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Faster, Smarter, Greener. Now Built into Every Wheel Stop.

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Faster, Smarter, Greener. Now Built into Every Wheel Stop.

Park Agility’s patented wheel stop unites safety, smarts, and sustainability in a connected, carbon-neutral design.

The humble wheel stop has long been a quiet fixture in car parks and sold by the millions around the world. Simple, functional, and largely unchanged for decades, its purpose is clear; to protect pedestrians, vehicles, and infrastructure from collision with one another.  Over the last decade parking guidance and enforcement solutions have also been on the rise, resulting in sensors by the hundreds of thousands being deployed to parking bays – many of which also have wheel stops in place. Park Agility has reimagined these products into something far more impactful. By embedding sensor technology into a recycled plastic wheel stop we’ve created a dual-purpose solution that delivers both structural safety and protection plus real-time parking intelligence – all while dramatically improving the environmental footprint of both. The convergence of these functionalities is a world first and we have a patent-pending to prove it.   

Park Agility’s tag line is: “Faster, Smarter, Greener” 

The Park Agility wheel stop incorporates a dedicated technology compartment, allowing a lidar sensor, control board, and firmware to be housed within the body of the product itself. This innovation converges two products into one plus simplifies maintenance to deliver a truly ‘faster’ and ‘smarter’ solution. The ‘greener’ part of the tag line is not lacking, rather it is amplified. The wheel stop is made entirely from recycled ‘Post Prime’ plastic sourced in Australia from Transmutation – an Adelaide based company. This wheel stop is itself fully recyclable at end of life with no mixed materials or contaminants. Compared with wheel stops made with virgin plastic, rubber or concrete, our solution has a carbon footprint 70% lower. For Transmutation, it is not just about making environmentally friendly products; it is about backing them with data that speaks clearly. The ‘Post Prime’ plastic is carbon neutral and comes with both a life-cycle assessment (LCA) and an environmental product declaration (EPD). These certifications are valuable for clients looking to track Scope 3 emissions and has our product in a strong position as ESG and sustainability gain momentum in the market.  

Importantly, the wheel stop is available in both ‘dumb’ and ‘smart’ configurations. In its most basic form, our wheel stop complies with all industry standards to act as a high performance, heavy-duty wheel stop, available at a competitive price. A future car park may opt to deploy 90% of these standard wheel stops but with 10% smart units to monitor priority bays such as DDA, EV, or Short-Term parking. This hybrid model allows operators to scale intelligence where it matters most, without overcapitalising. It’s a flexible, future-proof solution that respects the customer’s time while supporting broader sustainability goals. 

Combining structural integrity, thoughtful design and embedded intelligence in a way that improves on everything that came before.

Beyond materials used, the Park Agility wheel stop contributes to broader environmental outcomes. By enabling real-time bay-level monitoring, the wheel stop combined with our wayfinding signage solutions, reduces the time drivers spend searching for available bays. Less idling means lower greenhouse gas emissions and improved air quality. The wheel stop can be integrated with a range of Park Agility solutions and through our API is compatible with many other third-party solutions from business intelligence to enforcement solutions as the sensors themselves are 99.9% accurate – making them best in class for bay occupancy detection.  

Engineered to house technology and incredibly tough 

Most plastic wheel stops rely on a simple outer shell with minimal internal support. The partnership between Park Agility and Transmutation has resulted in a design that takes a different route – one packed with robust, multidirectional ribbing made to handle repeated impact from all angles. This ribbing is not brittle. It is designed to absorb and disperse shock throughout the body of the product, rather than crack or snap under pressure. Rounded transitions replace sharp right angles, helping to spread stress more evenly and improve durability over time. That shock-absorbing quality is a big part of what makes it so strong; it is a major step forward compared to what is typically on the market.

Explore Park Agility’s wheel stop’s materials, dimensions, and embedded technology features in full detail by downloading the technical specifications. 

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From Parking Pain to Smart Solutions

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From Parking Pain to Smart Solutions

How SharePark™ Aligns with NRMA’s Vision for a More Accessible Sydney

Sydney’s parking system is under enormous pressure. With daily parking rates reaching over A$77 in the CBD, mounting congestion across commercial hubs, and declining household incomes, parking has shifted from a civic utility to a barrier for economic participation. As outlined in the NRMA’s March 2025 report, “Parkin’ Mad”, this is a cost-of-living issue and a structural challenge affecting Sydney’s economy, social mobility, and urban efficiency. 

But with innovative thinking, commercial investment from private carpark operators and landowners, and support from councils and regulators, it may not be necessary to build a single new car park to unlock real change. 

At Park Agility, we believe that the answer lies in how we use the parking supply we already have, and in better connecting that supply to demand using digital, secure, and real-time technologies. This underpins the SharePark™ platform: a dynamic system that unlocks under-utilised private parking to the public, helping solve one of Sydney’s most intractable problems. 

The Cost of Parking Scarcity: A Civic and Economic Handbrake 

The “Parkin’ Mad” report, published by the NRMA in partnership with Business Western Sydney and Business Sydney, paints a stark picture. In Sydney: 

  • Median all-day parking costs have risen to A$77.30 (US$51), far higher than comparable global cities including Boston, San Diego, and San Francisco. 

  • Sydney’s parking fees are estimated to be 20% too high relative to affordability benchmarks when compared to Melbourne and Brisbane. 

  • Since 2016, Sydney households have experienced a 13% drop in disposable income, while parking costs have climbed 9%.

This pricing dislocation is no longer sustainable. As the report notes, high parking fees directly reduce economic activity, limit access to the city centre, and disproportionately impact those who cannot rely on public transport, including essential workers, tradespeople, families with children, and people with limited mobility. 

Ticketless parking fines have surged 54% in a single year, further eroding public trust in the system and raising equity and policy questions. While reforms are underway, the report calls for a comprehensive reassessment of how parking is priced, enforced, and integrated into the broader transport ecosystem. 

Western Sydney: The Epicentre of Parking Inequality 

While CBD parking costs make headlines, it is Western Sydney where the cracks are most deeply felt. In centres like Parramatta and Liverpool, the report finds a combination of: 

  • Severe off-street parking shortfalls (Parramatta has lost ~2,000 bays due to infrastructure development). 

  • On-street parking over-saturation, with Liverpool reaching occupancy rates of 85% or higher. 

  • Wayfinding and signage deficits, which increase circling, congestion, and user frustration. 

  • Lack of integration between public transport and parking access nodes. 

Despite being touted as the “third CBD,” Liverpool has just 0.45 off-street spaces per employee; one of the lowest ratios across Sydney. And in Parramatta, the report notes that even major institutions like CommBank Stadium and the newly expanded Riverside Theatres offer little to no parking for their anticipated influx of patrons. 

This imbalance threatens the success of Western Sydney’s post-COVID economic revival. As Business Western Sydney’s Executive Director David Borger warns:   

“Getting parking right is critical to reactivate the economies of Western Sydney CBDs.” 

The NRMA’s Prescription: Smarter, Unified, More Equitable Parking 

The Parkin’ Mad report outlines three core pillars for reform: 

1. Capping and Restructuring Parking Fees 

Sydney’s Parking Space Levy and fee structures are under scrutiny. Although the ‘Parkin Mad’ report advocates for fee freezes, the reality is that the price of parking is driven more significantly by the underlying real estate prices, and that seem only to be going up under population increase. Rather than expecting regulatory price controls to make a significant impact on price, Park Agility advocates a different approach.  Park Agility believe that with the right investment in property technology, the private sector can significantly reduce the impact of parking pressures.  

2. Parliamentary Inquiry into Western Sydney’s Parking Deficit 

The report calls for a formal inquiry to address chronic shortages in areas like Campbelltown, Blacktown, Parramatta, and Liverpool, including the creation of more strategic capacity around hospitals and transit hubs. 

3. Unified, State-Wide Parking Technology Platform

A consistent, city-wide parking app like Park’nPay is essential. Fragmentation across councils has led to overlapping systems, confusing signage, hidden fees, and data privacy concerns. Integration is no longer optional. 

This is the reform agenda. But how do we implement it cost-effectively, quickly, and at scale? 

Introducing SharePark™: Unlocking Hidden Supply with Visible Impact SharePark™, developed by Park Agility, addresses all three of these challenges with a proven, scalable platform that connects motorists with underutilised private parking spaces securely, flexibly, and profitably. 

It does so through a combination of: 

  • Digital Bay-Level Monitoring: Sub-minute awareness of every space’s availability using bay sensors and IoT technology. 

  • Access Control Integration: Secure, permission-based access for authorised vehicles only. 

  • Capacity Management Module: Real-time reservations and dynamic availability updates. 

  • User Behaviour Enforcement: Systems that detect and manage bay misuse, overstays or unauthorised parking. 

SharePark™ is a full-spectrum parking infrastructure solution that empowers:  

  • Commercial property owners to monetise surplus capacity

  • Councils and precinct managers to reduce pressure on public space. 

  • Drivers to park affordably, predictably, and confidently. 

Think of it as the Airbnb of parking, but built with infrastructure-grade engineering and civic-grade policy alignment. Aligned with Public Policy, Ready for Public Benefit. The NRMA’s call to action is clear: use the infrastructure we already have and use it more efficiently.  

This is precisely the challenge SharePark™ solves. By digitising and distributing existing supply, SharePark™ transforms underutilised private space into civic value, and helps councils, state governments, and commercial operators achieve: 

  • Congestion reduction (less circling, fewer emissions).

  • Price relief (by unlocking low-cost supply options). 

  • Equity in access.

  • Faster ROI compared to construction-heavy options.  

  • Data-driven insights into usage patterns and demand trends.  

Rather than rely on costly multi-storey builds or political battles over pricing regulation, SharePark™ enables near immediate action through smart infrastructure deployment. 

A call to collaborate: Rebuilding Urban Access One Bay at a Time. 

Regulation alone will not solve Sydney’s parking problem. Whilst the policy framework evolves, the urgency for action grows.  The technology-based solution to open up private parking to the public for mutual benefit has been built.   

What’s needed now is collaboration with:

  • Councils, looking to reduce public dissatisfaction.

  • State government, seeking scalable solutions to support economic recovery.

  • Private Building Owners Surrounding Commercial precincts such as hospitals, universities and transport hubs, where demand is high and budgets are tight.

Park Agility is ready to partner. 

Let’s turn underutilised space into economic opportunity and make Sydney more accessible for everyone. 

For more information or to request a SharePark™ demonstration, please visit https://sharepark.net/

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Our latest sensor range is here

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Our latest sensor range is here

We are pleased to announce the arrival of our latest sensor range that combines two sensors, either Ultrasonic or LiDAR with Camera technology.

For over a decade, Park Agility have championed individual bay sensors/indicator lights as the superior solution for both accuracy and customer experience. Now, we are pleased to announce the arrival of our latest sensor range that combines two sensors, either Ultrasonic or LiDAR with Camera technology.

We have been operating this new solution in a live site for over six months now, and the results are excellent in terms of customer feedback, bay occupation accuracy, overall system performance and licence plate recognition accuracy.   

Whilst covering multiple bays with one camera may seem to be an efficiency, there can be some serious drawbacks to this kind of set up:

The camera must capture a wider area (10m x 3m) leading to either;

  • the need to lower the resolution of images making them less clear and readable, or

  • risk performance impacts with capture of high-resolution images, that flood the network with large files.

Larger images also require more processing power, hence, driving up costs in thesolution’s back end.

  • If a camera sensor malfunctions, multiple bays (4 to 6) may go unmonitored, causing a larger disruption and more significant loss in accuracy.

  • Wide-area coverage can lead to other difficulties in bay occupation detection, for example occlusion where a larger vehicle obscures or partially blocks a smaller vehicle.

By comparison, Park Agility’s latest Sensor solution offers:

  • A dedicated camera ensuring clear and unobstructed views of the single parking space that it is monitoring. Since the camera is focused on a smaller area, it can capture higher-resolution images of the target area, making it easier to identify vehicle details.

  • The image/file size is small, reducing the load on the network and back-end server to process the images in real time.

  • Overall system performance is excellent with indicator lights changing status within 2-3 seconds and wayfinding signs updating within 10 seconds, consistently at peak usage periods which is when other solutions seem to underperform.

  • Plate recognition accuracy has been well above the 99.5% range, as measured across many thousands of transactions and their images.

  • Cameras can be optimized for specific lighting conditions in each bay.

  • Additional AI smarts have been incorporated, to erase the faces of people that may be captured in images, reducing privacy concerns and supporting compliance with the highest standards of data and privacy protection laws.

  • Unlike multi-bay cameras where an entire section might be lost, if one camera fails, it only affects a single bay.

Like to know more? For technical specifications and site-specific advice, get in touch with our team today.

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Types of Parking Signage in Car Parks

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Types of Parking Signage in Car Parks

There are various types of parking signage that help guide drivers and pedestrians, each serving a specific purpose.

Wayfinding parking signage in car parks contributes to smooth navigation for drivers, reduced congestion, and enhancement of the user experience. There are various types of parking signage that help guide drivers and pedestrians, each serving a specific purpose. Understanding these different kinds of wayfinding signage can help to ensure a parking facility has what it needs to improve efficiency and safety for its customers.

Directional Signage

Directional signs guide drivers to key locations within a car park and specific parking zones. These signs should be strategically placed at key decision points to provide clear guidance and prevent confusion. Digital displays and electronic boards can provide real-time updates and directional arrows to point out parking availability.

Identification Signage

Identification signs help users recognise different sections of the car park, including level numbers and specific areas like accessible parking or electric vehicle charging stations. They help drivers navigate easily to available bays that are relevant to them.

Bay Sensor Lights

Whilst not a “sign” per se, coloured sensor lights above each bay serve as a universal notification for drivers as to whether that bay is available and, in some cases, uses colour to signal what type of customer it serves e.g. electric vehicle drivers, parkers with a disability, parkers with prams etc.

Digital and Smart Signage

Integrating digital signage solutions, such as LED boards and mobile apps, to provide dynamic information for users is becoming more common. These signs display real-time parking availability, navigation assistance, and updates about facility conditions, for example early bird parking information, event parking details and safety or community announcements as required.

Signage for Pedestrians

These include signs such as regulatory information to communicate things like speed limits, no-entry zones, reserved parking, and pedestrian-only areas. In addition, useful details about the car park such as operating hours, payment instructions, and emergency contact numbers. Also, safety information including pedestrian crossings, pathways, and safe walking routes to entrances, exits, lifts, staircases. Pedestrian signage is critical to both guide individuals and prevent accidents.

All signage plays a crucial role in maintaining order and safety within a car park for all users – drivers and pedestrians. Effective wayfinding signage will also enhance user experience and streamline traffic flow.

By incorporating different types of signage, car park operators can create a well-organised and user-friendly parking environment. Investing in clear, visible, and strategically placed signage ensures that both drivers and pedestrians can navigate the space with ease and efficiency.

For assistance with your digital wayfinding, guidance and smart signage to ensure a parking asset that is optimising yield and safety, talk to us today.

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