Automations that assist parking management and enforcement have helped make timed and permit-based or pay-by-plate parking easier and more convenient for parking operators and drivers. The industry is evolving rapidly, and now parking sessions can be created through short-term or long-term permits, kiosks, apps, and more. These parking sessions generate a lot of data from many different sources. The improvements are welcomed, but each vendor’s service comes with its unique software, which means parking area operators are using more than one, sometimes several, software programs to manage their business.

There’s an easier way. Integrated license plate reader technology into your daily operations can save substantial time and money in your daily operations. ELSAG LPR solutions are streamlining parking management and enforcement processes by integrating with virtually any vendor, or vendors, you choose.

ELSAG LPR parking technologies are ideal for use in lots, garages, and on-street parking areas, aiding permit-based and timed parking operations. Their flexibility supports partially automated systems to full PARCS to unique parking scenarios such as nested lots and sites.

What Is A License Plate Reader?

A license plate reader is a hardware and software system consisting of digital cameras that read vehicle license plates, generating data associated with each read. Law enforcement agencies worldwide depend on it daily to aid public safety and security missions. The data captured for each read includes:

• License plate number
• A close-up photo of the license plate
• A color photo of the license plate
• The make, type, and color of the vehicle
• GPS coordinates for the physical location of the plate read
• Date and time stamps of the read

Both fixed and mobile LPR cameras can assist with parking management and enforcement by reading plates and collecting data. The LPR solution deposits parking data into a robust software management system, the ELSAG Enterprise Operations Center (ELSAG EOC).

ELSAG LPR cameras mounted to enforcement vehicles scan license plates and automatically compares each to databases of permit holders, parking sessions, and scofflaws to identify illegally parked vehicles or ones associated with late or non-payment.

How Does ELSAG LPR Streamline Parking Operations?

ELSAG LPR technology optimizes parking businesses in three critical ways:

1. Saves time and money
2. Increases compliance and revenue
3. Improves public safety

ELSAG LPR solutions can be integrated into businesses just beginning to embrace automation and those already using one or several vendor services to simplify processes.

Manage all vendor data from one software system

The ELSAG EOC is a game-changer when it comes to managing data. By automating operations and providing the ELSAG EOC data management system to manage all vendor data, ELSAG LPR solutions help decrease the time spent on managing daily processes and increase the opportunities to boost revenue. The EOC manages data from your LPR cameras but also receives parking session data from other sources you may already use, such as:

• Kiosks
• Meters
• Websites
• Mobile apps

The ELSAG EOC can manage all your parking session data within the EOC regardless of how they are created (app, website, kiosk, etc.) or the vendor providing the service. ELSAG LPR solutions can integrate with virtually all parking vendors, saving substantial time and effort.

Find illegally parked vehicles and scofflaws quickly and easily

ELSAG LPR practically automates parking enforcement for time-based and permitted parking systems.

Because the EOC generates whitelists of vehicles allowed to park in a zone, whether paid parking sessions, permits, or other exempt vehicles, LPR-outfitted enforcement vehicles can quickly identify illegally parked vehicles. The LPR system automatically and instantly compares each plate number to the whitelist. If the system reads a plate not included on the list, audible and visual alarms broadcast to enforcement officials via their in-car laptops.

Generate more revenue

The ELSAG EOC will have a positive effect on an agency’s bottom line through operational optimizations and improvements, but our solutions can also help generate additional revenue in three ways:

1. The enforcement automation allows officials to find illegally parked vehicles quicker, increasing the number of tickets generated. Without ELSAG LPR, it is likely that a more significant percentage of illegally parked vehicles are never identified or ticketed.
2. Over time, motorists begin to understand the efficiency of their community’s LPR enforcement and the increased likelihood of being ticketed that comes with it. Awareness typically spurs an increase in voluntary compliance, creating a more efficient turnover of spaces which is one of the main goals of most parking programs.
3. Using databases of license plates flagged due to payment issues, enforcement officials increase the likelihood of finding those scofflaw vehicles, which can be booted or towed to encourage faster payment of delinquent fees.

Additional Assets Of ELSAG LPR Parking Management Solutions

ELSAG LPR benefits reach far beyond financial considerations. These powerful solutions can provide insights to help improve your program’s efficiencies while helping to keep your community safer in these two ways:

1. The ELSAG EOC data management system is designed for in-depth queries, analysis, and reporting. By looking closely at your data, you identify traffic patterns, downtimes, and busy surges that can help you adjust operations to maximize efficiencies.
2. If your local law enforcement agency already uses ELSAG LPR, and the ELSAG EOC, you can add your LPR data to their EOC (or server) to aid their public safety missions. Even if they don’t use ELSAG LPR, you can provide access to the LPR data for investigative efforts.

With flexibility, scalability, and customized systems to meet your agency’s needs, there’s no better time to automate and simplify your parking management operations with ELSAG LPR solutions. We can help you build an LPR parking solution from the ground up or integrate with your current vendor partners for an optimized program that saves—and makes—you time and money. ◆