New hybrid digital car parks will open at Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City enabling ticketless and cashless operations Today, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield announces that Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City will become the largest hybrid parking environments in the UK, launching a fully frictionless parking experience for visitors. Brought to life in partnership with HUB Parking Technology, Westfield London is now a cashless and ticketless environment...
Sottomarina di Chioggia prepares for the summer season with custom color Jupiter
In time with Italian spring, we have just finished installing a custom-color, stunning system at Centro Astoria in Sottomarina di Chioggia, north of Italy. Not too far from Venice, the location is a seaside favorite of families, boat aficionados, and fitness lovers. Centro Astoria is a business complex that is committed to entertainment and wellness: it includes soccer fields, a beach resort, a bingo, swimming...
Everywhere in the world, a marina is a dock or basin providing secure moorings for small boats and often offering supply, repair, and other services or facilities. In the UK, it's more than that: MDL Marinas Ltd has recently included parking pre-booking and registration to the value-added services they offer at Brixham Marina and Queen Ann’s Battery in Plymouth. The parking system is also integrated with Paxton Access...
Today is HUB birthday! Here an excerpt from the original press release from 2013, that was issued on March 22nd. A gleeful day for FAAC Group! The choice of the new name reflected the historical heritage of the three “souls” which contributed to the creation of the Parking Business Unit: ZEAG, Datapark and FAAC. This heritage was all about Parking Technology. At the same time HUB...
A reading tip: considerations that will turn on some minds. The authoritative voice of Microsoft's Satya Nadella underscores what our observatory on the world of parking has also noted: "In the last year we have seen the dawn of a second wave of digital transformation that has reached every company and every industry. The stock market valuations of the most well-known digital stocks show record...
International Women's Day - and our Women in Parking
Today is International Women’s Day. It is not a day of mere celebration, but a day to remember the social, cultural and political achievements of women, an opportunity to strengthen the fight against discrimination and violence, and a time to reflect on the steps to take, in order to effectively eradicate gender stereotypes – globally. On a smaller scale, within the majority-male industry of parking and...
Often times, the need for increased safety within a parking site is gateway to the adoption of new technologies, and the integration of mobility & parking services into a smarter system. At Italian Ospedale Versilia, the car park is managed by Tirrenica Mobilità operator, who is a long time parter of HUB in Tuscany. When assessing the need for surveillance cameras, the expansion of the...
Since January 30th, 2021 the very first parking installation that relies on our own cloud is up and running. It is the Certosa di Pavia, a touristic site located in the north of Italy that is equipped with Jupiter hardware, managed with JMS software, and powered by Amazon Web Services. Cloud-based platforms have become a standard across all industries. Everything we do today runs on...
Thanks to James Whitaker, Ioana Daniela Dulau and HUB UK Technical team we have successfully enabled ticketless parking at Westfield London. This makes the largest #ticketless installation in the UK. The system now works in hybrid mode allowing ticketless access for the majority, but with the backup of a ticket in the (unlikely) event of no LPR read. Payment at the pay station can then be made via your number plate...
Digital Solidarity: HUB supports the Italian Order of Engineers and provides computers to local schools
We are happy to share the satisfaction of our colleague Luigi Carparelli, who responded to the appeal of the Order of Engineers of Bologna to offer a concrete and competent help to schools in Emilia Romagna, and involved the IT, administration and logistics departments of HUB and FAAC. The objective of the initiative is to provide effective support to teaching staff in the management and...
