Booth staffing around the clock
A manned barrier needs cover on every shift, and the cost continues whether ten vehicles pass or a thousand.
Industries
Automated Parking Systems
RFID and number plate recognition for unmanned paid parking — automatic barriers, auditable billing and live occupancy.
The problem
Cash handling that cannot be audited
Revenue reconciled per shift rather than per vehicle leaves a gap nobody can close.
Queues at peak entry and exit
Manual ticketing and payment at the barrier creates a bottleneck exactly when the facility is busiest.
No idea what occupancy actually is
Without entry and exit records, capacity planning and tenant billing are both based on estimates.
How we solve it
RFID windshield tags for permit holders
Long-range UHF tags read at speed, so residents and staff pass without stopping or lowering a window.
ANPR for casual visitors
Number plate recognition on entry and exit, with the plate as the ticket and payment at a kiosk or by app.
Barrier and payment automation
Boom barrier control integrated with the billing engine, with tariff rules for validation, season tickets and free periods.
Occupancy and surveillance
Live space counts with entrance signage, plus CCTV coverage of lanes, payment points and the facility itself.
Remove the booth, keep the revenue
Manned parking booths are a permanent staffing cost and a permanent revenue leak. Cash handling at a barrier is difficult to audit, queues form at peak, and the booth still cannot tell you your actual occupancy at 3pm on a Tuesday.
Typical use cases
- Unmanned entry and exit for residents and staff
- Visitor parking with plate-based ticketing
- Automated tariff calculation and payment
- Live occupancy counts and entrance signage
- Tenant and department parking allocation reports
- Incident review with lane camera footage
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Unmanned
Entry and exit, with revenue reconciled per session
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Live
Occupancy for signage, capacity planning and tenant reporting
Frequently asked questions
Does the tag work without stopping the car?
Yes. Long-range UHF windshield tags read reliably at typical approach speeds, so the barrier is already lifting as the vehicle arrives.
What if a visitor has no tag?
ANPR handles them — the plate is captured on entry and becomes the ticket. They pay at a kiosk or by app before exit, and the exit camera matches the plate against the paid session.
What happens if the system fails?
Barriers are specified to fail in a defined state, and we normally configure fail-open on exit so nobody is ever trapped in a facility. Entry behaviour and any manual override are agreed with you during design, along with a documented fallback procedure.
Let us look at your automated parking systems operation.
Site surveys and first consultations cost nothing. If RFID or surveillance is not the right answer for you, we will say so.