FPR June 2016, Posting in FEATURED PRESS RELEASES, Automotive Digest
No More Parking Hassle: End-to End Real Time On-street Parking Works: Data & PayByPhone Makes Finding a Parking Place Seamless for Your Connected Car. What has happened? INRIX has expanded its In-Car Parking Services with PayByPhone partnership. The industry's go-to source for in-car parking transactions seeks to deliver comprehensive and accurate parking data and payment services. What is significant about INRIX’s On-Street Parking Developments? Integration of data and payment systems adds historical and real-time on-street parking data and transaction capabilities in North America, France and the United Kingdom For example, the integration of PayByPhone's on-street parking data and payment options into INRIX's end-to-end parking solution for the connected car. This partnership strengthens the prediction capabilities of INRIX On-Street Parking by adding historical and real-time parking transaction information... What Alex Israel, VP & GM – Parking at INRIX, says: "PayByPhone plays a vital role in making INRIX On-Street Parking the highest quality service with the broadest coverage, and solidifies INRIX as the preferred end-to-end smart parking solution for the connected car," "In an industry where the most accurate data and seamlessly integrated user experiences will win, INRIX Parking will give our OEM partners a critical edge over the competition." INRIX buying parking companies for last 3 years INRIX launched the industry's first dynamic off-street parking service in 2013, and introduced the first integrated on-street parking solution in 2015, which will soon be available in BMW ConnectedDrive. The company's investment in the parking industry was highlighted by the acquisition of ParkMe in 2015, positioning INRIX as the preferred provider of parking information and services to leading automakers, including Audi, BMW, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz, as well as transportation agencies and drivers around the world.
What does PayByPhone add to INRIX’s Parking Solutions? Per Kush Parikh, CEO: "Our partnership with INRIX enables us to create an integrated solution for the connected car, allowing millions of consumers to easily and securely find and pay for parking right from their dashboard or companion app," of PayByPhone. "Like INRIX, our goal is to provide intelligent parking solutions, and we're excited that our highquality data and payment services will be coming to cars very soon." What you need to know about Vancouver-based PayByPhone Company is an international leader in payment technologies with more than five million parking, tolling, public transit, bike share and EV charging transactions a month in cities across North America and Europe. With payments available via mobile web, smartphone, smart watch applications and now the car, PayByPhone makes it easy for consumers to handle parking transactions on-the-go for some of the largest and most complex parking markets throughout North America, France and the UK. More about INRIX you already know: INRIX is the global leader in connected car services and intelligent movement, a new approach that leverages big data and the cloud to help manage urban mobility. By aggregating a variety of sources and applying intelligence, INRIX delivers comprehensive data and solutions to help move people, cities and businesses forward. Our partners are automakers, governments, mobile operators, developers, advertisers, as well as enterprises large and small. We are literally everywhere with over 450 customers across 65 countries. INRIX has offices in Kirkland, WA, Seattle, Santa Monica, London, Manchester and Munich. To get more info on what all this means: CONTACT: INRIX Americas, Mark Burfeind, 425-284-3825,
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