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#6 - Hahn , Jesper, Ly, Riccardo. Problem. - 30% of the city traffic consist of people searching for a parking spot For the driver Waste of time and fuel For society Negative impact on local economy and life quality For the government Loss of revenue
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Problem - 30% of the city traffic consist of people searching for a parking spot For the driver • Waste of time and fuel For society • Negative impact on local economy and life quality For the government • Loss of revenue - The urban population is growing, and so are the problems
The Italian Parking System • Parking machines • Scratch Paper
Problems with this System EPA has defined the Italian parking situation as critical
Possible Solutions 1. Online parking reservation • Only works for private parking spots 2. Satellite pictures to identify free spots • Advance recognition technology is needed • Costly 3. Smart Garages • Real estate space is limited and expensive in the city 4. Temperature sensors • Not feasable because of heat differentiation 5. GPS Check in • Unstable signal -> Not accurate enough 6. Proximity sensor + base station • Inaccurate and low signal range
Initial Idea • Sensors in each parking spot • Drill the road and insert a sensor • Detects movement or the presence of large metal objects nearby • If the sensor is within two or three feet of the car, it will register a huge increase in metal or object, When the metal or object content suddenly drops, we know a car left
Problems • Cost • Interfererence • Time • Asphalt unpredictable • Require mapping and installation in each spot
New Solution • Signal free spots without sensors • Integration of new application and traditional parking machines
Parking Machine • Spot # • ID/Password • Time • Payment method
Benefits User • Reduce time, fuel and frustration, no fees for late parking (save $) • No more coins • Car positioning Society • Improved environment (local and global) • Economic benefits Govenment • Increase their revenues • More control of the parking situation • Less personel needed • The cities can price their parking spots according to their actual value
What Needs to be Done? • City mapping • Application development (User + Police) • Parking machine development • Cloud system development • Determine developing costs • Establish government contracts • Raise funds
Difficulties • Government are seldom early adopters • Mapping the city can be difficult • Infrastructure projects take a long time and might be costly • Hard to predict user adoption of the system
Implementation Plan Year1Market research Europe Develop prototypes of application (Mock-up, brainstorming, alpha version)Form a team + feedbackFirst fundraisingBeta version of applicationMachine R&D Year 2Develop the technologies needed for the machine and applicationSecond fundraisingStart establishing contracts with governmentsMap parking spots for pilot projectEstablish cloud system Year 3Pilot project + feedback + iteration Year4-Start full implementation
Q&A • Thank you for listening!
Costs Developing Costs • Application (Smartphone, Parking Machine, Police PDA) • $50’000 • Parking Machine (prototyping, iterations) • $300’000 Manufacturing cost • Parking Machine • $400 Maintenance costs • $50 per machine and year Other costs