How do you see the implementation of the smart city concepts in parking and mobility positively impacting the communities in which they serve?
“The challenge for municipalities in becoming smart cities goes beyond data gathering and system integrations. Considerable effort will go into integration of hardware and software to provide improved services and add more real-time data. The greater opportunity is in the development of an ecosystem that goes beyond integration of mobility and parking systems. Smart city success is tied to the parking industry’s ability to connect parking, mobility, and activity to economic activity. Influencing people and goods to move in real-time to specific locations that maximize economic growth and quality of life is the critical goal for the future smart cities.”
City of Detroit, Michigan
“The adoption of smart cities concepts in our communities can have an immediate impact. The reduction of traffic and congestion by providing visibility and management of the public right of way (curb) will benefit the environment and our quality of life.”
Automotus
“Community access and equity. Smart city concepts in parking and mobility have given citizens more choice about the transport mode they use, more transparency around accessible parking spaces, and appropriate policies. Advances in technology can lower the cost of administering parking and lighten the dependence on paid parking revenue. The democratization of the curb for uses such as parklets, electric vehicles, pick up and drop off zones, and better management and planning through technology have and will continue to increase access and equity.”
Spot Parking
“In the past, smart city programs and applications tended, at times, to be hyper-focused or singular in their approach or reach. In recent years these programs and the technologies that support them have grown by leaps and bounds, allowing cross-pollination of certain platforms and approaches, and realized benefits outside of the traditional benchmarks or outcomes, especially in the parking realm. Within communities, this is leading to increased mobility, information, and societal benefits, while agencies see the ability to streamline approaches and integrate what were formally disparate programs into common platforms, approaches, and outcomes. In the parking and mobility world, and more so the community that these programs are being applied, this is a win-win, as quality of life tends to go up and sustainability thrives.”
Parking Planning and Policy
New York City Department
of Transportation
“By taking a more data-driven approach to understanding our cities and our parking and mobility systems, we are going to get to a point where we can truly right-size infrastructure and policies at a scale we’ve never seen before. When we get to that point, we will see parking that truly meets the needs of the community without overburdening our urban landscape, promoting a much more desirable and sustainable live/work/play experience.”
Wood Solutions Group
“Cities with a high quality of life have mobility infrastructure that makes it easy, safe, and affordable for people to get from A to B. Parking is the premium real estate on which all of that is built. As an industry, we can create positive outcomes for communities using smart city technology for data and machine learning—like reducing congestion, improving air quality, and utilizing unoccupied facility space for new commercial opportunities. That’s a really unique and exciting position to be in.”
Ocra
“Smart cities’ technology will support the requirements of our mobile stakeholders: flexibility, efficiency, information on demand, environmental friendliness, and ease of access. Whether on-street or off-street, parking is a critical component of transportation systems and economic viability. With artificial intelligence and innovation by people, the parking and mobility industries remain relevant in the evolution of livable communities.”
Philadelphia Parking Authority
“The promise of smart cities is better cities. With respect to parking and mobility, smart cities means mobility when you need it, how you want it, in an environmentally friendly and equitable manner.”
and Technology Consulting
Walker Consultants
“The mechanisms for smart city mobility innovation will concentrate on personal and fleet automation and electrification. It will not be simple nor occur at the same pace or manner for every city, but each will eventually adopt its own context-based approach to drive mobility efficiency and convenience while responding to tectonic shifts in consumer behavior and expectations.”
FLASH
“I think that it is vital that civic engagement and stakeholder communications remain a vital piece of any smart cities program. As an industry we keep our commitment to focus on our customers and not solely rely on the technology, data, and simulated models in the development of parking and mobility programs.”
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“Transit is positioned to take advantage of electric buses. State and federal air quality laws, as well as funding for electrifying fleets makes moving to electric buses for transit possible and viable. The extended range for EVs that we are now seeing may reduce the need for workplace charging. Residential charging for EVs is likely to grow in need and demand.”
“The curbside infrastructure. Imagine: electricity and space currently allocated to meters or ticket machines being used as charging spaces. Curbside policy prioritizing EV’s in premium parking positions. The creation of brand agnostic “electric boulevards” that provide charging to all makes models and types of electric vehicle rather than specialist sites. And will we—shock horror—see EV play a part in the gas station ecosystem along with petrol diesel LPG etc.”
“Traditionally the spaces we manage are for short- and long-term parking. With the electrification of vehicles, these spaces will increasingly become ‘fueling spaces’ and our assets will be considered for both parking and/or fueling. This will greatly shape the way we move vehicles in and out of both our on-street and off-street environments.”
“We are at a prime time for the parking and mobility ecosystems including accelerated technology development and implementation with low friction payment options. The impact from electric vehicles will force collaborative curb management designed infrastructure and create enhanced and integrated parking payment solutions. Our ecosystem/industry will be more heavily focused on customer facing initiatives and solutions providing quick, easy to use tools.”
“The U.S. electric vehicle share of market is projected to grow to 32% by 2030 and 45% by 2035. Cities will have to make major infrastructure investments to accommodate the demand for charging stations. And this planning needs to start now because cities have to bring together many different players to actually make this happen—electric utilities, transportation departments, public works, businesses, EV charging providers, and more. Exciting times ahead!”
“Parking garage designs will need to accommodate an increased demand for EV charging spots. In addition, a possible by-product of expanded curbside uses for commercial vehicles may result in the need for “curbside transportation lanes” within facilities which could serve AV operations and POV drop offs.”
“Parking facilities are at the epicenter of the transformation from internal combustion engine vehicles to EV and AV and will ultimately solve the most challenging issue related to their adoption through vehicle to grid technology. This will fundamentally change how parking facilities are designed, operated, and will determine which are the most sought after and profitable in the future.”
“I predict the Enforcement market will be impacted greatly as it adds another rule/limit that will need to be controlled as demand for EV parking spaces rise. When an EV is parked in the same spot for extended periods, cars that are charged but not moving result in a charger that isn’t being utilized. It will be about maximizing the space as well as the EV Charger on that space.”
“Provide charging and remain relevant. Fail to offer charging as an option and wonder where your customers went.”
“I think that we are missing something in our conversations—ADA parking. It’s things like cord management, path of travel, equal access to Level III stations, van-accessible EV, etc. The need may be small but planning for it now could save an operator from infrastructure modifications later.”
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Brian Shaw, CAPP
Executive Director
Stanford Transportation
Transit is positioned to take advantage of electric buses. State and federal air quality laws, as well as funding for electrifying fleets makes moving to electric buses for transit possible and viable. The extended range for EVs that we are now seeing may reduce the need for workplace charging. Residential charging for EVs is likely to grow in need and demand.”
This article has been written and/or compiled by the staff of Parking & Mobility magazine.
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