Parking in the United States has always lagged many, many years behind Europe for many reasons. One is that Americans do not like a lot of change. That is all about to change because we are living in an era of disruption. What does disruption look like from the United States’ perspective?... continue
The chief executive of Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) Jon Lamonte (pictured) is to join the new statutory authority of Sydney... continue
Parking reservation business ParkCloud, has agreed a new technology partnership with travel distribution platform Amadeus, operator of the CheckMyTrip app. With over 500,000 active users, CheckMyTrip allows holidaymakers to upload and manage their travel itineraries and aims to amalgamate schedules... continue
We now live in a world where it has become commonplace to book airline tickets, holidays, rail journeys... continue
Something strange happened on kerbsides and in car parks across the globe on 21 September. Spaces normally used by cars were filled up with chairs,... continue
Thirty international airlines serve New Zealand’s Auckland International Airport, making it Australasia’s third-busiest international airport after Sydney and Melbourne. It handled 19 million passengers last year and... continue
Consultancy WSP won the ITS World Congress Award for Best Action for Supporting Diversity. The trophy was presented at the ITS World Congress in Copenhagen. The award recognises the engineering and business services company’s initiative to encourage and enable LGBT+ people to feel comfortable... continue
The official in charge of phase two of HS2 is leaving to take up a job in Canada. The news came as it also emerged that the publication of the hybrid Bill for phase 2b of the project, from West Midlands to Leeds and Crewe to Manchester, is being delayed a year. Paul... continue
Kieran Fitsall, former head of service improvement and transformation at Westminster City Council, has joined parking technology firm AppyParking as regional director of Asia-Pacific. Fitsall, who joins AppyParking with immediate effect, will be based in Sydney, Australia, where he will be looking at new... continue
Japanese carmaker Toyota is to invest $500m (£388m) in Uber as the two companies expand their partnership on the development of self-driving cars. The investment deepens an existing relationship aimed at producing autonomous vehicles for the mass market. Toyota’s investment values Uber... continue
UK-based parking information specialist Parkopedia has entered a joint venture with Chinese geospatial surveying company Zhitu Map. The partnership will develop a suite of on-street parking services for smart cities and... continue
The Alliance for Parking Data Standards (APDS) has announced the launch of the first release of its international standard and is calling on organisations and individuals involved in parking to share their views as part of an... continue
The advent of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) has the potential to cause major and disruptive changes to cities worldwide, claims a report by German technology group Siemens. The Cities in the Driving Seat: Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in Urban Development report... continue
A man who shot and killed an unarmed man over a parking dispute in Florida has now been charged with manslaughter, prosecutors say. Michael Drejka, who is white, shot Markeis McGlockton, who is black, after dispute about a disabled parking space on 19 July. Drejka was not immediately arrested due... continue
Canadian WSP is to buy US professional services firm Louis Berger for US$400m (£304m). Louis Berger operates in more than 50 countries, employing 6,000 engineers, economists, scientists, managers and planners. WSP employs about 43,000 people in 550 offices across 40 countries. WSP said the... continue
Transport for London has signed a deal with the Hong Kong transport department to improve pedestrian wayfinding equipment in the city. Five bespoke plinths and seven posts and signs are being manufactured for a trial in Tsim Sha Tsui, one of Hong Kong’s most popular tourist areas. The signs... continue
An Australian man’s insistence on taking a parking fine costing around £50 all the way to the country’s supreme court cost a local authority the equivalent of almost £25,000 in legal fees. Andrew Crowther received the A$93 parking from Whitehorse Council in the Nunawading... continue
Volkswagen plans to offer car-sharing services via its new WE customer platform. WE will begin rolling out vehicle-on-demand services in Germany... continue
Volvo Cars has launched M, a mobility operation that provides on-demand access to cars and services through an app. The carmaker says that M will learn about... continue
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