SAN FRANCISCO—As transit gets a jolt throughout the Bay Area, parking developers have adapted to address the potentially abbreviated but necessary demand. Through the years, McCarthy Building Companies has been involved in building numerous parking structures in the region for many large entities. In the second of a two-part exclusive, Rodney Riddle, vice president of parking structures at McCarthy Building Companies, discussed some of the latest parking technology, the labor shortage's effect on construction and parking structure project tips.

GlobeSt.com: What is the latest technology being utilized in parking structures?

Riddle: The biggest development we've seen in parking technology lately is the advancement of parking guidance systems (PGS), which employs red or green lights to indicate available parking spaces for added convenience for the parker. This technology is mainly being used in retail structures, where the volume of users going in and out is high, and contributes to the bottom line for owners when they can make parking an easier process for their customers, but we are also seeing the use of PGS being applied to office structures. License plate reader systems are also becoming more elaborate and turning to a mobile model. These devices, typically used for issuing citations to drive revenue, attach to vehicles and quickly read license plates on the move.