Every gate is a bottleneck and a maintenance contract. It limits how fast cars can enter and exit, it breaks, and it still doesn't stop the revenue that walks off a lot through unpaid and overstayed parking.
Gateless parking flips the model. Cameras read plates on the way in and out, every car is matched to a session — paid up front or enforced after the fact — and there's no arm to jam at your busiest hour. The result is higher throughput and lower opex at the same time.
The catch is enforcement. Gateless only works when someone actually runs it — which is exactly why the operator and the platform shouldn't be two different companies.