TIER creates scooter parking validation system

Advanced Vehicle Parking System live in London, Tel Aviv and Utrecht

TIER Mobility offers a range of e-scooter, ebike and pedal bike services. The company has launched a parking validation solution called TIER AVPS (Advanced Vehicle Parking System).

The AVPS system is the latest addition to TIER’s suite of parking validation solutions. It has been developed by combining the best of both Google’s Visual Positioning System (VPS) and TIER’s in-house parking space surveying solution, developed by Fantasmo.

The system is designed to overcome the limitations of GPS-based solutions in dense urban environments by defining the exact parameters and geo-locations of mandatory parking zones.

TIER said the technology offers a high degree of precision to ensure parking compliance.

It also supports improved flexibility in responding to changing urban planning needs, with ‘TIER Rangers’ able to quickly set up new virtual locations for parking bays with a high degree of accuracy.

The switch to TIER AVPS has already begun in London, Tel Aviv in Israel and Utrecht in The Netherlands. TIER said it will analyse new markets on a case-by-case basis and will introduce AVPS where it provides the best solution to meet local needs.

Jenoptik. The terms of the scheme were agreed with a spot speed camera covering a short stretch of road, and average speed cameras along the rest of the 20mph route. Unlike speed humps, the new camera installations enforce the limits without inconveniencing law-abiding drivers. They also reduce the numbers of drivers slowing down and speeding up, keeping people at a uniform speed, reducing local emissions associated with braking and accelerating.

Kian Tahmasebi, product operations manager, TIER Mobility, said: “TIER has a strong track record of parking compliance, from bringing the know-how of Fantasmo into the TIER family and continuously developing new technologies in-house to ensure industry-leading parking precision.

“By combining Google VPS with our own parking space surveying technology, we are taking the next step in parking compliance by developing the most accurate parking validation solution yet. Parking compliance plays a key role in keeping both riders and pedestrians safe – and we will continue our efforts to provide the safest service possible to our customers and cities.”

Following the recent acquisitions of nextbike and Spin, TIER is now present in over 560 cities and communities in 31 countries with a fleet of more than 350,000 vehicles.