Dublin adopts AppyWay Traffic Suite

City council wants to digitise its kerbside management processes

Dublin City Council has become the first international user of Traffic Suite, the kerbside management solution developed by AppyWay.

The council wanted to transform its restriction management process to better understand how its kerbside is being used and to ensure it has more control over its kerbside assets and restriction data.

Dublin City Council is responsible for public housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture and environment. It serves a population of approximately 554,500 people.

Jamie Cudden, smart city programme manager, Dublin City Council, said: “With increasing e-commerce and thriving businesses, the city centre of Dublin is becoming more and more congested, and it is necessary for us to understand and manage the kerb assets more efficiently using digital tools.

“The kerbside management can be transformational for the city. We are delighted to partner with AppyWay and look forward to piloting the Mapper solution to digitise the streets of Dublin.”

A key goal for the city council was to look at innovative ways to encourage the efficient and sustainable use of loading bays as a part of the Senator Project.

The Senator Project is funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and aims at finding possible solutions to solve the challenges of logistics in urban areas. Dublin, as one of the two Urban Living Labs, is providing a pilot site where solutions will be tested, readjusted, and improved to fit the

Simplenight booking platform links to Parkopedia

Connected car services provider Parkopedia is working with enterprise booking platform Simplenight to provide drivers with a range of in-car parking, charging and payment options. The initial phase will include providing global parking data covering both on-street and off-street locations, the ability to reserve and pay for parking spaces from within the vehicle.

Electric vehicle charging services are planned to be added in a future release.

Simplenight delivers a customisable platform that enables companies to offer real-time booking options across categories such as dining, accommodation, attractions, events, fuel, parking and shopping.

The platform is designed to integrate into automaker infotainment and navigation systems, as well as mobile applications and voice assistants. This simplifies the process of adding connected services to vehicles for auto manufacturers.

Parkopedia’s Park and Charge product combines the company’s global database of parking and charging locations with an in-car payment platform to enable drivers to effortlessly find and pay for parking and charging sessions as part of a complete user experience for EV drivers.

Hans Puvogel, chief operating officer at Parkopedia, said: “The Simplenight platform is a great complement to our urban environment. parking, charging and payment offerings. Parkopedia prides itself on providing autograde data and payment services that simplify drivers’ journeys by taking the stress out of vehicle-centric services such as parking and charging. Simplenight’s technology enables us to offer greater usability to today’s motorists by adding the ability to reserve and book parking ahead of time, providing additional peace of mind on arrival.”

The adoption of Traffic Suite, in particular the Mapper solution for kerbside management, allows Dublin City Council to manage restrictions from a highly accurate data set. This was made possible by an extensive kerbside restriction survey by Cyclomedia.

Now live with Traffic Suite, Dublin City Council is exploring a number of the benefits that digitised, map-based restriction management can bring. These include exploring making efficiencies within their management process and workflows, and improved accuracy of restriction records.

Simplenight, founder and chief executive Mark Halberstein, said: “Parkopedia’s vision greatly aligns with ours. By working together, our technology solutions for end consumers build customer loyalty, increase engagement, and grow revenue via our transactional models.”

Parkopedia helps drivers find and pay for parking, EV charging, fuel and tolls across 90 countries. Parkopedia is also developing highly detailed parking maps and corresponding algorithms to help drivers and self-driving vehicles navigate to an open parking space indoors.

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