Alphabet’s business plan starts with the letter ‘P’

Google’s parent company has put parking at the heart of its planned smart cities revolution

Alphabet, the parent of Google, has ambitions to transform the way in which public transportation and other city services, including parking, are managed. 

The international conglomerate has been investing heavily in automated cars, street mapping and cloud computing, so a move into smart city management is not surprising. 

Alphabet has established an innovation centre called Sidewalk Labs whose remit is to improve urban infrastructure through technological solutions. Sidewalk Labs is...

+96% more