Practical articles on parking management, licence plate recognition and property automation.
RESIDENTIAL PARKING · 7 July 2026
New Dutch building rules now require existing car parks with more than twenty spaces to have at least one charging point per ten bays. And an incoming law will let residents install their own charger without a member vote. What both changes mean for your VvE board — and how to stay on top of it.
PARKING MANAGEMENT · 30 June 2026
A warden on Monday mornings doesn't fix your Tuesday afternoon problem. How time limits, blacklists and ANPR cameras enforce around the clock on your private site — without anyone needing to be present.
PARKING MANAGEMENT · 23 June 2026
Amsterdam lost over €14 million in unpaid parking fees and fines from foreign visitors in 2024. From 1 July 2026 wheel clamps are the city's answer. For private operators there is a more direct solution — provided you have a barrier.
RESIDENTIAL PARKING · 16 June 2026
Twenty-seven former residents still on the list. Eleven current residents who aren't. How to keep your car park's plate register accurate through resident self-service, temporary visitor access, and automatic removal when someone moves out.
HEALTHCARE PARKING · 15 June 2026
A healthcare facility has three types of drivers with three different needs on the same car park. How ANPR keeps that manageable — with separate rules for staff, patients with a day-pass plate, and one-off visitors — without a receptionist at the barrier.
PARKING MANAGEMENT · 1 June 2026
Charging bays blocked by petrol cars or by EVs that finished hours ago — it's a growing problem on any site with charging infrastructure. ANPR provides the fix: plate-based access control, automated time-limit enforcement, and direct integration with charging operators like Zaptec and Alfen.
RESIDENTIAL PARKING · 15 May 2026
What "doing nothing" costs a residents' association is rarely calculated. Codes leak, fobs go missing and board time adds up. We set the real costs against the business case for automation — with concrete figures for a 40-apartment complex.
PARKING MANAGEMENT · 28 May 2026
ANPR stands for Automatic Number Plate Recognition. A camera reads a passing vehicle's plate and sends it to a system that decides in milliseconds whether to grant access. No fob, no code — just the car that's already there.
PARKING MANAGEMENT · 1 May 2026
You drive up, the barrier rises. No fob, no code, no app. There's a small system behind those two seconds — here's exactly what happens technically and what hardware you need.
ACCESS CONTROL · 15 April 2026
Two systems, two databases, double admin for every new hire. How connecting ANPR to Paxton Net2 or Paxton10 solves that — and why removing access on time matters just as much as adding it.
HOTEL & HOSPITALITY · 1 April 2026
For hotel guests the experience starts on the approach road, not at the desk. Licence plate recognition lets guests drive straight through — and cuts parking-related front desk calls by 70 to 80 percent.
HOLIDAY PARKS · 15 March 2026
Guests send check-in questions, maintenance reports and reservation requests to one WhatsApp number and get an immediate reply. No app, no form. What the AI concierge handles on its own — and what it escalates.
BUILDING MANAGEMENT · 1 March 2026
Residents reporting the same issue through five different channels. A manager opening five browser tabs every morning. How one WhatsApp number solves the fragmentation problem — and why it succeeds where residents' apps fail.
COMMERCIAL PARKING · 15 February 2026
A pay machine costs €3,000 to €8,000 to buy, needs annual servicing and fails in a power cut. There's an alternative that's cheaper, easier to manage and works better for drivers who just want to pay and go.
HARDWARE · 1 February 2026
All four brands supply cameras with built-in plate recognition — but there are real differences in accuracy, price and integration ease. What you need to know before choosing, including whether your existing cameras are already ANPR-capable.
ACCESS CONTROL · 15 January 2026
An employee leaves. HR deactivates their fob. Three months later they're still using the car park — because nobody updated the parking system. What integration fixes here, concretely.