Modeling and Implementation of Smart Parking System

With increasing economic development and urbanization, car ownership is growing rapidly, exacerbating the imbalance between parking supply and demand. Most countries face problems related to the lack of parking spaces and car parking is a major problem in urban areas around the world. Drivers have to spend a long time searching for a parking space, which not only increases time costs, fuel consumption
and exhaust emissions, but also increases traffic congestion. Recently, the concept of smart cities where one of the most important parts is smart parking has gained great popularity. Thanks to the evolution of the Internet of things, the idea of a smart city now seems to be achievable. Consistent efforts are being made in the field of IoT in order to maximize the productivity and reliability of urban
infrastructure. Problems such as, traffic congestion, limited car parking facilities and road safety are being addressed by IoT.
Parking is creating problems mainly because people have to cruise around to find a vacant parking spot in the urban network. A clear need for applications that can reduce those external effects of parking has arisen, especially the last few years. With parking pricing policies reaching their limits in many European cities, possible improvements could be found in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS).
KEYWORDS
Smart parking system, Internet of Things, Free parking space