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employment. So, how do we strike a When you look at on-street
balance between technology and people
and how do we design those processes? parking you should also look at
For example, do we give a mobile app the on-street parking of taxis,
and send a fleet of traffic wardens who rickshaws and e-rickshaws and
implement a parking policy where we
keep the cost of technology down but not just private vehicles. Parking
it generates employment. Or do we spaces should be given to all
need a cloud-based backend where modes of transport including
everything is linked up and with sensor
at every parking bay that can automate buses.
and eliminate the need for any human – RM Alagappan
intervention or do we do something
in between?
We need to balance between cost
deficiency of the system, reduce like having a capital-light model – have one single system that is trying to
the perceptuality of people involved giving the attendant a phone, he goes do everything because it is not going to
in the system for pilferage, that is around scanning number plates, that work all the time. There are going to
an issue in India and employment gets pushed to the cloud – or the other be points of failure with a mobile app
generation. So, how do you see the one where you have sensors. There are attendant, there are going to be points
system coming together keeping all optics-based approaches that can be of failure with a sensor-based approach.
these factors into account? used as backups or a secondary source The way a layered approach helps is
of data. So, in our experience we found
Sachin Naik: Technology can be used that if a sensor doesn’t work then an
in many interesting ways to solve the that most solutions in India need a attendant can go and check whether a
parking problem. There are approaches layered approach, so you can’t really vehicle is there. But the bigger problem

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