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For decades, parking has been seen as a functional necessity, a place to store vehicles while people go about their business. But as cities grow, mobility evolves, and technology reshapes how we move, parking is no longer just about cars. It is becoming a critical part of the wider mobility ecosystem and an enabler of smarter, more sustainable cities.
The question is no longer where do we park? but how does parking integrate with everything else?
Traditional car parks were designed with a single purpose: to provide as many spaces as possible for vehicles. But today’s users expect more flexibility and choice in how they travel. That’s why forward-looking organisations and governments are reimagining parking facilities as mobility hubs, dynamic spaces that connect different modes of transport.
A mobility hub is more than a car park. It may include:
Instead of competing with other modes of transport, parking becomes the bridge between them.
Smart cities rely on data to make better decisions, from traffic management to energy use. Parking is a huge source of untapped data.
Every entry, booking, validation, and payment tells a story about demand, behaviour, and urban flow. When this data is captured and integrated into city systems, it can:
The car park of the future is not a static structure, but a live data source feeding into the wider smart city ecosystem.
The shift to mobility hubs and smart cities is impossible without digital transformation. Outdated systems, paper tickets, manual validations, static pricing create friction and block access to valuable insights.
Platforms like KERB provide the foundation for this change by:
With digital infrastructure in place, parking evolves from a passive utility to an active enabler of smarter mobility.
Cities and organisations often assume that transforming mobility requires massive new infrastructure projects. In reality, the fastest wins often come from rethinking existing assets.
Car parks are already widespread and strategically located. By upgrading them into digitally managed hubs, cities can unlock new capacity, revenue, and efficiency without breaking ground on new developments. It is a faster, more cost-effective way to achieve mobility goals.
Parking is no longer just a service hidden at the edge of a property. It is the first and last touchpoint of most journeys, a critical piece of infrastructure for cities, and a valuable source of data.
By going beyond the car park and integrating parking into mobility hubs and smart cities, we unlock more sustainable, efficient, and user-friendly ways to move.
KERB is at the centre of this transition, not as an add-on, but as the digital platform that transforms parking into an integral part of the future of mobility.