Parking Management System In India, Parking space availability and management have been a rising concern especially in India – where the number of vehicles is exponentially increasing with no or less infrastructural development towards the same. A study conducted by Frost and Sullivan found that an average commuter in the capital of India – Delhi, spends well over 80 hours every year trying to find a parking space.

What is a parking management system and why does India need one?

In a very basic sense, it is a system put in place to assign and reserve parking, utilizing 100% of the parking space and get complete real-time visibility to manage the parking area. However, it includes a lot more than that when it comes to the implementation part. A lot of different elements can be included in a parking management system but there are primarily 4 main components to it:

1. Payment method
2. Enforcement options
3. Access Controls 
4. Reporting

These systems can be manual, hardware-focused, software-focused or office-centric. We have covered more about these systems as you read further. 

India has the third-largest road network in the world and road transport is preferred by 60% of the Indian population. The total number of registered motor vehicles in India was 210,023,289 in 2015 and there were 7 states having more than 10 million vehicles. Most of the parking systems in India are currently run manually, with limited or no technology intervention. This leads to higher costs, a lack of efficiency and not a very optimized usage of the parking spaces that already exist. Implementing a high-tech automated parking management system can solve these problems. 

How does a parking management system work?

As mentioned earlier, these systems can be of 4 different types or a combination of these: 

Manual: This is the traditional and most common parking system found in India where a person at the entrance of the parking lot is responsible for complete management of the space. 

Hardware focused: The best example of hardware-focused parking management systems in India would be some of the shopping mall parking spaces where there is a barrier at the entrance and an automated ticket is collected to access the space.

Software focused: Utilizing software-based payment integration, real-time visibility, reporting and controlling access are some of the important features included in the software focused parking management system. These are usually coupled with the hardware based systems to create an efficient system.

Office centric: Workplace parking in India has been a pain point for a long time now. Recent software developments in managing office parking spaces have changed the game, not only for the employees but also for the employers. Managing and controlling access, allocating spaces, RFID or QR code interfaces have helped companies reduce costs, increase efficiency and most importantly improve employee satisfaction. 

How to implement a parking management system?

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