An IoT-Based Smart Parking Framework for Smart Cities

Abstract

Urbanization has risen the levels of economic, social, and political changes that have led to various serious socioeconomic problems. The unplanned growth of population and development for meeting the needs of the society has made the situation worse have led to such an impactful situation. Urbanization had sown seeds for a sheer growth of transport vehicles on roads with constant or reduced parking spaces in Indian cities. The parking situation worsens in metropolises, where the land is limited and expensive. Shortage of parking spaces leads to traffic congestion, disproportionate demand and supply, saturated parking space, inappropriate tariffs, on-street, off-street parking, cruising, environmental pollution, and degradation are associated problems. Because of the poor management and policies of India, the parking solutions have become extremely overcrowded. The proposed smart parking system envisions smart cities by blending cutting-edge Internet of Things (IoT) based low-cost sensor technology with smartphones enabled payment systems along with real -time data analytics. The collected information can be suitably displayed on billboards, information boards, and other smart boards at various crucial junctions of the city thereby guiding, streamlining, and controlling traffic and congestion. The parking system allows the users to reserve an advance slot, pick a desirable empty location, and cancel the slot if required. The model also proposes to develop a 3-dimensional imagery of the entire solution on display. The smart parking solution would help generate efficient city landscapes by creating a seamless and urban mobility system for effective user experience. However, the solution demands effective data visualization, standardization and analytics, smartphone integration with IoT technology along with stakeholders cooperation and coordination.