Blog Articles
Umojo and JD Enterprises Announce Partnership to Provide Technology-Driven Parking, Mobility, and Curb Management Solutions
Published: August 27, 2025
Chicago, IL (June 1, 2025)– Umojo, the leading provider of smart city technology solutions, and JD Enterprises (JDE), one of the America’s premier parking and mobility consultancies, announced a strategic partnership to provide technology-driven parking, mobility, and curb management solutions. Through this partnership, JDE will offer Municipal leaders and asset ownership parking, loading zone, and mobility planning services using data intelligence provided by Umojo AI-driven software platforms.
Umojo Launches NexShield: The AI Surveillance Platform That Stops Crime Before It Starts
Published: September 3, 2025
Chicago, IL (September 2, 2025) — Umojo, a leader in smart city, parking, and security technology, today announced the launch of NexShield, an AI-powered video surveillance platform that transforms parking security from passive recording to proactive prevention. Built on advanced computer vision and real-time AI analytics, NexShield not only detects suspicious activity—it deters it.
Explore Umojo's Parking Management & Urban Mobility Insights
Published: May 30, 2024
Umojo has been chosen by the City of San José to lead a pilot project focused on digitizing and managing curb inventory. This partnership comes after the city received funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to enhance mobility and traffic in the city center.
Nurturing Human Connections in a Virtual Parking Environment: Strategies for Operators
Published: March 12, 2024
In this digital era, convenience and speed reign supreme for parking customers, who prefer to interact with technology over humans. The shift in preferences of tech-savvy parking guests has motivated parking operators to replace their manually operated facility models with remote parking management systems.
Umojo Expands Commitment to Drive Better Urban Mobility with Award of Sourcewell Curb Management Contract
Published: February 7, 2024
Umojo announced today that it is delighted to have been chosen as a contract supplier of Curb Management Technology and Services by Sourcewell, a leader in cooperative purchasing facilitation for public entities across North America.
Parking Data and Kintsugi: Turn Your Data Silos Into Something Valuable
Published: October 3, 2023
Companies in the mobility industry increasingly recognize the significance of data analysis in making well-informed business decisions. Nevertheless, extracting and using data from diverse mobility assets and data-generating sources can pose challenges.
Modern Camera and AI Technology: The Operator’s Crystal Ball
Published: September 1, 2023
Parking operators have many objectives such as ensuring the continuous safety and security of their facility and its patrons, along with meticulous transaction tracking and prompt resolution of customer concerns. But how can they achieve this vision seamlessly to provide the best customer experiences? If only operators had a crystal ball and wizard-like powers.
Flowbird and Umojo Announce Strategic Partnership for Off-Street Parking Solutions in the City of Portland
Published: July 17, 2023
Flowbird, the global leader in cloud-based mobility and off-street parking solutions, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Umojo, the foremost provider of communication, data analytics, and automation solutions. This exciting collaboration aims to revolutionize the parking experience in the City of Portland by integrating Umojo’s cutting-edge communication software into Flowbird’s off-street parking devices.
Curb Management’s Role in Building a Smart City
Published: April 25, 2023
Discover how smart cities are evolving to leverage the latest technology, such as sensors and AI-driven cameras, to improve operational efficiencies. However, can a city be truly smart without addressing the critical issue of curb usage and management? Read on to find out.
In Parking, No Reviews is Good News
Published: February 24, 2023
Imagine that one of your VIP monthly parkers has just left work and is rushing to the airport for a last-minute business trip. The customer is running late and stressed due to a work meeting that ran overtime. Your VIP customer arrives at the exit gate with a carry-on suitcase on the front seat. After that, nothing happens. In an attempt to get the exit gate arm to lift, they inch the car ahead a little. There is still no response.
Why Reactive Surveillance No Longer Cuts It
Published: September 17, 2025
For years, security cameras have been like quiet observers—watching, recording, and waiting. They catch everything that happens: thefts, accidents, vandalism... but only after it’s already too late.
That’s the problem. By the time you rewind the footage, the damage is done. The intruder is gone. The crime is over. And you’re left with nothing but a recording of what went wrong.
In a fast-paced, always-on world, that’s just not good enough anymore.