities in 89 countries.
“This partnership between two global leaders in automotive connected services brings an added value to car manufacturers as well as parking operators around the world. Not to mention, it’s perfect for drivers, as it provides them a safe and convenient on-the-go means to find parking near their destination,” said Parkopedia’s COO Hans Puvogel.
About Telenav
Telenav is a leading provider of connected car and location-based services, focused on transforming life on the go for people – before, during, and after every drive. Leveraging our location platform, we enable our customers to deliver custom connected car and mobile experiences. To learn more about how Telenav’s location platform powers personalized navigation, mapping, big data intelligence, social driving, and location-based advertising, visit www.telenav.com.
 
About Parkopedia
Parkopedia is the world’s leading parking services provider used by millions of drivers and organizations such as Audi, Apple, BMW, Ford, Garmin, GM, Jaguar, Land Rover,
Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot, Sygic, TomTom, Toyota, Volkswagen, Volvo, and many others.
Parkopedia is available in 15,000 cities across 89 countries globally, covering over 70 million parking spaces, helping drivers take the pain out of parking. Parkopedia helps drivers find the closest, cheapest, or available parking to their destination, pay in selected locations, and navigate directly to the parking space.
Parkopedia is also a founding member of the Autonomous Valet Parking consortium, developing highly detailed parking maps and corresponding algorithms to help self-driving vehicles navigate to an open parking space and park autonomously. Visit www.parkopedia.com or business.parkopedia.com for more information.
 
Forward Looking Statements
‍This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements relate to anticipated partnership between Telenav and Alpine and development and availability of a VIVID-Alpine infotainment product,  such product’s offering and performance and market penetration, market financial performance, management’s plans and objectives for future operations, business prospects, and other matters. Any forward-looking statement made in this press release speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Telenav undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. Forward-looking statements can be identified by various words such as “expects,” “intends,” “will,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “confident,” “continue,” “propose,” “seeks,” “could,” “may,” “should,” “estimates,” “forecasts,” “might,” “goals,” “objectives,” “targets,” “planned,” “projects,” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management. Telenav cautions that these statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of Telenav’s control and could cause future events or results to be materially different from those stated or implied in this document, or to not occur at all, including among others, risk factors that are described in Telenav’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and quarterly report on Form 10-Q, and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which are available at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
* Statistics from 2018 The Digital Drive Report, done in collaboration with VISA and PYMNTS. © 2018 PYMNTS.com All Rights Reserved.

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Copyright 2020 Telenav, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
“Telenav” and the “Telenav” logo are registered trademarks and “VIVID” is a trademark of Telenav, Inc. Unless otherwise noted, all other trademarks, service marks, and logos used in this press release are the trademarks, service marks or logos of their respective owners.
 
Media Contact
Raphel Finelli
Telenav, Inc.
408-667-5970
 
Media Contact
Roshni Sudra
Parkopedia
+44 (0)794 342 0409
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Member News: LEXPARK Engages AMG Payment Solutions for Credit Card Processing

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AMG_LogoThe Lexington & Fayette County Parking Authority (LEXPARK) recently selected AMG Payment Solutions (AMG) as their new credit card processing vendor.

AMG will provide their niche processing services across LEXPARK‘s entire parking ecosystem, complementing a comprehensive team of solution providers including:

  • IPS smart meters
  • T2 pay stations
  • Courthouse, Helix, Transit Center and Victorian Square garages
  • PaybyPhone
  • Online web payments
  • Barnacle payments
  • In person office payments

 

Utilizing AMG’s industry leading processing platform for small ticket parking transactions, LEXPARK will achieve significant operating cost reductions. Gary A. Means, CAPP, Executive Director at the Lexington & Fayette County Parking Authority in Lexington, KY provided his views about establishing a new relationship with AMG. “We are excited to engage with AMG Payment Solutions and their niche payment platform for on- / off-street parking operations.  We are always looking for ways to be more economically efficient, especially now as the U.S. re-opens from the Covid-19 pandemic. LEXPARK had 1 full month with AMG prior to the Covid-19 lockdown and the savings look very promising, especially at our IPS meters and the PayByPhone app, where many transactions are $2 and lower.”

 

The savings retained by partnering with AMG will allow LEXPARK to utilize those funds for higher and better uses in their operation including technology enhancements, customer service, infrastructure, and more. In addition to LEXPARK, AMG provides similar services to over 150 U.S. cities parking operations including Manhattan Beach CA, Hermosa Beach CA, Asbury Park NJ, Princeton NJ, Newark NJ, Bloomington IN, Athens GA and Tempe AZ.

 

About AMG Payment Solutions:

AMG is a boutique merchant processing firm with a significant focus on the United States parking industry.  AMG utilizes the First Data North processing platform for their clients, and currently partners with over 150 cities nationwide to reduce their credit card processing costs at parking meters, parking pay stations (kiosks) and mobile payment apps like ParkMobile, Passport or PayByPhone.

AMG specialize in processing the $1-$5 parking transactions cities incur each and every day. AMG offers preferred interchange rates with both Visa and MasterCard on the small ticket “regulated” debit card transactions, and these rates are only available with AMG.

AMG services municipalities, universities, healthcare facilities, and parking management companies to help process parking revenue and significantly reduce client costs.  AMG clients save between 15%-50% compared to their previous merchant service provider.

 

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Member News: Westward’s GO-4 Vehicles Enhance Purdue University Parking Efficiencies While Reducing Fuel Costs by 65%

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Purdue University recently obtained two GO-4 parking specific vehicles from Westward Industries. The GO-4 vehicles will support the university’s efforts to expand their mobility, transportation, and parking management operations, elevating their on-street and lot presence while increasing mobile reads within their mobile LPR systems.

Purdue University sought a solution to their parking enforcement needs as they continue to experience significant growth on campus. The University’s goals for introducing the vehicles to their fleet were efficiency, safety, and reliability, while achieving a return on investment not typically experienced with standard fleet vehicles. The GO-4’s unique design makes them highly maneuverable making them essential for patrolling beyond the pylons and in the parking decks.

According to Andy Pruitt, Purdue’s Parking Facilities Coordinator, “We recently added two GO-4s and have already recognized exceptional gains for our department. Apart from the approachable aspect, these GO-4 vehicles are highly efficient, saving our university 65% in fuel costs per month as compared to our other enforcement vehicles. The GO-4’s design aids in creating the desired environment; efficient, maneuverable, safe and different. I would highly recommend any of my colleagues to look into how these vehicles can fit into your operation”

He continued, “Purdue University strives to have its PEO’s be ambassadors for the University, exemplifying the Boiler Maker way. Westward’s GO-4 vehicles have been a valuable complement to the University’s parking operation and will continue to help its parking operation exceed its goals”.

 

About Westward Industries

Westward has a strong history of designing and manufacturing task-specific vehicles for use across cities, colleges and universities, healthcare campuses, corporate parking facilities, and more. Their GO-4 series of parking enforcement vehicles adapt to many environments, offering a cost-effective and functional solution to parking management department needs through license plate recognition and digital chalking, while offering flexibility and efficiency not offered with standard vehicles.

As one of the largest manufacturers of task-specific on road vehicles in North America, Westward is leading the industry with smart enforcement vehicle technology that will propel parking enforcement solutions into the future.

For more information, visit https://westwardindustries.com.

 

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Member News: IPSENS, LLC’s Patented Software Algorithm Leads in Parking Management

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One-of-a-Kind Solution is Capable of Managing Non-Delineated Parking

BRANSON, MO – 5/27/2020 – IPsens, LLC a leading provider of parking guidance software, is proud to announce the installation of its state-of-the-art, patented parking management solutions in several installations around the U.S. The patented algorithms (PATENT NO. US 9,595,194 B1 & US 8,692,688 B1) and their associated, innovative software approach tracks, reports, and provides guidance information for non-delineated parking in a variety of installation types and scenarios. Encompassing on-street parking, multi-level garage structures and surface lot management, as well as truck parking at interstate rest stops in the states of Florid and Ohio. These solutions are both highly versatile and designed to serve specific parking needs associated with the verticals into which they are deployed.

“Our solution provides a performance capability that is both efficient and extremely accurate for managing and monitoring parking in real-time non-delineated scenarios.  It gives our clients and their users, clear concise parking data that is easy to use and act on in the most efficient and effective manner available,” said Gorm Tuxen, president and CEO of IPsens, LLC.

The software algorithm was first tested by IPsens in a pilot in New York City as part of the city’s ongoing Smart City initiative. Capable of monitoring and managing on-street parking in scenarios where parking is not distinguished by individual spaces, the system can accommodate the most flexible and maximum use of curb space while maintaining accurate vehicle and space counts.

“The key to our solution is its versatility and ability to work in flexible parking scenarios,” said Tuxen. “Instead of only being to monitor a “by the space” scenario, we can monitor an entire block face and account for any sized vehicle—from small cars, to sedans and SUVs, to box trucks—without having to lose space by delineation.  Our solution leverages the patented algorithm to provide the maximum amount of functionality and flexibility. It can accommodate the most efficient and organic parking behaviors to capitalize on all of the available parking real estate.”

 

About IPsens

IPsens, LLC is the leading provider of cloud-based parking, parking guidance and management solutions dedicated to Making Parking Friendly. IPsens offers open IP parking management software for a variety of commercial and enterprise endeavors, including commercial real estate, hospitals, colleges & universities, airports, truck stops, corporate campuses, and parking lots. IPsens can be found online at www.ipsens.net.

Contact:
Bill Smith
Smith Phillips
(603) 491-4280
bsmith@smith-phillips.com