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New Zealand capital Wellington awards contract to Smart Parking for parking sensors
TIN news: The city of Wellington, New Zealand, has awarded a five-year contract to Smart Parking to provide 3,000 parking sensors in the city's central business district (CBD) street parking areas.
The solution will also comprise Smart Parking's SmartApp in order to enable drivers to identify and be directed to streets with available parking bays so that they can avoid driving around searching for a spot on roads.
This saves time for motorists and reduce unnecessary traffic on roads.
The project has been awarded after the successful trial of 72 SmartEye V2 sensors in Allen Street last year.
Smart Parking CEO Paul Gillespie said: "This contract is excellent news for Smart Parking and Wellington City Council. It is a positive endorsement of proven technology we have already installed in cities across the globe.
The solution will also comprise Smart Parking's SmartApp in order to enable drivers to identify and be directed to streets with available parking bays so that they can avoid driving around searching for a spot on roads.
This saves time for motorists and reduce unnecessary traffic on roads.
The project has been awarded after the successful trial of 72 SmartEye V2 sensors in Allen Street last year.
Smart Parking CEO Paul Gillespie said: "This contract is excellent news for Smart Parking and Wellington City Council. It is a positive endorsement of proven technology we have already installed in cities across the globe.
"It will add significant value to the council and members of the Wellington community."
"It will add significant value to the council and members of the Wellington community.
"The SmartPark solution will now make it easier for drivers to find a parking space, which means also reducing congestion and cutting vehicle emissions."
SmartPark technology uses flush-mounted, anti-slip profile, RFID-equipped (radio frequency identification) SmartEye sensors, which use advanced sensing technology to detect a vehicle when it occupies a parking space.
The SmartRep back-office software then combines and analyses the real-life information on how a parking space is being used.
Precise vehicle-by-vehicle, minute-by-minute data on actual usage of the city's facilities will enable the council in day-to-day management and future planning.
The council's transport and urban development committee chairman Andy Foster said: "There could also be the opportunity for 'dynamic parking', by which the price would drop as more parks became available.
"The sensor information could eventually allow the council to have different parking rates in different parts of the city, or extending free parking periods if the two hours offered on weekends was found to be not long enough."
"The SmartPark solution will now make it easier for drivers to find a parking space, which means also reducing congestion and cutting vehicle emissions."
SmartPark technology uses flush-mounted, anti-slip profile, RFID-equipped (radio frequency identification) SmartEye sensors, which use advanced sensing technology to detect a vehicle when it occupies a parking space.
The SmartRep back-office software then combines and analyses the real-life information on how a parking space is being used.
Precise vehicle-by-vehicle, minute-by-minute data on actual usage of the city's facilities will enable the council in day-to-day management and future planning.
The council's transport and urban development committee chairman Andy Foster said: "There could also be the opportunity for 'dynamic parking', by which the price would drop as more parks became available.
"The sensor information could eventually allow the council to have different parking rates in different parts of the city, or extending free parking periods if the two hours offered on weekends was found to be not long enough."