Inrix, a global company that offers connected car services and transportation analytics, has expanded parking reservations capabilities for its Inrix Parking platform.

With the inclusion of this new feature, the Inrix Reserve and Pay platform will allow users to reserve and pay for on-street and off-street parking spaces.

Inrix Parking vice-president and general manager Alex Israel said: "Inrix is equipping drivers with the most comprehensive and dynamic connected car services, including the ability to find, reserve, pay and drive to a parking spot.

"Our collaboration with both SpotHero and Parking Panda will expand our end-to-end smart parking solution in the car and will allow us to further tap into the $20 billion off-street parking reservation market."

"SpotHero's collaboration with INRIX supports our efforts to more seamlessly and accurately provide drivers with a simple, integrated parking solution."

Inrix Parking features a garage and lot parking database that currently includes information about 31 million spaces in nearly 100,000 locations, which span 4,500 cities in 65 countries.

The enhanced platform now offers reservations feature offered by SpotHero, a US-based off-street parking reservation service provider, and Parking Panda, which provides reservation services in Canada and the US.

The two companies will be offering their services along with the existing companies that include Parkmobile, ParkU and PayByPhone.

SpotHero co-founder and CEO Mark Lawrence said: "SpotHero's collaboration with INRIX supports our efforts to more seamlessly and accurately provide drivers with a simple, integrated parking solution.

"By combining SpotHero's leading parking reservation service with INRIX's global leadership position in connected car services, together we'll be able to offer auto manufacturers an unmatched solution for in-car parking reservation capabilities."