Bath City Parking
Reporter
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Attempting to crowdsource realtime parking data
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@nickj89 / @reddavis
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Parking in Bath is not easy.
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We built an iPhone app that helps people
find places to park.
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The colour of
the top bar is a
visual indicator
of how busy
the car park is,
based on
recent reports.
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The state of
the car park
can be easily
reported.
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City wide,
traffic related,
events are
communicated
to the user.
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And directions
are accessed
by tapping the
map.
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A realtime companion website was
developed as a component of the
proof of concept.
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Getting Reliable Information
• Crowdsourcing car parking information might
not actually work.
• Bring council staff onboard to reliably collect the
information.
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System Benefits
• Could lower congestion by directing people
straight to a parking destination.
• Give BANES additional data to improve city
traffic flow.
• Communicate to tourists and residents about
traffic affecting issues.
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Future Roadmap
• Take this idea and apply it to residential permits.
• Stop replying on crowdsourcing and add
sensors for realtime data.
• Use historic data to predict busy days for early
commuter warnings.