A technology firm that provides data on the parking industry haslaunched a new tool that aims to arm lot operators, real estateowners and local governments with benchmarks in the new world ofCOVID-19, where work commuting and other activity has decreasedmarkedly.

San Francisco-based Smarking's "Parking Benchmark," allows users"to gain a holistic view of parking performance across NorthAmerica, understand drivers' behaviors, and keep a pulse onmarket-level trends."

The firm, citing its own data in the release, noted a more than90% drop in the demand for parking in March of thisyear. And, according to a recent blog post from Smarking, year overyear, off-street commuter parking activity has decreased 62%, andoff-street visitor parking activity has decreased 77%, in 2020.

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