While the COVID-19 pandemic forced the enforcement portion of the parking industry to rethink and adapt to changing consumer preferences, the evolution of enforcement had already taken off well before then. The ability to make digital payments, for example, has made life easier not just for parkers, but also those administering enforcement. Passport’s 2022 Enforcement […]

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Managing violations for rental cars could take a city tons of hours and full-time employees. Additionally, a majority of citations issued to rental cars often go unpaid. To help combat that, Passport has now integrated with VERRA — a processor for rental car agencies such as Hertz, Avis and Budget. VERRA either pays the citation […]

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Charlotte, N.C. (March 7, 2022) — Passport, a transportation software and payments company, is pleased to announce Brian Pagels has been appointed Senior Vice President Sales and Bengt Horsma as Senior Vice President Payments. As SVP Sales, Pagels will play a key role in expanding Passport’s client base with the sales team, as well as […]

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It all begins with city leaders leveraging better mobility data to make informed policy decisions. That was the general consensus during a recent virtual panel discussion moderated by Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, advisor to Passport and professor of Government at the Harvard Kennedy School of Public Policy. He was joined by industry experts to discuss how […]

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After months of negotiations, Congress approved the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (BIF). The legislation was signed into law on November 15, 2021 by President Biden and is aimed at modernizing the nation’s physical infrastructure. It marks one of the largest investments in U.S. infrastructure history. […]

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The average medium sized city writes on average 90K citations a year, with a payment rate of about 74%. That means if the average citation is $55 a city could be losing up to $1.3M a year on unpaid fines. By increasing compliance by just 1%, cities could gain back $51,500 in additional revenue. The […]

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Passport and PlusPass recently hosted a virtual panel discussion, that explored the move towards Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and how state and local governments are planning for the future of mobility through public/private partnerships. Moderator Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, advisor to Passport and professor of Government at the Harvard Kennedy School of Public Policy, was […]

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The parking industry is shifting rapidly from simple, static and hardware driven to connected, dynamic and software driven. In an age where people are constantly connected to their phones, apps and the digital world in general, it only makes sense that city operations would follow suit. Many city procurement groups, however, have found it challenging […]

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As COVID restrictions lift, the US is seeing a historical amount of travelers on the road and in the air. Fourth of July travel alone was up 40% from last year with 47 million people traveling across the country. In a recent survey conducted by AirBnB, the home sharing company found that over half of […]

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In-dash payments in select vehicles have now been added to Passport’s growing ecosystem of digital parking payment options. Passport continues to add more ways to pay for parking through its digital platform with mobile pay parking and the addition of in-dash payments. In partnership with Xevo, a leader in connected-car software and intelligent user experiences, […]

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