Case Study: Purdue University achieves 170% mobile-pay revenue growth and streamlined parking operations with Passport

Transitioning to a mobile-pay-only campus

Purdue University, a large campus serving over 40,000 students and 3,000 faculty, struggled with single-space coin meters, costly maintenance, cash handling and a lack of parking data. To modernize payments for digitally-savvy students and visitors, Purdue partnered with Passport and deployed the PassportParking® mobile-pay solution and Passport’s back‑end system.

Passport delivered a hardware-free mobile payment rollout with signage, meter decals and a phased removal of meters, plus integration with enforcement tools. The change drove a 170% increase in mobile pay revenue and a 211% increase in mobile transactions from Sep ’17–Apr ’18, reduced time spent unloading and maintaining meters, improved enforcement and compliance, and gave Purdue actionable parking data via Passport’s back office.

Purdue University

Andy Pruitt

Parking Facilities Coordinator