Abstract
Parking is a problem in many cities. Usually, it is not possible to build new parking lots due to insufficient available areas. This paper focuses on the parking situation in Slovak city Žilina. The authors carried out an extensive traffic survey in private and city-owned parking lots. Not only were occupancy data collected, but also the opinions of the drivers who parked there. The second half of the paper is based on results from the survey. It includes a proposal of the new intelligent parking system which can improve the efficiency of parking. This system is proposed in flowcharts and also described. The intelligent parking system with guidance to a free parking space can improve the traffic situation in cities. Drivers find a free parking space faster, which reduces congestion and various other negative externalities. On the other hand, the system has high acquisition costs and other problems. These issues of smart parking solutions are also discussed in the paper.
Highlights
The second part describes the proposal for the parking system
Requirements processing a large amount of information at the same time. Such an application works with data from parking lots and shares it with the in-vehicle devices
It is clear that many drivers of the day use satellite GPS in their smartphones, and there is the possibility and great potential of introducing a new application to navigate to a free parking space
Summary
As highlighted in [11], it has been estimated that vehicles cruising for free parking spaces cause 30% of the daily traffic congestion in an urban downtown area, with a consequent proportion of CO2 emissions [12]. Some drivers, frustrated by the lack of parking spaces, often use the parking spots reserved for people with special needs, such as the disabled, with negative social impacts [13] In such a complex environment, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) can mitigate these problems, improving transportation sustainability by controlling systems more efficiently, facilitating behavioral changes and reducing fuel consumption [14]. Despite the high share of car rides in Slovak cities, intelligent parking systems can improve the city transport system It means that some drivers can change use public transport thanks to the developed parking services.
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