"Smart parking" reduces travel troubles
In recent years, the development of smart parking has entered the fast lane. Many cities in China have begun to pilot and promote smart applications such as "reserved parking spaces," "inductive tolling," and "rodless parking", in an effort to solve parking problems.
The National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Public Security, etc. recently issued the "Notice on Key Tasks to Promote the Development of Urban Parking Facilities in the Near Future", requiring cities to complete a census of parking facilities within the year and make them public, find out the base of parking resources, dynamically update parking resource data, and organize Carry out ETC (Fully Automatic Electronic Toll Collection System) smart parking pilot work.
Efficient allocation of resources
In Chengdu, Yang Wei, who works for a cultural and creative company, has made it easier to park in the past few months.
In the past, if she had a meal appointment with a friend, she had already arrived at the destination, but she still spent ten minutes or more looking for a parking space.
"Now open this official account, you can directly check the vacancy and cost of the parking lot around the destination, make an appointment in advance, don't worry about spending a lot of time looking for parking spaces, it is really a'parking artifact'." Yang Wei said excitedly to the reporter.
The "parking artifact" mentioned by Yang Wei is the "smart parking" service module launched in May of this year on the official account of Chengdu traffic police "Ronge Xing".
Citizens can use this service to query Chengdu parking area, real-time number of vacant parking spaces, charging price, service time, driving route and other information online, and support one-click payment of parking fees.
At the same time, it can also inquire about the parking lots with sufficient parking resources in the vicinity of the residence or the company, and purchase the idle parking spaces at different time periods on a daily or monthly basis.
In recent years, Beijing, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan, Sichuan and other places have actively deployed the construction of smart parking facilities, focusing on the pain points of "difficult parking" travel, and exploring the establishment of related management systems and standards.
Industry insiders pointed out that parking is more scientific and efficient, which can not only effectively save the driver's time, but also reduce the management's operating costs, further improve the operating efficiency of the parking lot, and better realize the rational allocation of resources.
Meeting parking needs
According to statistics from the Ministry of Public Security, as of June this year, the number of motor vehicles nationwide has reached 384 million, of which 292 million are automobiles.
In the first half of this year, 14.14 million vehicles were newly registered, an increase of 3.725 million vehicles or 35.76% over the same period last year.
In the context of the rapid increase in the number of Chinese residents' car ownership, residents' demand for parking spaces is also increasing.
Experts pointed out that, on the one hand, China's existing traditional parking lots are difficult to meet the growing parking demand of residents. On the other hand, the information mismatch between parking spaces and parking demand has caused many parking spaces to be unused.
In fact, some areas of cities are densely packed with people and vehicles, but parking spaces are insufficient; in some areas, parking spaces are surplus and cannot be fully utilized, which wastes resources instead.
While sharing parking supply and demand information, by building smart parking lots and other facilities, taking into account technical empowerment and hardware support, it can better promote the quality and efficiency of urban parking services.
The “unmanned toll parking lot” on Zhigang Avenue in Yangjiaping, Chongqing is the first large-scale parking garage under the bridge that adopted a fully intelligent parking management system in the country. It can provide more than 1,000 parking spaces, fast in and out of vehicles, and complete the “quick pass”.
There is no toll booth at the entrance of the parking lot. When the vehicle arrives at the entrance, the system will complete the identification in a short time and lift the pole to let it go.
According to Mo Yuanming, a researcher at the Chongqing Yangtze River Upper Reaches Economic Research Institute, the problem of urban “difficult parking” has given birth to smart parking lots. User data and online to offline applications have given parking lots more value. The industrial chain of mobile payment, software services and advertising services is taking shape.
Filling up service shortcomings
It is worth noting that there are also some shortcomings in infrastructure and details that need to be filled in the practice of promoting the convenience of smart parking.
Industry insiders pointed out that it is necessary to summarize some of the problems that have occurred in smart parking services in a timely manner, and introduce more targeted construction standards, supporting measures and service rules.
For example, the supporting facilities of smart parking in some areas have not kept up, and the hardware and software configuration has not been opened up, causing inconvenience to residents; in some areas, the application of digital devices in smart parking planning is low, which adversely affects traffic efficiency.
In the process of promoting digital applications, we must also pay attention to preventing data security issues that may occur in related smart parking platforms.
In May of this year, a resident of a city in Anhui reported that the smart parking service promoted locally can bind others' license plate numbers to inquire about the parking time, location, and arrears of related vehicles, which may pose a potential risk of privacy leakage.
Similar hidden dangers of system security and privacy protection are not uncommon.
Prior to this, the "Shenyang Smart Parking" platform had been subjected to malicious cyber attacks.
This type of platform masters the driving data and personal information of many users, and it is easy to become the target of criminals.
For public service platform operators, how to properly protect users' private information and eliminate privacy and other security risks is a "must answer".
Wang Peng, director of the Smart City Laboratory of the Beijing Big Data Research Institute, believes that from a technical perspective, it is not difficult to better protect user privacy. In this process, the threshold for market information system development needs to be raised, and local authorities choose system development. When working with the company, it is necessary to conduct in-depth research on the technical capabilities of the company to ensure the quality of development.
Sun Yahui