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

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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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