Arvada launches Olde Town Parking Finder to curb parking woes

Modii — formerly Spot Parking — partners with city to provide digital parking dashboard

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Anyone who’s frequented Olde Town Arvada in the last few years can tell you what a headache finding a parking spot can be. The city hopes a new Olde Town Parking Finder — which launched on Feb. 21, in partnership with tech developer Modii — will save people some time.

The digital parking dashboard shows which curbside, off-street and paid parking spots exist in Olde Town. This includes parking in the city’s free lots, paid parking lots, accessible parking spaces, “no parking” spaces and live availability in the RTD Olde Town Transit Hub Garage.

Parking data in the RTD Old Town Transit Hub Garage will be updated in real time, while other spots will not, according to a statement from the City of Arvada. This means that if you see a “green” shaded area on the platform outside of the Transit Hub Garage, it simply means that a parking spot exists in that location — not that it’s necessarily available at a given moment.

The digital platform will also provide parking rules, regulations, fees and other pertinent information.

The city nabbed Modii — formerly known as Spot Parking — to implement the digital infrastruc- ture for the Parking Finder. Modii has previously engaged in similar projects with cities of Denver and Colorado Springs, as well as four municipalities in Australia.

Users can access the platform on any device — though smartphones and computers tend to be the most user-friendly — and can filter by location, cross street, and time needed.

“The City of Arvada chose Modii as a technology provider for our curbside inventory and garage occupancy dashboard due to their ability to interface with different data sources,” said Derek Fern, Arvada’s travel demand management and parking coordinator. “The ability of their system to integrate the current parking technologies of our parking operation, and future technologies we may implement as the operation expands was a key component to their selection.”

The city will be able to collect parking data from the platform, the goal of which will be to optimize parking in Olde Town in the future.

Modii’s President Mark Frumar echoed the likely sentiment of many Arvadans, stating that he hopes the platform will save people time when they visit the historic district.

“We are very excited to partner with such an innovative city such as Arvada to greatly improve the parking experience for drivers,” Frumar said. “By making the parking identification process easier for drivers, we’re making their lives easier by giving them time back in their day that they would otherwise spend in the frustrating search for parking.”

The Parking Finder is free to use and can be accessed at arvada. modii.co.