Issue 32 · August 2026 Cities are modernizing parking payment and enforcement together, and LPR is central to both. I've been watching two trends run on parallel tracks for a while now: cities updating their […]
OPSCOM Weekly Issue 31 — August 2026
Issue 31 · July 2026 LPR enforcement is no longer a premium add-on. North American cities are proving it. I've been watching a theme build quietly over the past few quarters, and this week it […]
OPSCOM Weekly Issue 30 — July 2026
Issue 30 · July 2026 Canadian cities are running smart parking pilots. Here is what that means for operators. This week a few stories landed that feel connected. A city in Ontario just rolled out […]
OPSCOM Weekly Issue 29 — July 2026
Issue 29 · July 2026 LPR is now the baseline, not the upgrade This week two stories caught my attention, and they're really the same story told in two different cities. In Calgary, the city […]
OperationsCommander vs. T2 Systems vs. AIMS vs. Passport: An Honest Comparison
Choosing a parking management platform is not a casual decision. The platform you select will shape how your team works, how your data is organized, and what your residents or permit holders experience every day. […]
Municipal Parking Operations: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t
Municipal parking sits at an interesting intersection. It is a public service, which means it is expected to be accessible, fair, and citizen-friendly. It is also a revenue source, which means it is expected to […]
Parking Analytics: The 6 Metrics That Actually Tell You Something
Most parking operations are not short on data. Citation records, permit rosters, payment logs, officer activity reports, appeals files — the data accumulates constantly. The problem is not that parking operations lack information. The problem […]
Parking Permit Management: The Workflows That Break (And How to Fix Them)
Ask any parking administrator what part of their job causes the most daily friction, and permit management usually comes up fast. Not because it is conceptually complicated, but because the workflows that hold it together […]
LPR in Parking Operations — What It Does, What It Costs, and Whether You Need It
License plate recognition technology has been used in parking operations for over two decades, but it still generates more questions than answers for most parking directors evaluating it for the first time. The marketing tends […]
Parking Lot Management vs. Campus Parking Management — Why They’re Not the Same Problem
When a facilities manager at a commercial property thinks about parking lot management, they are usually thinking about a relatively contained problem: a defined number of spaces, a set of tenants or customers, and a […]
How to Buy Parking Management Software Without Regretting It in 18 Months
Parking management software purchases go wrong in predictable ways. The demo looks great. The vendor promises seamless implementation. The price seems reasonable. Then six months after go-live, the reporting module turns out to be nearly […]
What Is a Parking Management System?
If you manage parking for a university, a municipality, a hospital, or a large commercial property, you have probably run into the same wall: permit records in a spreadsheet, violation notices on paper, payment receipts […]
