Sausalito Receives Flagship Pay-by-Space Parking Program

Austin, TX | July 15, 2010 

 First Integrated Vehicle Sensor Parking and Enforcement Program of its Kind in the USA

Twenty one new SIEMENS parking pay stations arrived in the City of Sausalito’s Bridgeway municipal parking lots this week. The contract to outfit and update the picturesque, marina neighborhood with superior and feature-rich parking equipment was awarded to Aparc Systems Inc. by unanimous consent from City Council in March, 2010. Partners with Aparc, SIEMENS, Streetline Inc., Parkmobile and Motorola, were all part of the roll out of the most comprehensive contract to date within the Aparc US portfolio, integrating Pay-Stations with vehicle sensors, handheld enforcement devices, and pay-by-phone conveniences.“
Residents and visitors of Sausalito will come to know a convenient and easy-to-use parking system. Behind the scenes is an impressive network of communications that Aparc designed so that all the components work together – not only for ease-of-use for the customer, but for the City to benefit from a seamless parking solution,” says Robert Ziola, President and CEO of Aparc Systems Inc. 

To add to customer-convenience, motorists can use coin, credit card, phone and even “SmartCards” to pay for parking. Paying by phone for parking is as easy as dialing a designated toll-free number, entering the parking zone number displayed on the pay station, and registering (a one-time only process) credit card information. Easier still is downloading the mobile phone application available for Blackberry and iPhone from Parkmobile’s website. Existing resident “Proximity” cards will be replaced with new “SmartCards” that are compatible with the new parking pay stations. “SmartCards” allow customers to pay for actual parking time used, down to the minute, and will be available from the City later this year. 

With this new parking system, the City will benefit from improved enforcement by way of sophisticated vehicle sensors and real-time communicating, wireless handheld devices used by parking enforcement officers. The nearly undetectable, surface vehicle sensors communicate every parking activity of a vehicle; from arrival, to payment, to failure to pay, to expiration, to departure. Mobile handheld devices alert parking enforcement officers to vehicles in violation for faster, more efficient enforcement, improving the City’s overall resource allocation. 

These new environmentally and financially sustainable improvements made to the ocean-side community of Sausalito, are sure to make a positive impact on its residents and visitors, as well as improve traffic and parking congestion.  

About Siemens

Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) is a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, and operates in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors.  For more than 160 years, Siemens has built a reputation for leading-edge innovation and the quality of its products, services and solutions.  With nearly 400,000 employees in 190 countries, Siemens reported worldwide sales of $96.6 billion in fiscal 2007.  With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA reported sales of $19.8 billion and employs approximately 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico.  For more information on Siemens in the United States, visit www.usa.siemens.com 

The Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) of Siemens AG is the worldwide leading supplier of production, transportation and building technologies. With integrated hardware and software technologies as well as comprehensive Industry-specific solutions, Siemens increases the productivity and efficiency of its customers in the fields of industry and infrastructure. The Sector consists of six divisions: Building Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility, Drive Technologies and Osram. With around 209,000 employees worldwide Siemens Industry achieved in fiscal 2007 total sales of approximately EUR40 billion (pro forma, unconsolidated). www.siemens.com/industry

The Mobility Division in the US (Sacramento, USA – comprised of Siemens Transportation Systems Inc. and transportation logistics business units of Siemens Energy and Automation, Inc.) is a leading provider of transportation and logistics solutions. With its “Complete mobility” approach, the Division is focused on networking the various modes of transportation in order to ensure the efficient transport of people and goods. “Complete mobility” combines the company’s competence in operations control systems for railways and traffic control systems for roadways together with solutions for airport logistics, postal automation, traction power supplies and rolling stock for mass transit, regional and mainline services, as well as forward-looking service concepts. www.mobility.siemens.com/usa  

Siemens Traffic Solutions provides innovative advanced design and technology to manage the increasing complexities of modern traffic.  As part of the mobility division, Siemens Traffic Solutions addresses the challenges of increasing demand on growing traffic infrastructures with advanced technologies that work smarter to solve the challenges of traffic questions today and tomorrow.  Siemens is a market leader in traffic control, traffic guidance systems, intelligent transportation systems and parking solutions. www.itssiemens.com

 About Aparc

Aparc Systems, Inc., US headquartered in San Francisco, is an innovative leader in the distribution of multi‐space pay‐stations, management software, and proprietary enforcement system. Municipalities of all sizes and parking management operations nation‐wide are bringing Aparc’s state‐of‐the‐art Pay‐Stations and ticketing technology to their communities for a superior, real‐time and wireless parking solution with proven return‐on‐investment, boosting revenues and benefiting the public. Led by Robert Ziola, President and CEO, Aparc has quickly become North America’s premier parking equipment distributor, turning the parking marketplace on its head.

 Media contact for Aparc:

Karen Shum
Tel: +1.877.878.1118
E-mail: kshum@aparcsystems.com