An emerging story in 2026 will be whether usage of the municipal parking garages in Downtown Charlottesville will be affected by a transition to a system that requires users to give personal information over to a national corporation including access to a bank account in order to leave.
On December 19, the City of Charlottesville began usage of an access management system run by Metropolis, a company that seeks to usher in something called the “Recognition Economy.”
“This is the new age of personalized intelligence where presence and context replace devices, tickets and credentials as the foundation for a more intuitive, connected and human world,” reads a December 4 press release from the company…