Parking terms explained

Parking spaces in existing, private areas, are released at least to employees, and at best to other groups such as residents; in this way, they can be booked and occupied digitally as needed, allowing more people to park and increasing the utilization of existing parking spaces; the opposite of rigid space allocation, where spaces are specifically assigned to a single vehicle and cannot be officially used by anyone else.

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Digital parking management, office parking, smart parking

Also known as office parking, this refers to parking management tailored to flexible working time models, e.g. hybrid models with a mix of presence and remote work; digital self-administration, such as booking parking spaces and desks, is also part of this, as is the overall simplification of access systems, regardless of whether to the parking space or to buildings.

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Employee parking, office parking, new work, dynamic parking

Abbreviation for: License Plate Recognition; alternative: ANPR: Automatic Number Plate Recognition; the license plate is captured by video camera and read by automatic text recognition (OCR - Optical Character Recognition); registered vehicles are granted access to the parking area without any further action on the part of the driver.

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ANPR, OCR, license plate recognition

Parking areas that belong to mixed-use properties allow dynamic parking space allocation to suit the use due to different parking profiles consisting of work, residential and leisure; can be regulated particularly efficiently by digital parking space management and allocation of quotas to the tenants

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mixed-use real estate, dynamic parking, digital parking management

Parking spaces in private areas are opened to the public by means of dynamic parking and payment of a parking fee; quotas can thus be used by, for example, residents as required; payments are made exclusively by digital means of payment; operators can offset costs for, for example, parking space maintenance or, depending on the increase in utilization, turn the cost center into a profit center

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Digital parking management, dynamic parking, smart parking

Privately owned parking areas, e.g., of businesses, mixed-use buildings, residential neighborhoods; Operators decide to whom parking is made available; dynamic parking management can significantly increase utility and utilization; There is a possibility of monetization.

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Digital parking management, dynamic parking, parking monetization

Uneven number of parking operations and thus inefficient utilization of a parking space; usually results from rigid parking space allocation; digital parking management helps to achieve even and high utilization because free spaces can be occupied dynamically; available space is better utilized; operators can also benefit from parking space monetization if they release their parking space, e.g. for residents

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Digital parking management, dynamic parking, parking space monetization

Traffic generated by the search for a parking space; on average, people spend 10 minutes looking for a parking space and cover an additional 4.5 km in the process; justified, among other things, by scarce parking space and rigid parking space allocation; can be significantly reduced by digital parking space management in combination with dynamic parking

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sustainability, dynamic parking, private parking, digital parking management