Companies news Latest developments from organisations across the profession Yunex Traffic brings a breath of fresh air Flowbird boost for centre Last Christmas, the Enterprise Shopping Centre in Eastbourne worked with Flowbird to upgrade its car park to offer automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology in an effort to significantly improve the sites pay-on-exit facilities. The centre upgraded to ANPR technology to support two key payment options to suit drivers, both using Flowbirds technology. The auto-bill payment method allows users to register their vehicle and payments are taken automatically from a bank account once a month. Drivers also have the option of using the Flowbird app, which allows users to select the chosen car park then calculates entry and exit times and invoices users accounts. RingGo brings cashless Cashless parking provider RingGo has partnered with parking facilities firm Q-Park to launch RingGo AutoPay, a frictionless solution that brings the companys experience in cashless payments to the off-street parking industry. RingGo AutoPay integrates automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) parking technology with the RingGo app to enable easy, contactless entry and exit to barrier-controlled car parks. This new technology has been rolled out across the Q-Park portfolio, with the first phase live in selected locations in Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London and Manchester, with a national rollout to follow. Yunex Traffic has equipped Portsmouth City Council with the latest technology in traffic management and monitoring. This scheme follows similar initiatives introduced in London and Birmingham. An offshoot of Siemens Mobility, Yunex Traffic collaborated with Portsmouth City Council to launch a new clean air zone (CAZ) on 29 November last year. This CAZ is designed to ensure the city becomes compliant with legal limits of nitrogen dioxide levels as quickly as possible, combining Yunexs enforcement technology with its automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras. Drivers of non-compliant vehicles (excluding privately owned cars and vans) will now pay a charge to travel through the zone in south-west Portsmouth. Yunex has installed its Sicore II cameras in 42 locations across the zone and the information captured at each location is then interfaced with the governments national CAZ database for vehicle checking and payment. Wilke Reints, managing director of Yunex Traffic in the UK, said: Following the introduction of a clean air zone in Birmingham earlier this year, were delighted that Yunex Traffic technology is also at the centre of Portsmouths new scheme. Liverpool City Region (LCR) Combined Authority has awarded a contract to Yunex Traffic to supply and install 37 Zephyr air quality monitors and maintain them for a period of five years. The monitors will be installed at 37 locations across the LCR Combined Authoritys jurisdiction, with the option of a further 10 if required, and will integrate with the existing Yunex Traffic management systems in Liverpool. In January, Yunex Traffic was awarded a major contract to supply traffic signals for the new Preston Western Distributor Road, a bypass due to open in 2023 that will link the A583/A584 to a new junction on the M55. Yunex Traffic will supply and install traffic controllers and signals at 11 locations along the route. APT SKIDATA makes learning easier As part of its long-standing partnership with the University of Manchester, the parking and access solutions provider APT SKIDATA has been awarded a contract to install new parking technology at seven car parks across the campus. This will enable the university to restructure how it manages its permit parking scheme for The new scheme will be managed through APT SKIDATAs Parking.Logic software, which will allow the university of registered user. Existing third-party systems will be replaced with APT SKIDATAs own columns and barrier units, and pay-on-foot machines will also be installed at strategic locations. Adam Stout, head of sales at APT SKIDATA, said: We are delighted to see the University of Manchesters car park services team embrace all that modern forward to continuing to support them. APT SKIDATA has also won a contract with North Ayrshire Council to update the Largs seafront car park. The parking system upgrade will give customers more payment options and the vehicle management software upgrade will give the council better remote visibility and management of the car park. The new system will include ANPR cameras and a cashless payment kiosk with a full-colour HD touchscreen display. 10 britishparking.co.uk PN Feb 2022 pp10-13 Companies News.indd 10 24/01/2022 13:33