Talk:RingGo

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The specific disadvantages to rail users at Oxford station is that there is no alternative method of payment (apart from paying the full non-rail-user price), the daily code number cannot be seen while queuing for a ticket (since this is only displayed on the platform) and there is an unavoidable phone charge for pay-as-you-go phone users. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.67.161.166 (talk) 13:55, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

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RingGo is a UK-based cashless parking provider, offering digital and touch-free services for motorists, cities, and operators.

These include mobile-paid parking, which allows motorists to pay for parking by using either the RingGo App, IVR (Interactive Voice Response), or SMS. RingGo also provides tools which help motorists locate available on and off-street parking and electric vehicle charging locations.

In 2022, RingGo was listed as the UK’s most widely used parking app (1) on the Apple App Store, with over 19 million UK(2) registered users.

Previously part of the Park Now Group (a joint venture between Daimler and BMW Group), RingGo became part of the EasyPark Group(3) in June 2021. EasyPark Group is the largest European provider of software parking services, available in more than 5000 cities across 20 countries.

About RingGo

Work with more than 150 local authorities, RingGo operates in almost 500 UK towns and cities at over 10,000 locations across the UK. As well as supplying services to drivers, RingGo provides parking solutions for private operators, large organisations including NHS Trusts, universities, and train operators. RingGo also has a business solution - RingGo Corporate - to support businesses with their parking needs.

Since 2021, RingGo has partnered with the National Parking Platform (NPP) (4), a technology hub which allows multiple phone parking providers to offer digital payment  services across a single area. Funded by the Department for Transport (DfT), the NPP is currently being used in Manchester, Oxford, Chester and various other local towns. RingGo has previously entered multi vendor agreements with Cambridgeshire County Council, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council(5).

In 2009, RingGo launched the world’s first Carbon Metered parking solution (now known as Emissions Based and Net Zero Parking)(6) to reduce emissions, cut vehicle pollution and improve air quality.

In 2021, RingGo launched AutoPay in partnership with Q-Park(7), which uses Automatic Number Plate Recognition parking technology to open the barriers at off-street parking sites, enabling contactless entry and exit for motorists.

History

In 1997, RingGo (under the Cobalt Telephone Technologies group), was established and operated out of a portakabin in Esher Sandown Racecourse(8).

In 1999, the company moved to Basingstoke. The company developed online and phone based parking permits in 2001.

Cobalt Telephone Technologies launched RingGo cashless parking ,  trialling  with First Great Western  Railway at Bristol Parkway station in 2005(9). This later extended to 63 further car parks(10).

In 2009, RingGo launched their B2B service with BT Open Reach, as well as the world's first Emission Based Parking solution(11), then called Carbon Metered Parking. The solution was rolled out across the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, subsequently winning the first ever Environmental British Parking Award.

By 2010, RingGo had 2 million registered users and launched two versions of the UKs first cashless parking App, in the same year being honoured to win the Mayor of Basingstoke’s Award(12). In 2011 was first to launch mobile phone based resident visitor permits again in the LB of Richmond upon Thames.

In 2012, RingGo was acquired by the Parkmobile group(13), and by 2016 they had 5 million registered users.By 2017, RingGo had 10 million customers(14).

In 2019, RingGo became one of the UK’s first multivendor operators in Cambridgeshire County Council(15), and registered users were at 14m.

In 2022, RingGo had 19m registered users and is the UK’s most-used parking app, with the introduction of multiple solutions for cashless parking including, Apple and Google Pay, AutoPay, and RingGo In-Car(16).

Awards

RingGo has won awards for its contribution to advanced parking technology and continuous innovation. In 2022 RingGo won the British Parking Award for best Parking Partnership for its integrated ANPR payment system with Q-Park, RingGo AutoPay. In 2019, RingGo won the On-street Parking Projects category(17) in the 2019 European Parking Awards for its Emissions Based Parking solution.

In 2021, RingGo won the IPC Award for Outstanding Support During Covid-19. They set up free parking for NHS workers, helped Councils to suspend charging for parking during the lockdowns, and, as restrictions eased, they worked with parking operators to encourage touch-free parking to limit the spread of coronavirus(18).

They have won six British Parking Awards, including the Parking Futures Award(19) with the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in 2021, and the parking category(20)  at the international Intertraffic Awards in 2016. RingGo’s early British Parking Awards were in marketing (2011)


 * 1) https://apps.apple.com/gb/charts/iphone/travel-apps/6003
 * 2) GOV.UK, Digital Marketplace, RingGo Cashless Parking
 * 3) https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/easypark-group-completes-acquisition-of-parkmobile-301302351.html, PR Newswire, June 2021
 * 4) https://npp-uk.org/assets/pdf/information-pack-phase3.pdf
 * 5) https://www.transportxtra.com/publications/local-transport-today/news/69011/bcp-council-parking-goes-multi-vendor/, TransportXtra, June 2021
 * 6) Danny Morgan, Go Ultra Low partners with parking provider RingGo, Smart Home Charge, September 2019
 * 7) Parking App Provider RingGo Launches Automatic Number Plate Recognition Tech, Auto Futures, November 2021
 * 8) https://www.freshbusinessthinking.com/purpose/harry-clarke-commercial-director-cobalt-telephone-technologies/2388.article, Fresh Business Thinking, May 2009
 * 9) https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/8486077.traders-welcome-pay-by-phone-parking, Worcester News, September 2011
 * 10) https://www.parking.net/parking-news/ringgo-parking-for-train-commuters-, Parking Network, October 2026
 * 11) https://www.parking.net/parking-news/world-first-for-richmond-as-carbon-metered-parking-goes-live-costs-halved-for-cleaner-cars, Parking Network, November 2009
 * 12) https://alumni.cranfield.ac.uk/Public/News_Item.aspx?Id=769, Cranfield University, May 2010
 * 13) Parkmobile and RingGo create new alliance, Parking Review, September 2012
 * 14) https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/15235321.10-millionth-customer-wins-big-at-basingstoke-business/, Basingstoke Gazette, April 2017
 * 15) Multi-vendor parking in Cambridgeshire, Parking Review, May 2019
 * 16) Parking App Provider RingGo Launches Automatic Number Plate Recognition Tech, Auto Futures, November 2021
 * 17) RingGo Wins European Award, Transport Xtra, October 2019
 * 18) https://www.transportxtra.com/publications/parking-review/news/64930/ringgo-offers-local-authorities-and-hospitals-ways-to-offer-key-workers-free-parking/, Parking Review, March 2020
 * 19) Mark Moran, British Parking Awards 2021 winners revealed, Transport Xtra, September 2021
 * 20) Mark Moran, RingGo’s predictive app wins parking award at Intertraffic, Parking Review, April 2016

JMW Editor (talk) 09:54, 22 May 2023 (UTC) ❌ Press releases are not independent sources and you don't get to re-write the article in this entirely promotional manner Theroadislong (talk) 13:29, 23 May 2023 (UTC)