A popular seaside neighborhood in Virginia is turning to a new digital parking management system in an effort to better serve residents and visitors.
The Oceanfront community in Virginia Beach is using a solution from eleven-x, a digital parking technology provider. It has transitioned more than 1,000 parking spaces in its “resort area” to a system which uses restructured parking rates and discounts for residents to help reduce congestion, encourage more parking turnover at curbside, and gain new data related to parking demand and other metrics.
“By making these changes we expect to see a turnover in the prime oceanfront spaces, specifically the on-street area,” LJ Hansen, director of Public Works for the city of Virginia Beach, Va., told the City Council during a Nov. 25 meeting to discuss the proposal. “We’re expecting to gain a lot of insight into how our residents are parking or using the system.”…