Citizens Parking Partners With INRIX To Bring End-To-End Parking Solution To Venues Across The U.S.

Collaboration gives drivers parking and travel time technology in the palm of their hand

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Sep 20, 2016, 08:01 ET

ATLANTA, Sept. 20 2016 /PRNewswire/-- INRIX, inc., the world leader in connected car services and location analytics, and Citizens Parking, a parking and travel services platform of leading parking operating companies in the U.S., today announced a strategic partnership to bring INRIX Parking and Autotelligent to parking operators, stadiums and venues across the U.S.

INRIX provides unique insight into the movement of people and commerce across transportation networks worldwide. Our services help millions of drivers find a better way to go as well as help cities make our transportation networks work smarter.

Citizens will leverage INRIX parking services to help guests find, reserve and pay for parking at thousands of lots including airports, hotels, stadiums and event venues. In addition, Citizens Parking will use Autotelligent, INRIX's new software development kit and integrated cloud platform for mobile applications that provides machine learning to predict and personalize routes, destinations and alerts. INRIX Parking and Autotelligent will be available across Citizens' major parking brands – Lanier, ICON, Park One, AmeriPark, Quik Park — that cover more than 1,100 locations and over 320,000 parking spaces in 28 states.

Citizens Parking brands provide services for large national and international clients specializing in retail, office, healthcare, gaming and hotels throughout the U.S. Additionally, it is focused on municipal and airport verticals.

"The INRIX partnership allows us to offer a next generation parking solution that's geared towards extending customer touchpoints beyond our parking companies," said Bijan Eghtedari, president of Citizens Lanier Holdings. "We're excited to be providing customers across the U.S. the best parking services and latest technology solutions in the industry."

"The addition of INRIX services will allow Citizens to offer its customers an end-to-end solution that includes when to leave, how to get there and where to park," said Alex Israel, vice president and general manager – parking, INRIX. "We are eliminating a major painpoint and changing the way people think about parking through cutting-edge technology and services."

INRIX launched the industry's first dynamic off-street parking service in 2013, and introduced the first integrated on-street parking solution in 2015. In August 2015, INRIX acquired ParkMe, a leader in parking location, availability and reservations. INRIX works with a number of parking operators, reservation and payment companies worldwide, making it the preferred provider of parking information and services to leading automakers, including Audi, BMW, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Volkswagen, as well as transportation agencies and drivers around the world.

About INRIX
INRIX is the global leader in connected car services and intelligent movement, a new approach that leverages big data and the cloud to help manage urban mobility. By aggregating a variety of sources and applying intelligence, INRIX delivers comprehensive data and solutions to help move people, cities and businesses forward.

Our partners are automakers, governments, mobile operators, developers, advertisers, as well as enterprises large and small. We are literally everywhere with over 450 customers across 65 countries.

About Citizens Parking
Created in 2014, Citizens has written a new story that originated leadership in branded parking services. With 5 brands, 1,100 locations and 7,800 employees it has harnessed the power of our brands and leveraging a collaborative business platform to seize and capitalize on exceptional opportunities for long term performance.

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