Benefits of On-Street Parking For Cities
Road parking is a solution for cities that have an insufficient supply of parking spaces and traffic congestion due to the number of cars and their movements, not finding where to park cause mobility problems, vehicular traffic, pollution, transportation costs Fuel, waste of time and money. An on-street parking project implies that the state must approve the use of spaces that are destined to transit and convert it into a paid service, reducing the continuous use of motor vehicles.
The problem: “the parking supply does not grow in the same proportion as the number of vehicles in the cities increases.”
This problem is present in most major cities. In the case of CDMX, a 6 million car fleet is registered according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). Mexico City has the largest vehicular traffic in the world, generating 59 extra minutes of travel time per day according to TomTom Traffic Index. 30% of the traffic generated is due to drivers taking 15-20 minutes to find a place to park their car according to data revealed by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policies (ITDP).
Other studies show that in Germany they spend 10 minutes finding a parking lot and 15 minutes in Italy.
Regulating public areas to be paid parking, implies that citizens would be less willing to take out their cars for not having free spaces to leave them, discouraging the use of the individual vehicle increasing the use of public transport service.
The implementation of intelligent parking projects on the road is not something new; Cities like Madrid, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, England have proven to be an efficient option that improves the organization of the city and vivifies it.
Environmental Impact
Parking searches cause pollutant gas emissions. Studies indicate that the world population consumes more than one million barrels of oil per day, during such searches. An efficient parking solution for cities could reduce the time spent by a person driving while finding a quota; consequently, it would mean a decrease in polluting emissions.
The on-road parking solutions like rubber parking curbs and those offered outside it added to applications that allow finding and reserving seats before arriving in the area, would make it easier for people to find parking space while reducing driving time, therefore the number of Emissions and fuel consumption.
Although it is clear that isolated actions do not contribute to the slowdown in the deterioration of our planet and should be combined with the use of alternative forms for mobilization, the use of clean energy and non-fossil fuels, among others, let’s focus on the benefits of parking on track.
Increase In The Offer Of Parking Spaces
This is a logical consequence of enabling new spaces on the road that were initially destined and conditioned for other purposes. Still, now they are committed to increasing the availability of parking spaces in an organized, safe, regulated and quality manner.
Now with the help of smart parking applications, owners of off-road parking spaces can efficiently manage spaces for private and commercial entities. People do not have to invest efforts or energy, but smart parking applications will notify you of an optimal parking spot. For this, applications mustn’t be generated for each service, but instead, there is an integrated system that delivers the full photo with parking options on and off the road.
