In the light of number of vehicles consistently rising and parking space is becoming a major issue in urban and semi urban cities so there is a need to design a parking system which will reduce manual work as well reduce the problem of cars parking on streets. The problems associated with parking are common to most of us, we always face difficulty while searching for a safe parking space. This paper attempts to review globally implemented parking management strategies using different technologies. Further by examining a variety of parking management solution from around the world this paper aims to examine the shift in focus of modern parking management strategies. The motivation for this research paper is to identify the positive points of the innovative approaches, which will aid in designing an automatic car parking system. Keywords:Radio Frequency Identification(RFID), (Infrared)IR sensors, microcontroller