Anyone looking for a public parking space for their car in the state capital can now check online in advance on the city's website whether the journey is worthwhile and whether free parking spaces are available.
The municipal mobility company Eswe Verkehr has put live occupancy data online for the first three municipal parking spaces.
Oliver Bock
Correspondent for the Rhein-Main-Zeitung for the Rheingau-Taunus district and for Wiesbaden.
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Since the spring of last year, a total of four parking areas in the city area have been equipped with sensors that record occupancy automatically, digitally and in real time.
This live data is now available for the P+R car parks Moltkering and Hauptbahnhof (section between Salzbachstrasse and Gartenfeldstrasse) as well as the parking spaces along the street on Friedrich-Ebert-Allee between the junctions with Lessingstrasse and Viktoria-Luise-Strasse.
More even utilization
This means that dynamic occupancy data for public parking spaces can be displayed in real time in Wiesbaden for the first time.
A service that was previously only possible for some car parks.
The data is fed into the traffic control system's traffic control computer and published on the mobility data marketplace so that it is also available for third-party applications.
"By using the data, we expect a more even utilization of the city's parking areas and less traffic looking for a parking space," says Wiesbaden's traffic department head Andreas Kowol (Die Grünen).
The data is also interesting for providers of navigation systems and specialized smartphone apps.
In addition, according to Kowol, the new system should contribute to better linking of car traffic with local public transport services.
Destructiveness leads to delays
Commuters who know the current occupancy rate before arriving at the parking lot can make more informed decisions about whether to use their own car or not.
In addition, the data provide valuable information on the use of parking spaces, which is helpful for mobility planning in the city and has not been available in this quality before, says Andreas Sauter, head of the parking space sensor project at Eswe.
Actually, the Mainzer Straße Ost car park should also be equipped with sensors.
However, due to the desire to destroy, it is not possible to provide live data there for the time being.
The digital parking space sensor system is subject to a two-year pilot operation in order to test all systems and gain experience.
At the beginning of 2024, knowledge about the benefits of the project should be available and recommendations for the use of parking space sensors in other parking spaces should be given.
The Moltkering can be used around the clock free of charge for those looking for a parking space.
The parking spaces at the main train station are subject to a fee.
Parking on Friedrich-Ebert-Allee is free at night between 7 p.m. and 9 a.m. and, from the city’s point of view, is of particular interest to residents of the southern inner city.