Higher Education | Barnacle Parking

What We Do For Higher Education

A campus should be filled with opportunity—not inconvenience and non-compliance. To defeat both, the Barnacle system combines self-removable hardware with intuitive tracking software for a seamless on- and off-site enforcement experience. With newfound efficiency comes the option to charge less for parking violations. Affordable fines—coupled with self-payment technology—means more students completing their payments, and fewer students graduating with additional debt. From homecoming to commencement, Barnacle keeps compliance high, ensuring everyone has the freedom and space for navigating their higher-ed journeys.

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Enforcement personnel process vehicle information through the Enforcer App, input the device code and deploy the Barnacle onto the windshield to immobilize the vehicle.

Students are able to pay off the fine online or over the phone.

Once the fine is successfully paid, the student returns the deactivated Barnacle to a secure on-site Drop Box, and arrives to their next class on time.

Benefits for Higher Education

An intelligent student body deserves an intelligent enforcement system—and so do parking staff. The Barnacle provides institutions with a surefire way to combat scofflaws and low compliance.

Easier deployment

Weighing only 17 pounds, deploying the Barnacle is effortless.

Faster remediation

Students can pay the fine and remove the device themselves without having to wait for parking enforcement personnel.

Safer activation

Enforcers can deploy the Barnacle while standing up (instead of kneeling on the pavement out of site of traffic).

Secure immobilization

Motorists are unlikely to drive off with the device because it blocks the windshield (if they do, they won’t get far before the tamper alert sounds).

We love how visible the Barnacle is, our students are aware of it and it helps to drive compliance on campus.

Don “Fish” Vansandt University Operations Systems Manager, St. Edward’s University

Since Rochester Institute of Technology launched the Barnacle Parking Enforcement system, the University has been able to streamline its enforcement process and drive compliance in its many parking lots. The Barnacle is a great visual deterrent, often sparking social media buzz. The user-friendly App allows for easy deployment and the associated web application gives you a real time play-by-play status of the device. On top of all this great smart technology, the Barnacle backs up its product with an extremely dedicated service team who provide intelligent solutions to any problems. Quite simply, it’s a great solution that truly works.

John Connelly Parking Enforcement and Operations Manager, RIT

The Barnacle is much easier to deploy than a conventional auto boot! It is so lightweight and so easy to get in and out of our enforcement vehicles! As a parking enforcement attendant, one of my biggest concerns is being aware of my surroundings. When deploying a heavy conventional auto boot, I find myself on the ground at the rear of a vehicle with very limited visibility. With the Barnacle, there is never a need to get on the ground! With the push of a few buttons, I am able to immobilize vehicles and remain vigilant of what is going on around me. The Barnacle has been a welcome addition to our operation.

Harrison Roberts Parking Enforcement Attendant, Texas Tech University

Luckily, I have never had my vehicle booted, but I would have to say that if it were, I would much rather have a Barnacle placed on my windshield than to have a big orange metal boot locked to my wheel!

Storey Hauf Student, Texas Tech University

Lifting a heavy boot and kneeling over to install it is no small feat, often causing injury to enforcement personnel and damage to student vehicles. The Barnacle is lightweight, easy to deploy standing up, and removable by students once the fine is paid. Students aren’t forced to wait for an enforcer and enforcement personnel do not have to return to remove the device—a win-win for all.

Yes. Barnacles function in sun, rain, snow, and other conditions without issue. Water on the windshield poses no problem, and smart sensors adjust with temperature to guarantee the perfect amount of suction.

While the Barnacle does not stop the vehicle from moving, it makes driving challenging, dangerous, and downright illegal. Additionally, a tamper alarm notifies passers-by, while GPS tracking allows for easy device recovery.

University students are undoubtedly clever, but the Barnacle is smarter. With a tamper alarm and intelligent technology that auto-adjusts suction levels to temperature and climate, improper removal of a Barnacle is rare.

Any motorist that needs assistance removing their Barnacle should call the number on the device, and a member of the parking enforcement staff can come to remove the immobilizer.

Cards without adequate funds will decline, and the Barnacle will stay deployed until the fine is paid or an attendant does a manual release.

Best-in-class immobilization technology for higher education

What We Do For Higher Education

Providing campus enforcers with a no-fuss way to immobilize non-compliant vehicles.