Prague is preparing an overview of available places on P+R for drivers
The aim of the pilot project is to improve the efficiency of car parking in car parks and beyond the borders of Prague, as part of which a database of car parks will be created and the functionality of the PID Lítačka application will be expanded. This will navigate the driver to the nearest free parking space, which will prevent unnecessary trips to an already occupied parking lot. The contract with the ICT Operator (OICT) on the implementation and trial operation of the parking data integration system was approved by the Prague City Council at its Monday meeting.
At the same time, the system will provide data on the use of parking capacity for local governments when planning the future capacities of P+R parking lots and the associated congestion of local roads. These open datasets will be published in the Prague data platform OICT Golemio.
“We continue to develop smart solutions that will make it easier for drivers heading to Prague to plan their journeys and increase their comfort. The new system will also contribute to reducing the number of cars in the city, increasing the use of public transport and reducing the environmental burden in our city caused by car traffic, which is in line with the Climate Plan for Prague. Up to 300,000 people travel from the Central Bohemian Region to Prague every day,” says the mayor of the capital city of Prague, Zdeněk Hřib.
“Our flagship is the Prague data platform OICT Golemio, which plays a vital role in the project. In real time, all data will be transferred primarily to the PID Lítačka mobile application, but also to other mobile applications that drivers and other passengers use to plan their journey to the capital. Thanks to the collection of data, the participating cities will be able to monitor the occupancy of individual parking lots and react more easily to the situation, for example to optimize environmentally friendly forms of transport, or to edit documents for territorial or strategic decision-making,” informs OICT CEO Tomáš Barczi.
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The benefit of the project lies in the fact that it will spread the maximum possible information about the parking lots that are being created in the territory of the Central Bohemian Region, both about the total and current capacity, as well as about other things such as the price for parking. This makes it easier for drivers to plan their journey and choose a connecting connection of the Prague Integrated Transport. And most importantly to them will help them decide where to park so they don’t needlessly drive to a full parking lot and don’t waste time looking for free parking spaces near the destination of their trip. This can significantly help to reduce the number of cars arriving in Prague, improve the utilization of public transport capacities (mainly backbone railway lines), contribute to the flow of traffic, reduce the environmental burden caused by car loads and infrastructure wear and tear.
Already currently an application My Prague AND PID Litačka they use data on the occupancy of P+R parking lots, but only in the territory of the metropolis, and indirectly by redirecting to the TSK payment system they also use the possibility of cashless payments of parking fees in Prague’s paid parking zones. OICT offers this experience precisely to make car parking more efficient in parking lots in the catchment area of Prague, which is defined by the territory of Prague, the Central Bohemian Region and its neighboring districts.
The pilot project will have 4 stages and will last 33 months. The first stage will focus on establishing cooperation in the integration of parking lots, as well as on the preparation of data platforms. Securing and integrating data in parking lots and further expanding the functionality of the PID Lítačka application is part of the second stage. The third stage will be devoted to pilot operation and testing, and the final stage is intended for trial operation.
source: press release