Smart City Playbook

Transport & Mobility

Usecases

Smart End-to-End Parking System

The “Smart End-to-End Parking Systems” is a smart automated end-to-end IoT-based parking system. While looking for parking spaces, drivers waste a lot of time wandering around, leading to traffic congestion, decreasing travel quality and productivity, as well as negative environmental impact due to increased carbon emission and engine idling. Through this parking system, drivers can access contextual space information and get direct navigation to available spots with seamless payment solutions. Such smart parking reduces travel time and engine idling, leading to less traffic congestion and limited impact on the environment and carbon footprint emission.

KEY

CHALLENGES

Current transport ecosystem lacks accessible and convenient multi-modal options

Authorities are unable to effectively manage and accommodate the seasonal and continual pedestrian and vehicle traffic across the city

Road accidents and related fatality rates are still on the rise

KEY EXPECTED BENEFITS

Less Travel Congestion

Drivers will spend less time circulating the streets, idling and blocking traffic in narrow streets if they know where to park, eventually avoiding the slow movement of traffic

Increased Productivity

Drivers and passengers will earn back the time previously lost in traffic or searching for parking

Limited Environmental Degradation

Harmful emissions will be reduced with the smart parking system that reduces travel time and eliminates unnecessary engine idling

ALIGNMENT TO SMART CITY OBJECTIVES

Interactive

Reliable

TARGET USERS

Resident

Tourists

Private Chauffeur

Commuter

Elderly & People of Determinations

USE CASE

JOURNEY

Noor lives in Al Madinah city with her family. She picks up her daughter from school every day, but finding a parking spot around the school was her daily struggle until her neighbor advised her to use the smart parking app.

The next day, when Noor picks up her daughter from school, she opens the app to navigate through the school’s neighborhood and find an available parking spot. Through the app, she reserves a parking spot for 15 minutes and settles her payment electronically.

When leaving the school back to her car, Noor forgets where she is parked, but uses the smart parking app to find her way back to her vehicle.

The next week, she is called in by the teacher to discuss her daughter’s performance and progress, for which she needs to find another parking spot. Thanks to the app, she retrieves her old booking and is able to remotely book the same spot again.

POTENTIAL SERVICE FEATURES

Sensors for parking spots

Charging stations for EVs

Indoor navigation

NFC payment

KEY TOUCH POINTS

Mobile App

Website

Parking Areas

Traffic Signs

Wallet

Implementation
Timeline

Within 6 months

12 – 18 months

Over 24 months

Technology Commercial Viability

Currently commercialized

1 – 3 years to commercialize

5+ years to
commercialize

Regulatory Conduciveness

No New Policies and
Standards

Some Policies &
Standards to be
Introduced

Complex Policies to be
Introduced

Investment Requirement

Low

Medium

High

Use Case Ownership

Government Driven

Piloted by Gov. & Transitioned to Private Sector

Private Sector

Startups & Entrepreneurs

IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS

Consolidation of public and private parking inventories

Network and internet connectivity in indoor and underground spaces

Potential installation and integration of supporting infrastructure for outdoor parking spots

POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

IN THE MARKET

Transport & Mobility

Use Cases

Smart End-to-End Parking Systems

Real-Time Responsive City Transport Infrastructure “Mubasher”

Predictive Road Maintenance

Car-Pooling and Sharing City Platform “Wasilni”

Assistive Technologies for Public Transportation

Driving School
of the Future

Urban Micro-Mobility Solutions Platform “Jawlat Al Madinah”

Move in Al Madinah Companion App

City EV Digital Hub