Smart Parking and the Future of Mobility
The use of digital parking is taking the helm in the industry of parking as cities become smarter and more digital. A surprising 30 percent of city traffic is that of people searching for a parking spot. This can lead to congestion and frustrated drivers, as well as an increase in emissions and smog pollution. Through digital parking, there is a change in this dynamic as people and parking become more streamlined.
Scientists and engineers have been eyeing the year 2050 for years as it is the year where the world population is estimated to reach a staggering 10 billion people. With this population boom, there are concerns for infrastructure, food, and housing. In the parking industry, the concern lies in where are all the people going to go and how will they be kept organized?
The strain of people using parking and roadways is already seen across the globe as cities and even rural areas are trying to manage the significant increase of vehicle numbers. These areas need to think more modern and with technology in mind in order to reimagine these facilities to support the large population. Otherwise it would mean that three billion people wouldn’t be able to each have a vehicle, and social mobility overall will be negatively impacted.
Why should we worry about traffic?
There is a direct benefit to rural and urban areas for touris and visitor revenues, however, these busier roads can create quite the challenge for local authorities to try and manage an influx of more drivers and try to satisfy the public opinion. According to recent census data, around 56 percent of people live in urban areas. The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration reported that the average person in the United States drives around 13,500 miles per year. This number is one of the highest ever in American history. More and more time is spent in the vehicle. This is even more true for finding parking and driving around looking for a space. Surprisingly enough, 30 percent of all congestion and traffic is simply people trying to find a parking space in urban or high population areas.
Digital Parking Here to Save the Day
New to the scene of the parking industry is the use of digital or smart parking. Parking authorities small and large can install digital technology in order to help reduce the daily stressors of the urban driver. It should be noted that digital parking software isn’t just for urban areas, but also rural areas as well. These technologies can be simple to complex depending on both the goals of the operation and the customer base or details of the spaces. For example, a parking facility can remove the use of coins and employ the use of a cloud software that can be accessed through a data connected device. Users and operators can be in constant contact and know about all things pertaining to their operation and vehicle while it is in the facility. These systems also relay in real time the availability of spaces and can even give video surveillance of a vehicle parked in a space. All of this digital parking technology can generate data from virtual systems for payment and can effortlessly supply and enforce these areas in order to ensure the procedures and rules are followed in the parking areas.
Digital Parking Improves Carbon Footprints
Although there are other major sectors such as food production and industrial sectors that contribute to emissions due to the increase of the population, transportation causes more greenhouse gas emissions than any other sector! Cities and other areas have developed transit systems such as buses and subways, however, their use has actually declined almost a tenth over the past ten years. If these predictions about 2050 are indeed true, the emissions from transportation are sure to multiply at a great rate.
Driving authorities and facilities need to be in the know, as well as with the times to meet the current and future needs of drivers. Communicating the information through a digital parking app or directly through a vehicles digital system is the ‘smart’ way to bring the 21st century to urban areas. Benefits range from safety, emission reduction, saved time, and overall positive feedback from users of facilities. Cities can truely be connected to their people and be a positive light in the future.
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