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technology through which citizens can one of the challenges in implementing
There is a need to remotely access the available parking projects faster because there have been
move away from spots using mobile apps.” different thinking and priorities.
“The urban mobility scenario will
a fragmented change when appropriate parking Need for proper planning
approach to more data is made available. Technologies and policy
Parking demand management may
comprenhensive like underground sensors, or analytic not just be about infrastructure or
cameras can give information about
planning for? available parking space to the central technology, that can solve the issue;
server, and from there it is relayed to it must have a scientific approach
the citizen app. The user can even pre- too. Asked Vivek Ogra, “What are
book and make payment.” the credible ways of reducing the
The decision for improving parking demand? How do you think
implementing an AI-based system like parking should come from municipal mobility system can change the parking
ML, ITMS, automated traffic signalling corporations or even by the traffic scenario? We cannot continue to build
system and surveillance cameras.” police. “Only technology can parking systems and allow people to
regulate our parking space and local use their private vehicles.”
Technology is key administration can earn revenue out Lakshman recommended the

Technology plays a pivotal role of it. With the advent of Smart Cities implementation of decentralised
in sustaining all the activities that and new technology, the government parking system at the metro stations.
we are doing around parking. Ogra should take necessary steps to bring He believes that the number of vehicles
raised questions to find out what is in capable technology and system entering the city could be reduced
that everyone trying to solve through integrators to implement smart parking with the deployment of an integrated
technology. infrastructure. Because it is not just public transport system. A pay-and-park
about parking, it is about getting bay system must be introduced at many
Vishal Mehra, replied, “Technology
has been there for very long. We have occupancy information from the field.” of the busy centres and important
been doing access control in parking, We find that the enforcement places where commercials spaces are
but the situation in cities have not agencies do not often take up traffic located, which will yield results. Only
changed. The real issue is what are management as a joint activity by designing innovative solutions, the
we doing to change the motorists’ because of different jurisdictions and number of vehicles could be reduced in
behaviour and citizens who park infrastructure. How do we bring all the city.
their cars haphazardly? How can we these stakeholders on a common Multimodal integration is important
change their mindset? The only way to platform and deliver a robust traffic to create choices for people to be able
change this behaviour is to introduce management system? This has been to move away from private to public

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