Abstract: Disclosed is a system for managing parking of vehicles including: a user application configured to allow a user to search for a plurality of parking spaces in an area and reserve a parking space for a vehicle based on a selectable criteria and a remotely operable device, installed at the parking space, configured to communicate with an access controller connected to a barrier to restrict unauthorised access to the parking space, wherein the remotely operable device is further configured to communicate with a remote server and/or the user application to receive a command to open the barrier so that the vehicle can be parked at the reserved parking space.