Populus

Populus is a US-based mobility technology company that builds curb and mobility management software for city governments and transportation agencies. The platform helps public agencies replace manual parking and curb oversight with digital data, addressing congestion, parking scarcity and the rapid growth of shared mobility fleets such as scooters, bikes and carshare vehicles in dense urban areas.

The platform pairs a Curb Manager module, which aggregates parking occupancy data, digital curb inventories and smart loading zones, with a Mobility Manager module that tracks shared mobility fleets in real time, monitors compliance and calculates usage fees. Customers are municipal transportation departments and parking authorities, including the City of Chicago, City of Oakland, City of Milan and New York City, with deployments across more than 100 cities worldwide.

1. Curb Manager: Centralizes parking occupancy data and digital curb inventories for city planners.

2. Smart Loading Zones: GPS-based zone management with monetization for commercial loading.

3. Mobility Manager: Aggregates real-time data from scooters, bikes and carshare fleets.

4. Compliance Monitoring: Automated notifications flag violations of mobility operator agreements.

5. Policy & Fee Tools: Lets agencies design curb regulations and calculate usage-based fees.

6. Multi-City Scale: Deployed across more than 100 cities including Chicago, Oakland and Milan.