INRIX and Parkmobile offers automakers an embedded, end-to-end user experience across both on- and off-street parking.
The partnership was announced at the annual International Parking Institute (IPI) conference to jointly develop an embedded, end-to-end parking solution for the auto industry. The partnership will bring together availability, reservations and payments for both on-street and off-street parking into a seamless in-car navigation experience.
Atlanta-based Parkmobile is the largest provider of mobile payments for on- and off-street parking and mobility-related services for municipalities, universities, commercial operators and transit facilities in the U.S. Parkmobile’s solutions are available in 35 of the top 100 U.S. cities, including Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Fort Worth, Indianapolis and Houston. More than four million people use Parkmobile’s services over 27 million times per year, making it the most widely used mobile parking solution in the country.
INRIX its dynamic off-street parking service in 2013, followed by the first integrated on-street parking solution in June 2015. In August 2015, INRIX acquired ParkMe, a leader in parking location, availability and reservations worldwide.
The company was recently recognized by SBD for its comprehensive and accurate parking data in the U.S. and Europe. INRIX Parking currently includes street-level parking information in over 40 cities worldwide, and an off-street parking database with more than 29 million spaces in over 90,000 locations spanning 4,000 cities in 65 countries. INRIX is the preferred provider of parking information and services to leading automakers, including Audi, BMW, Lexus and Porsche, as well as transportation agencies and drivers around the world.
INRIX Traffic is powered by Autotelligent, a cloud platform that simplifies commuting by proactively making decisions so drivers don’t have to. INRIX Traffic creates a daily itinerary of upcoming drives, and Autotelligent monitors road conditions to determine the best time to leave and the optimal route to take based on real-time traffic and a driver’s preferred routes.
With the world’s largest driver network, INRIX Traffic leverages crowd-sourced data at a massive scale to collect real-time traffic data from over 275 million devices to proactively manage your commute. INRIX Traffic also incorporates OpenStreetMap, a ground-breaking crowd-sourced map for the most up-to-date and accurate maps possible. Combining OpenStreetMap with traffic and incidents collected from other INRIX drivers around the globe means map quality and coverage continually improve though active community contributions.