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HID Global - Pilot scheme for city parking management |
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HID is involved in an interesting pilot scheme in South Africa where its smart card technology is being used by the city government to assist with parking management. The local authority was struggling to find an effective way of managing parking in certain areas of Cape Town where its parking attendants were vulnerable to attack when carrying money on their pocket. Under a pilot scheme involving HID Global, which could be rolled out across the city if successful, motorists can purchase a city parking card from designated retail outlets that is pre-loaded with credit.
After parking, the driver locates the nearest attendant – each of whom has responsibility for monitoring a maximum of around ten bays – and informs him of his bay number, presenting his city parking card to a GPS-enabled mobile reader. The mobile reader verifies that there is sufficient money on that card, and when the driver selects their desired parking time, the money is deducted from the card.
The reader sends an electronic message to the central station confirming that a vehicle will be parked in a particular street for a set period of time. When that time is up, a message is sent from the central station back to the mobile attendant’s reader indicating that the vehicle has outstayed its allotted time slot. The warden then can return to ticket the car if necessary.[www.hidglobal.com]
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