Sustainable smart parking solution in a campus environment

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Autor(a) principal: Remelhe, Elsa
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Cerqueira, Marcelo, Faria, Pedro Miguel, Paiva, Sara
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11960/2864
Resumo: INTRODUCTION: With the continuous growth of cities and its demography, the number of vehicles has also increased in the cities which contributes to a greater difficulty in finding parking spaces. The time it takes for a citizen to find a free space in a car park can be tiring and contributes negatively to the level of air pollution. Smart Parking solutions intend to address this issue by proposing systems that, in many cases, include sensors and/or cameras with the purpose of facilitating the search for available parking spots. OBJECTIVES: In this paper, a crowdsourcing-based approach that makes use of a mobile app for facilitating the search for a parking space in the Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo is presented. METHODS: The solutions intend to lower the time to park and, therefore, the amount of CO2 produced by vehicles of the academic community. Some gamification techniques were used to motivate users to be engaged with the mobile app. RESULTS: A survey was used to evaluate the solution and the app usability. It showed that the use of the app can contribute to reduce the time spent to find a parking space in approximately 50.75%, and consequently reducing the CO2 by the same amount, and it was also verified that the users enjoyed using the mobile app. CONCLUSION: The developed solution shows the efficient use of mobile applications, crowdsourcing and gamification approaches and their role to contribute to a more sustainable mobility.
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spelling Sustainable smart parking solution in a campus environmentSmart parkingSustainabilityEcological footprintCampusMobilityGamificationApp usabilityINTRODUCTION: With the continuous growth of cities and its demography, the number of vehicles has also increased in the cities which contributes to a greater difficulty in finding parking spaces. The time it takes for a citizen to find a free space in a car park can be tiring and contributes negatively to the level of air pollution. Smart Parking solutions intend to address this issue by proposing systems that, in many cases, include sensors and/or cameras with the purpose of facilitating the search for available parking spots. OBJECTIVES: In this paper, a crowdsourcing-based approach that makes use of a mobile app for facilitating the search for a parking space in the Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo is presented. METHODS: The solutions intend to lower the time to park and, therefore, the amount of CO2 produced by vehicles of the academic community. Some gamification techniques were used to motivate users to be engaged with the mobile app. RESULTS: A survey was used to evaluate the solution and the app usability. It showed that the use of the app can contribute to reduce the time spent to find a parking space in approximately 50.75%, and consequently reducing the CO2 by the same amount, and it was also verified that the users enjoyed using the mobile app. CONCLUSION: The developed solution shows the efficient use of mobile applications, crowdsourcing and gamification approaches and their role to contribute to a more sustainable mobility.2022-11-22T15:19:49Z2022-01-01T00:00:00Z20222022-10-19T08:54:26Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11960/2864eng2032-944X1615-554810.4108/ew.v9i39.1191Remelhe, ElsaCerqueira, MarceloFaria, Pedro MiguelPaiva, Sarainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-21T14:33:43Zoai:repositorio.ipvc.pt:20.500.11960/2864Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:43:05.944268Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sustainable smart parking solution in a campus environment
title Sustainable smart parking solution in a campus environment
spellingShingle Sustainable smart parking solution in a campus environment
Remelhe, Elsa
Smart parking
Sustainability
Ecological footprint
Campus
Mobility
Gamification
App usability
title_short Sustainable smart parking solution in a campus environment
title_full Sustainable smart parking solution in a campus environment
title_fullStr Sustainable smart parking solution in a campus environment
title_full_unstemmed Sustainable smart parking solution in a campus environment
title_sort Sustainable smart parking solution in a campus environment
author Remelhe, Elsa
author_facet Remelhe, Elsa
Cerqueira, Marcelo
Faria, Pedro Miguel
Paiva, Sara
author_role author
author2 Cerqueira, Marcelo
Faria, Pedro Miguel
Paiva, Sara
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Remelhe, Elsa
Cerqueira, Marcelo
Faria, Pedro Miguel
Paiva, Sara
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Smart parking
Sustainability
Ecological footprint
Campus
Mobility
Gamification
App usability
topic Smart parking
Sustainability
Ecological footprint
Campus
Mobility
Gamification
App usability
description INTRODUCTION: With the continuous growth of cities and its demography, the number of vehicles has also increased in the cities which contributes to a greater difficulty in finding parking spaces. The time it takes for a citizen to find a free space in a car park can be tiring and contributes negatively to the level of air pollution. Smart Parking solutions intend to address this issue by proposing systems that, in many cases, include sensors and/or cameras with the purpose of facilitating the search for available parking spots. OBJECTIVES: In this paper, a crowdsourcing-based approach that makes use of a mobile app for facilitating the search for a parking space in the Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo is presented. METHODS: The solutions intend to lower the time to park and, therefore, the amount of CO2 produced by vehicles of the academic community. Some gamification techniques were used to motivate users to be engaged with the mobile app. RESULTS: A survey was used to evaluate the solution and the app usability. It showed that the use of the app can contribute to reduce the time spent to find a parking space in approximately 50.75%, and consequently reducing the CO2 by the same amount, and it was also verified that the users enjoyed using the mobile app. CONCLUSION: The developed solution shows the efficient use of mobile applications, crowdsourcing and gamification approaches and their role to contribute to a more sustainable mobility.
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