IoT and the Car Parking solution

With the drastic increase in car ownership over the last decade, it is becoming harder to find parking spots, specifically in the densely populated areas. Searching for an available slot takes up a lot of productive time. It, therefore, increases the number of cars circulating the roads. All the situation not only wastes our time but also introduces new challenges for the infrastructure. To solve this problem, IoT is being brought into the parking needs as well. The IoT for intelligent car parking is more like assistive technology to park and drive vehicles around comfortably and time optimally.

In this article, we will discuss the innovations that intelligent parking systems offer.

Sensor Systems for Car Tracking

IoT technology works tracking platform for vehicles. When using IoT for smart cars, you can utilize GPS sensors to collect a vehicle's location data and monitor its occupancy on the parking spaces. This information can be transferred to the car owner through the cloud gateway and network server. 

Right now, IoT-based vehicle trackers are being used by large organizations for their fleet management. However, in the future, we can spread this technology among car drivers to manage their daily commutes.

Automated Parking Systems

Automatic parking systems can help reduce the area needed for parking and maximize the efficiency of space usage. With IoT intelligent car systems, we can use an automated system to move the cards up and down to lower facility levels with fully automated and restricted access. The best part about automated parking spaces is that it is more secure and reduces the parking search time and many things, like engine emissions.

Intelligent Counter Systems 

A connected smart counter system can detect when a vehicle enters or leaves a parking facility. This way, drivers can get a real-time counter for available parking spots. IoT also helps facility managers by increasing the parking facility, determining trends and patterns regarding customers' flow, and predicting future vehicle surges. 

Benefits to the Parking Sector

IoT can also offer additional benefits to the parking sector, such as: 

• Identifying Safety parking Zones - IoT devices can be used to identify 'red zones' for populated areas or unique parking spots for people with disabilities. In this way, the negligence of drivers will be reduced due to smart alerts. 
• Efficient Space Utilization - With automated parking planners, drivers can get data for parking avenues with connected sensors. This will allow them to park efficiently at parking spots nearest to their destinations. 
• Meter Time Extensions - With Intelligent car parking systems, drivers can be notified when their parking meter is about to be expired. This way, the number of traffic law infraction cases can be reduced drastically.

Many solutions can be encountered in this field to significantly impact all the stakeholders involved in the process, from drivers and building facilities to traffic law enforcement. 

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