The Dutch City of Nijmegen has several well-used parking facilities in and near the city centre. The municipality commissioned LUMIGUIDE to develop a Mobile Parking App that offers users an overview of real-time availability of parking spaces in all available facilities for cars and bicycles.
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Location
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Project type
Mobile parking app
Client
Municipality of Nijmegen
Finished
This project was finished in 2019
Introduction
Nijmegen is a mid-sized Dutch city close to the border with Germany. As is the case in many cities, cars and bicycles abound in and around the city’s centre, all needing a place to park. There was no overview of all the available parking spaces, however, so in the worst-case scenario, people had to keep searching.
The challenge
Overview of parking spaces
Create a real-time overview of available parking spaces for all modalities
Reduce carbon footprint
Reduce the number of cars having to drive around looking for a parking space
Less cars
Increase the number of people coming to the city centre by bicycle by showing the many sheltered parking options
Quick & cost-effective
Implement a cost-effective solution that can be deployed quickly
The solution
In cooperation with the city, LUMIGUIDE developed a web-based mobile app that shows all real-time available parking spaces for cars and bicycles. The app can be downloaded by users via scanning a QR-code that hangs in all the parking facilities. The parking data comes from LUMIGUIDE detection systems and other sources.
Important features
Cost-effective
No need to invest in an expensive parking guidance system throughout the city
User-friendly
The web-app can be downloaded to all types of mobile phones, no need for app stores
Smooth wayfinding
The app shows the location of and route to the parking facilities scattered across the city
Realtime data
The app shows the most recent availability of parking spaces, so people know where to go
The impact
Cyclists are now on par with car drivers when it comes to access to information about availability of parking spaces
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LUMIGUIDE has linked the data from 7 car parks and 6 bicycle parking facilities in Nijmegen to the mobile app creating an overview of almost all parking options
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Users can make informed decisions on whether to go to the city centre by bike or by car, depending on the current availability of spaces
03
People can see from home which parking facilities are closed, saving them time and effort
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