Industry Overview
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Smart Cities, Parking & Urban Mobility
Cities, councils, and urban authorities are under increasing pressure to manage limited road space, reduce congestion, and deliver fair, efficient public services. Parking plays a central role in urban mobility, directly affecting traffic flow, local business activity, public perception, and municipal revenue.
Traditional parking management relies heavily on manual patrols, visual checks, and reactive enforcement. This approach is costly, inconsistent, and often perceived as unfair by citizens. Without real-time data, authorities struggle to balance availability, enforcement efficiency, and public satisfaction across different parking use cases such as paid zones, residential permits, short-stay bays, and priority spaces.
IoT Solutions supports smart city initiatives with real-time parking and urban infrastructure monitoring, providing objective data that improves enforcement efficiency, increases compliance, and enables evidence-based policy decisions.
Key Operational Challenges
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Urban Mobility & Parking
Smart city operators and parking authorities commonly face the following challenges:
Unpaid parking and overstays going undetected, resulting in direct revenue loss and reduced return on parking infrastructure investments.
Manual enforcement patrols with limited coverage, driving high staffing costs and inconsistent violation detection.
Lack of real-time occupancy data, preventing optimisation of tariffs, enforcement schedules, and bay allocation.
Misuse of residential, disabled, and priority bays, leading to high complaint volumes and reputational damage.
Low turnover in short-stay and commercial zones, negatively impacting local businesses and visitor experience.
ICE vehicles blocking EV charging bays, or EVs overstaying after charging, reducing infrastructure availability.
Illegal parking in restricted or no-parking zones, creating safety risks and blocking emergency access.
Drivers circulating while searching for parking, increasing congestion, emissions, and frustration.
Public perception of unfair or arbitrary enforcement, undermining trust in parking policies.
IoT Solutions for Smart Cities & Parking Management
We provide focused IoT solutions that prioritise parking occupancy, enforcement efficiency, and urban mobility, with supporting infrastructure monitoring where it impacts city operations.
Primary Solutions
Parking Management
Detect parking occupancy, overstays, and violations in real time across on-street, off-street, residential, short-stay, EV, and priority bays, enabling targeted enforcement and improved availability.
Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Monitoring
Monitor stormwater drains, manholes, and flood-prone assets in urban areas to support proactive maintenance and reduce disruption during heavy rainfall.
Supporting Solutions
Vehicle Fleet & Asset Location Tracking
Track parking enforcement officers, municipal vehicles, and service teams to improve coverage, response times, and accountability.
Organisations We Support in Smart City & Mobility Projects
Local and regional councils
Municipal parking authorities
Transport authorities and road agencies
Public works and infrastructure departments
Parking concession and PPP operators
On-street and city-centre parking operators
EV charging infrastructure operators
Smart city and urban mobility authorities
Assets & Systems Monitored in Urban Environments
On-street parking bays (paid, permit, short-stay)
Residential permit zones
Disabled and priority parking bays
EV charging bays and adjacent parking spaces
No-parking and restricted zones
Multi-storey and off-street car parks
Stormwater drains, manholes, and flood-prone points