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Technology When it comes to use of technology
Sachin Naik: One approach would one another approach could be to use
be using sensors. But the challenge in cameras or use mobile phones; the
India is that most people may not park
right on top or right under a sensor cloud based approach which is what
which is a real problem. Or imagine we are working on. Such a system
five bikes on one car parking spot. can be used for parking discovery
If sensors are used effectively, it can
solve many problems but they can be & guidance, parking management,
expensive. Especially if you have one parking enforcement and capturing
sensor for each parking spot then that
is not really financially viable, so the violations. – Sachin Naik
challenge is finding capital for that.
Ultimately, it is the integration and the
experience that you create around a you have ground sensors to send the together and data sharing should
sensor that can create new habits but data whether there is a car or the spot happen first, only then we can come to
it has to be at an affordable price. is empty. Now for example, if this guy a conclusion whether it is in the right
D Grunzig: My impression is the is parking the car in between the two space or it is in the illegal parking. Yes,
whole world is talking about smart sensors, the purpose of putting the technology is important; before that
cities and smart mobility. But a city is sensors will be defeated. In India, the integration should happen.
not going to be smart because of the markings are ignored and even if there Malik: So, the government has to
usage of high quantity of technology. are markings, people don’t follow them; think of having one body that has all
The city is only going to be smart by they park over the lines. So, first of all, the power to take all the decisions to
the selection of the right technology we need to accept that we need to decongest the roads and create those
for the right application. Smart parking redefine our policies, then in our smart parking spaces, however or whatever
means it is fixed to the requirements of cities all concepts will work very well. the situation is of that area.
the society or of the city. In this case RM Alagappan: It is important to Alagappan: What you call Unified
whether we are using sensors in the have integration. First of all how do I Mass Transportation Authority can
ground, whether we are using cameras, know whether this car is parked in a be an umbrella body which will have
sensors or smartphones, it doesn’t make legal parking lot or in an illegal parking all the major stakeholders within the
a difference; these are just enabler. lot. This can be known only when the city level and then the state level also.
Wilfred Menezes: Before anything major stake holders’ database is getting Say for example, for a good public
else, we require to get our parking a integrated. For example, I would say transportation system, the major stake
little bit more organized. If we go to any the integration should happen with holders I would say, the transport
parking, we don’t see the parking base. the transport authority, the space authority, concerned metro officials
Now technology will work subjective. creation is with the civic authority and or STUs and third would be the civic
Technology will never work if you the enforcement is with the police authorities who create the infrastructure
don’t follow discipline. For example, authority. So, these three should sit facilities and then the fare. So, not only
the public transportation, but also the
Lately e-rickshaws are managements of IPTs – autorickshaws,
creating a menace in Delhi taxis. Now we are working with many
Indian cities to form an umbrella body
and the NCR. This is not public wherein it is going to have some powers
transportation, they add to also to fix up and decide the routes on
congestion and they get into the public transport operation and what
kind of system is required.
the parking spaces too.
Krishnan: India is heading towards
– Harmeet Malik an employment crisis. So, on the one
hand we want cost effective systems
to enforce and implement parking
policies and we also need to generate

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