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Bath City Parking Reporter (Bath: Hacked 2014)

Nick
March 23, 2014

Bath City Parking Reporter (Bath: Hacked 2014)

Attempting to crowdsource realtime parking data. We built an iOS and a realtime dashboard for car parking in the city of Bath.

https://bathhacked-parking.herokuapp.com

Nick

March 23, 2014
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  1. Bath City Parking
    Reporter
    !
    Attempting to crowdsource realtime parking data
    !
    @nickj89 / @reddavis

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  2. Parking in Bath is not easy.

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  3. We built an iPhone app that helps people
    find places to park.

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  4. 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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  5. The state of
    the car park
    can be easily
    reported.

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  6. City wide,
    traffic related,
    events are
    communicated
    to the user.

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  7. And directions
    are accessed
    by tapping the
    map.

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  8. A realtime companion website was
    developed as a component of the
    proof of concept.

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  9. Getting Reliable Information
    • Crowdsourcing car parking information might
    not actually work.
    • Bring council staff onboard to reliably collect the
    information.

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  10. 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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  11. 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.

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  12. https://bathhacked-
    parking.herokuapp.com

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