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congestion can be reduced and more
Now every city is not the indirect benefits can come in.
same. Again, it would be better So, technology is going to play a key
if we could focus while we role in organizing the spaces.
deploy a system, understand Harmeet Malik: Of course, without
the parking space problem technology, we cannot move ahead
in this day and age but what I have
and then pick up the right seen is technology is just implemented
solution,that would be more without actually studying the problem
successful. and that goes for a waste. There are a
lot of places where the systems are put
– Wilfred Menezes but they become redundant because
they have not been customised to the
locations and cities. The government
spends millions of rupees on
implementing technology.
really is unless you can find the money Wilfred Menezes: I think India is in There are CCTVs all over Delhi but
to even put that phone in the hands my opinion is quite different, I mean not even 30% work. So, it is a wastage
of the attendant or let us assume like you cannot compare one city to because there is no backup, and there
that the attendants already have a the other. Before we think about any is no follow-up. Why I am focussing
phone, unless you have the money to system deployment first of all we need on Delhi is because that is where I
build those data pipelines that go to to understand the problem. It will be live. When we had the Asiad in 1972,
the right people it is difficult because very hard to generalise on systems a lot of infrastructure was built for
there is a lot of coordination required. we need to follow. Talking about the
It is important to have a single body, on-street parking, you know there are the traffic management but that got
but it is also important for the single a lot of technologies available, you neglected later. It was the same with
body to have the authority to enforce can go by mobile app which is just the Commonwealth Games. It doesn’t
something which is another challenge. to start with a beginning application, work like that, it is an ongoing process,
it just has to continue, you just have to
So, technology, a layered approach, you can go on street parking meters,
combining different approaches based you can go for mobile payments keep at it and improve on technology
on the problem would be the way to which is called m-parking but all these on your infrastructure which I hope that
go in my opinion. we have woken up to.
systems will work when there is a
Dierk Grunzig: A study from Shell good enforcement. Sachin Naik: Of course, there is the
covering the US and the European Alagappan: I am looking at concern that new technologies like
market. The European market, an technology as a virtual platform wherein machine learning will take away lot
adaptation, can be useful for the Indian the success of that virtual platform of jobs, but there is also a possibility
market. It is saying that young people lies with proper coordination within that it will create many new ones. So,
don’t focus on cars anymore as much it is important to know how we use
as the older generation used to do. So, the ground team and the technology machine learning and computer vision
they are using the public transport for provider. Again technology, it is sure or image processing in the context of
going to the universities or to work. it is going to be a win-win situation parking. For example, number plate
Later they think about to own a car for both the driver as well as the detection has many benefits for security
again, because that is more convenient city authority. and for vehicle tracking. The third thing
with a family. So, what we need to do As a car owner my benefits would be would be real-time parking availability.
is not just thinking about new parking, I know what are the options available, Krishnan: It is a very important
only about traffic, or only about public what are the pricing available, so I can point that after we implement all these
transport: we need to think holistically choose as per my convenience. From systems we need to keep them running
about a whole system. So, if we are the civic authority, yes, its turnover is and that is a common problem in India.
impacting one part we must consider getting increased which will directly Things should not be allowed to be
the conclusions on the other as well. I increase the revenue. When there is fallen by the wayside. This is a valid
think it is very important. an organised car parking system, the concern we need to address.

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