Control solution for regulated parking spaces in Viseu, Portugal
The purpose of the success story was to improve the availability of parking spaces in the Portuguese city of Viseu with a more comprehensive control to manage them.
The citizens of Viseu had problems parking in the city center, which increased traffic in the streets due to the constant circulation of vehicles looking for a free parking space. As a consequence, in addition to the frustration that this generates, it increased the levels of both environmental and noise pollution, damaging the quality of life of the inhabitants.
The objective of the project we carried out was to improve the management of regulated parking spaces with an intelligent control system and, at the same time, to promote the use of public transport in the city as a sustainable mobility alternative.
This project became another of Urbiotica’s many success stories. 868 U-Spot detection sensors were deployed throughout different areas of the city center with the aim of improving the use of paid plazas.
The data collected by the detection sensors installed in Viseu are integrated into a web platform that allows real-time monitoring of the status of parking spaces, generating automatic alerts if it detects that any of the users have not made the payment due or if they have exceeded the time limit allowed. Our intelligent control system has improved accessibility and encouraged combined commuting. Users can park in peripheral areas and use public transport to reach the city center.
On the other hand, thanks to the fact that drivers know where the free spaces are and that they can go to them without wasting more time than necessary, unnecessary vehicle traffic is reduced and, with it, pollution is reduced by up to 30%.
- Higher occupancy of paid parking spaces, better use of available spaces.
- Increased productivity of guards, can focus on infractions instead of checking vehicle by vehicle.
- Reduction of parking search traffic by being able to find available parking spaces in real time.
- Promoting the use of public transport for combined trips to the city center.
- Improved air quality due to the reduction of pollution caused by vehicles in circulation.
