Product reviews PRODUCT REVIEWS Pay your way Two products designed to make paying for parking pain free AppyWays One-Click Parking AppyWay believes in a positive vision for parking, one that not only transforms experiences for motorists, but also provides the digital infrastructure and insight for authorities and parking managers to optimise their assets. With an integrated approach that considers the needs of both user groups, a win-win scenario is possible. Drivers spend nearly four days each year searching for a place to park. Our sensors show realtime availability through the AppyParking mobile app, which allows drivers to make parking payments. Lowenergy Bluetooth capability means parking sessions start and end automatically as a vehicle enters and leaves the space. By syncing sensors with the drivers app, we can initiate something we call One-Click Parking, where drivers with a single click can start and pay for parking sessions that end automatically when they drive away. This solution is proven to lead to longer parking sessions with added revenue. This AppyWay solution is live in two towns, Harrogate and Halifax, with Portsmouth joining the ranks this spring. The Smart City parking scheme in Harrogate won the Intelligent Parking Award at this years British Parking Awards (see pages 30-33.) Our solution can also drive better experiences for commercial car park operators. Through our worldleading frictionless payments solution One-Click Parking you can reduce driver stress and wasted time. The result? Longer visitor stays, customer loyalty and raised parking revenues. IPSs contactless solutions In an age when contactless payments are now part of everyday life, IPS products are designed to allow the parking operator to deploy them with ease. IPS removes the need for setting up complex arrangements with third parties, including processing companies and new bank accounts. Contactless is easy and convenient for the end user; and now, IPS makes it easy and convenient for the car park owner or operator, too. Cashless payments by contactless are used by people every day to buy a coffee, a newspaper in fact anything less than 30 and a card with this facility is in almost every purse or wallet in the country. IPS products include the MS1 parking terminal and the Revolution Upgrade Kits, which enable operators with existing terminals provided by other manufacturers to easily deploy contactless payment for their customers. All IPS products are connected and communicate data in real time to their back-office system. This, in turn, sends transaction information in real time to civil enforcement officers, who can check payment information while a vehicle is being inspected. Automatic number plate recognition can be used for the same purpose. High-quality payment terminals, the ease of deploying contactless payment and a robust data-management system are key reasons why IPS continues to grow in the UK. 34 britishparking.co.uk PN Apr20 pp34-35 Product reviews.indd 34 24/03/2020 14:22