{"id":456,"date":"2018-09-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/find-your-gap-smart-parking\/456\/"},"modified":"2018-09-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T23:00:00","slug":"find-your-gap-smart-parking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/find-your-gap-smart-parking\/456\/","title":{"rendered":"Make the right choice with Find Your Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Find Your Gap aims to improve our cities by providing the right tools for smart parking.<\/h2>\n

Quality of life, efficiency and sustainability are key factors for defining and providing urban traffic in a way where a certain mix of transport modes meets environmental, societal and general needs. This is why we strive for technologies assisting people in making the right decisions based on actual, real-life data. These data need to be acquired and processed so that the decisions taken make co-existence easier not only for urban societies but also among individual human beings. We at Find Your Gap believe that \u2018smart\u2019 technologies should be more than only instruments to improve service structures and processes\u2014they should pave the way for people interacting responsibly.<\/p>\n

The vision of a smart city is challenged by discrepancies between global and individual objectives. Still today, political strategies tend to be framed and drafted by experts on a rational level using conventional technology and traditional knowledge. However, it takes more for a city to become liveable: an emotional, subjective approach supporting the needs of the individual. We often come upon people asking questions like this: how do I personally benefit from a measure taken by the authorities? Addressing this issue in communication beforehand is a vital part of not only advancing marketing plans but also agreeing on basic principles.<\/p>\n

The parking conundrum<\/h3>\n

We all know how difficult it is to break away from habits acquired long ago, especially when it comes to choosing the reasonable mode of transport for a trip. Factors of convenience, i.e. speed, safety and primary costs, often dominate over environmental concerns. The question of whether a destination can be reached by public transport within reasonable time at reasonable costs is often being neglected in the making of the decision.<\/p>\n

Today we can choose from a plethora of algorithms, e.g. for travel time estimation \u2013 although they show different performance depending on the situation data fed in, the results are mostly useful. The same is true for web services calculating the costs of a trip and providing services for buying tickets or seat reservations. However, when you take a look at the services provided, you might find something essential really is missing: <\/p>\n