TAMPA, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SKIDATA, the world leader in parking access and revenue management, has been selected by the City of Tampa to create and implement a city-wide gated parking revenue control system. The advanced system will offer seamless LPR capability by allowing exiting without stopping to pay. It will also provide real-time centralized processing of parking utilization data to help city parking administrators manage parking assets more efficiently and effectively.

“We are excited to be partnering with the City of Tampa to create this state-of-the-art parking revenue technology,” said Alex Franco, business development manager for SKIDATA’s Southeast region. “This technology will provide a much more user-friendly parking experience, permitting LPR billing at entry and then allowing the driver to exit without stopping to pay at exits.”

The SKIDATA parking technology suite will manage over 8,500 parking spaces in 9 garages located across the city. It will feature automated access control gates in all 83 lanes, and license plate recognition (LPR) cameras in 70 entrance and exit lanes. Most garages will also have SKIDATA’s unique Dashboard.Gate informational signage technology to inform parkers of parking rates, availability, and other important information. The system will be powered SKIDATA’s cloud-based sweb.Control technology, which will allow city parking administrators to manage the parking system or individual garages remotely, from anyplace.

About SKIDATA

SKIDATA is an international leader in the field of access solutions and their management. Almost 10,000 SKIDATA installations worldwide in ski resorts, stadiums, airports, shopping malls, cities, spa & wellness facilities, trade fairs and amusement parks provide secure and reliable access and entry control for people and vehicles. SKIDATA places great value in providing solutions that are intuitive, easy to use, and secure. The integrated concepts of SKIDATA solutions help clients optimize performance and maximize profits. SKIDATA Group (www.skidata.com) belongs to the publicly traded Swiss Kudelski Group (www.nagra.com), a leading provider of digital security solutions.

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