A New Intelligent Parking System Based on Digital Systems and the Internet of Things (IoT): A Conceptual Design

Abstract

The increase in the number of vehicles brings parking needs in city centers. Many studies are being carried out to solve the problem and new parking lots are constructed. With the developing technology, smart systems are effectively used to increase the capacity of existing car parks. Unfortunately, both putting new car parks into service and equipping existing car parks with technological facilities cannot solve the problem. This highlights that public transportation is used effectively instead of vehicles. On the other hand, the idea of enabling people to reduce parking time is a partial solution. Thus, new smart parking mobile application called “Let's Share a Single Vehicle Park-TAPP was developed conceptually. In the system, utilization period must be specified by the user. Users who specify the duration of utilization are rewarded as a fee when they comply. If they do not, they are faced with overpayment and parking utilization restriction. The parking capacity will be planned instantly and an effective operating performance will be achieved. The factors affecting the proposed system were determined by SWOT analysis and the weighting of each factor using the AHP method was obtained by pairwise comparisons. With the A'WOT analysis, it has been determined that the increase in the need for parking spaces with the increase in the number of vehicles. The need for parking, which is the most important factor due to the increasing number of vehicles, shows the need for such innovative systems when all general factor weights of factors are evaluated together. © 2023, Gumushane University. All rights reserved.