Barnacle Parking unveils efficient enforcement system
Barnacle Parking unveils efficient enforcement system
Barnacle Parking is here at Intertraffic to launch the Barnacle, a revolutionary device which enables a more efficient parking enforcement system across the whole lifecycle of enforcement activities. As the name suggests, the bright yellow device sticks to the windshield using two suction cups with over 450 Kgs (1,000 lbs) of combined force providing a safer, faster and more efficient way for officials to immobilise vehicles. The device can simply be placed across the windshield, suctioned to the glass and
March 19, 2018
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Sticky situation: Tres Altman of Barnacle Parking
8668 Barnacle Parking is here at Intertraffic to launch the Barnacle, a revolutionary device which enables a more efficient parking enforcement system across the whole lifecycle of enforcement activities.
As the name suggests, the bright yellow device sticks to the windshield using two suction cups with over 450 Kgs (1,000 lbs) of combined force providing a safer, faster and more efficient way for officials to immobilise vehicles. The device can simply be placed across the windshield, suctioned to the glass and then armed with a keypad.
Traditional wheel clamping requires the motorist to wait for someone to come and remove the device. However, the Barnacle comes equipped with a pay and remove system, allowing the motorist to call and pay over the phone with a credit card, which allows them to remove the Barnacle themselves, in minutes. The lightweight, user-friendly design of the device allows the violator to easily remove it and then return it to a convenient drop off location within 24 hours.
Cubic Transportation Systems has been awarded a contract by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Authority (LA Metro), to deliver an integrated traveller app in support of the TAP regional contactless fare system. It is designed with the intention of allowing users to make a fare purchase, use their mobile device as a TAP card and complete their journey using transit, bikeshare, or other multimodal programs. It will also provide them with commute information. TAP links 24 transit agencies across the Los
Giesecke & Devrient and Infineon have joined forces to provide “contactless smartcards compliant with the CIPURSE Open Standard in Volume Quantities” and will be able to discuss here at CARTES 2013 how these new cards “are being used today in Brazil”.
