Posted on April 22, 2024
Arcadis (EURONEXT: ARCAD) today announced that it will provide curbside management solutions for the City of West Hollywood, California and the City of Kirkland, Washington. Leveraging CurbIQ, a technology-driven product developed by parking and curbside management experts at Arcadis, the team will help optimize parking, reduce congestion, and enhance mobility within these cities.
Similarly for the City of Kirkland, Arcadis will utilize CurbIQ to provide a smart parking solution to centralize tracking of parking supply and demand and make informed decisions to improve mobility and curbside operations. The goal is to integrate parking solutions, including sensors, real-time data and mobile apps to optimize downtown parking and enhance current and future services within Kirkland. Arcadis aims to establish a comprehensive hub for communicating and accessing parking usage information, facilitating parking navigation based on selected trip criteria by end users for the City.
Alan Brookes, CEO of Arcadis, said: “The market for creating smart and connected cities is expected to reach more than US$3.5 trillion worldwide by 2030, and this opens-up massive growth potential for our digital products. Technology-enabled solutions like CurbIQ are integral to helping our clients create efficiency savings and interact more effectively with their customers. These latest wins build on CurbIQ’s momentum not just in the US but – following significant wins in Ireland and Canada – reinforce our position as a global digital leader in this space.”
Peter Richards, Product Bundle Director at Arcadis, added: “As a leading end-to-end curbside management solution, CurbIQ provides an innovative, efficient approach to meet the goals and objectives of the cities of West Hollywood and Kirkland. Our experience in completing curb space management strategies, data collection techniques and curbside pilot project implementation helps position Arcadis and CurbIQ as a market leader in providing curbside solutions for cities.”
The CurbIQ platform is a leading curbside management solution that offers a flexible way for cities to better understand parking and curbside regulations. CurbIQ provides a variety of tools for curbside data collection, visualization, management, and analysis, enhancing transparency and efficiency in parking and curbside management processes.
CurbIQ was also recently awarded a contract with Sourcewell, a self-sustaining government agency that helps governments, schools and nonprofit organizations across North America work more efficiently through cooperative purchasing. The contract will give Sourcewell’s 50,000+ members access to a rich vein of expertise in digital curb management and curbside data collection, promising to transform parking, transportation, and urban planning with smart, integrated solutions. This partnership underscores a shared vision for a more efficient, sustainable, and forward-looking public sector mobility landscape.
