To: Department of Transport and Royal Borough of Kingston as the PILOT
time to reform parking enforcement and introduce technology to deliver service
introduce real-time parking information. Based upon a system that allows check-in and check out of parking spaces. Build in live real time 'auction' so that overstays can be resolved with immediate payments into the system as well as early-exits rewarded with incentives , short stays attract cheaper rates and longer stays use probability scores to set charges. A flexible , live approach to parking using GPS, MAPS and mobile phones, wi-fi and user interactions .
Why is this important?
Civil Parking Enforcement has at its heart legal principles of fairness, justice and public service. On all three counts , local councils and central government including the department of transport have repeatedly failed to provide clear directions to the 'operation' of the system within the meaning and spirit of the law. There is a clear lack of imagination and the wrong uses of technology. No road user sets-out to break the law , cause congestion or invite upon themselves costs they have no budget for. Who wants to go for a £40 shop and pay a £60 parking fine ? Now is the time to reform the parking 'regime' for economic gains , user satisfaction , improved revenues based on positive actions , new jobs and the latest technologies .
