SmartSheffield #19 - Mohamad Matbouli: "How Parking Creates Connected Cities"

Mohamad is the founder of GoParkly.com, a smart parking startup that uses cheap machine vision to identify and report vacant parking spaces both in car parks and on-street.

For more, please visit: GoParkly

These slides were presented at SmartSheffield#19 on May 9th 2022 - please see the Event Website for videos of all the talk and to sign up to receive notification of future events.

Many thanks to our hosts: Creative Space Management and everyone at the Electric Works, as well as our regular sponsors: Arup, Pitch-In Project and Sheffield Digital.

Transcript

1. 1 How Parking Creates Connected Cities Shef fi eld Digital Festival by Mohamad Matbouli
2. “Drivers in the UK waste 44 hours every year searching for a parking space.” - INRIX, The Impact of Parking Pain, 2017
3. Problem De fi nition 30% TRAFFIC CONGESTION Drivers searching for a parking space are a major contributor of city congestion1. 50% NITROGEN OXIDE (NOX) Transportation’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions worldwide2. 25% SOCIAL COST Drivers report they have gotten into an argument with a fellow over a parking space3. 6 Out Of 10 COST ON BUSINESSES Drivers have abandoned their search for a space at least once4. 3 ©GoParkly, 2022 www.goparkly.com
4. “Searching for a parking space problem cost the UK economy £23.2 Bn in 2016.” - INRIX, The Impact of Parking Pain, 20175
5. The Roots of the Problem 5 ©GoParkly, 2022 www.goparkly.com Have no visibility on the traf fi c fl ow across parking spaces. Drive without any clue about the availability of parking spaces. Don’t have a monitoring tool to monitor the on-street parking spaces they operate. TRAFFIC AUTHORITIES DRIVERS CITY COUNCILS PARKING OPERATORS Operate off-street spaces irrespective of the surrounding environment. P
6. Solving the Problem 6 ©GoParkly, 2022 www.goparkly.com Real-time Parking Data Eliminate the need to cruise to fi nd an available parking space. DRIVERS
7. Solving the Problem 7 ©GoParkly, 2022 www.goparkly.com P Real-time Parking Data Automate parking operations based on the surroundings. PARKING OPERATORS Eliminate the need to cruise to fi nd an available parking space. DRIVERS
8. Solving the Problem 8 ©GoParkly, 2022 www.goparkly.com P Real-time Parking Data Automate parking operations based on the surroundings. PARKING OPERATORS CITY COUNCILS Increase the utilisation of on-street parking spaces. Eliminate the need to cruise to fi nd an available parking space. DRIVERS
9. Solving the Problem 9 ©GoParkly, 2022 www.goparkly.com P Real-time Parking Data Automate parking operations based on the surroundings. PARKING OPERATORS CITY COUNCILS Increase the utilisation of on-street parking spaces. TRAFFIC AUTHORITIES Make data-driven decisions to control tra ffi c. Eliminate the need to cruise to fi nd an available parking space. DRIVERS
10. Solving the Problem 10 ©GoParkly, 2022 www.goparkly.com P Real-time Parking Data Automate parking operations based on the surroundings. PARKING OPERATORS Implement intelligent enforcement instead of cruising for parking violations. ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CITY COUNCILS Increase the utilisation of on-street parking spaces. TRAFFIC AUTHORITIES Make data-driven decisions to control tra ffi c. Eliminate the need to cruise to fi nd an available parking space. DRIVERS
11. Solving the Problem 11 ©GoParkly, 2022 www.goparkly.com P Real-time Parking Data Automate parking operations based on the surroundings. PARKING OPERATORS Implement intelligent enforcement instead of cruising for parking violations. ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CITY COUNCILS Increase the utilisation of on-street parking spaces. TRAFFIC AUTHORITIES Make data-driven decisions to control tra ffi c. Provide value-added services based on users geolocation. THIRD PARTIES Eliminate the need to cruise to fi nd an available parking space. DRIVERS
12. GoParkly is a technology platform solution that makes parking data accessible, on-demand, and real-time.
13. Technology Platform 13 ©GoParkly, 2022 www.goparkly.com Web Dashboard Mobile App Optical Sensors DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS SEAMLESS EXPERIENCE AI-ENABLED Provides critical parking data in real-time. Shows the availability of parking spaces in real-time. Detect the availability of parking spaces in real-time.
14. Optical Sensors 14 ©GoParkly, 2022 www.goparkly.com AI-enabled FEATURE 1 Machine Learning algorithm that determines the status of parking spaces: vacant or occupied. Cloud Connected FEATURE 3 The sensors share the data using a cloud architecture. Multiple-Space FEATURE 2 Each sensor can detect up to 30 parking spaces. Real-Time FEATURE 4 Data is shared to the cloud in real-time.
15. Using AI- enabled technology can reduce the cost of retrieving parking data by 90%.
16. Mobile App 16 ©GoParkly, 2022 www.goparkly.com Reserve A Space FEATURE 2 Drivers can reserve their parking space before even reaching the parking lot (soft- reservation). Pay Your Parking Fee FEATURE 4 Drivers can pay their parking fee directly from their mobile phones. Search By Destination FEATURE 3 Drivers can search for an available parking space based on the destination they are going to. Search By Location FEATURE 1 Drivers can search for an available nearby parking space based on their location. The available spaces are shown using an online map.
17. Web Dashboard 17 ©GoParkly, 2022 www.goparkly.com Occupancy METRIC 1 What is the current occupancy status of the parking space? Utilisation METRIC 3 What is the percent utilisation per parking space? Revenue METRIC 2 How much revenue has the parking space made in due time? Turnover METRIC 4 How many cars are parking in the parking space in one hour?
18. “Today’s problems are often yesterday’s solutions.” - Peter Senge
19. Copyright © 2022 GoParkly All Rights Reserved. This document and the information in it are provided in con fi dence, for the sole purpose of exploring business opportunities between the disclosing party and the receiving party, and may not be disclosed to any third party or used for any other purpose without the express written permission of the disclosing party. Contact Details Mohamad Matbouli +44 7 9474 75784 matbouli@goparkly.com www.goparkly.com Shef fi eld, UK Social Media Handles https://www.linkedin.com/company/goparkly/ https://www.instagram.com/goparklyapp/ https://www.facebook.com/goparklyapp Con fi dentiality