From Cameras to Crystal Balls: How AI and Data Standards Are Rewriting the Rules of Parking and Mobility

Wednesday, September 16, 1:45 PM, Room: Columbia 4

The parking industry has more technology deployed than ever before. Cameras everywhere. Sensors in the ground. LPR systems, guidance systems, enforcement platforms, command centers. And yet — most of it still operates in silos, unable to share data, unable to learn from each other, and unable to deliver the compounding value that true connectivity would unlock. This is the session that connects the dots.

Rick Neubauer maps the full emerging technology landscape — AI camera analytics, open data standards, and system interconnectability — and makes the case that the real breakthrough in parking and mobility isn't any single technology. It's what happens when those technologies finally speak the same language.

Learning Objectives

  • The AI Maturity Curve: a four-stage framework — Record & React → Monitor & Alert → Analyze & Predict → Connect & Automate — with a live self-assessment that helps attendees honestly benchmark where their organization sits today and what the path forward looks like.

  • Data standards demystified: a practical deep-dive into APDS (now ISO 52001-1:2023) and the Open Mobility Foundation's Curb Data Specification — why they matter, what adoption actually looks like on the ground, and real-world proof from the UK's National Parking Platform

  • Interconnectability in action: how parking guidance systems multiply in value when connected to LPR, command centers, enforcement, and behavioral analytics — anchored by a fresh case study from a major airport deployment.

  • The "universe of data" vision: permitting and occupancy, equipment and call center, enforcement and camera, on-street and off-street — all aggregated into a single operational picture

  • The "universe of data" vision: permitting and occupancy, equipment and call center, enforcement and camera, on-street and off-street — all aggregated into a single operational picture

 

Rick Neubauer (Umojo)

Rick Neubauer is the founder and CEO of Umojo, the leading provider of mobility technology aimed at enhancing operations, curb management, and customer experience for the parking industry, smart cities, and commercial businesses.

With over 25 years of experience in the technology sector, Rick is an innovative leader who has founded and owned several successful technology companies. Under his leadership, Umojo has developed powerful solutions like the NexCity platform, which assists municipalities in modernizing their parking infrastructure to improve urban mobility.

Rick's vision focuses on integrating live transportation data and smart policies to create more efficient and safer urban environments.