Parking management system

Abstract

Parking Management System is a parking strategy that combines technology and human innovation in an effort to use as few resources as possible, such as fuel, time and space, to achieve faster, easier and denser parking of vehicles. In Kampala Capital City, drivers find it hard to locate available and secure parking space. The main objective of this study was to develop a Parking Management System which would provide adequate information about available and secure parking space for motorists in Kampala Capital City. A Parking Management System is a system which allows real-time data to be obtained about parking availability, both outside and inside, and regarding traffic and road conditions. This report is a detailed compilation of all the activities we engaged in while developing the Parking Management System. In this study, we carried out interviews and administered questionnaires about smart parking, we used programming languages like PHP, MySQL, CSS and JavaScript to develop the Parking Management System as well as tools like Visual Studio Code for coding and SPSS to carryout data analysis. The system was developed using agile methods that involved iterative methods of development and testing. Results show that more than 68% of the people contacted had never heard of a Parking Management System in their area and 84% have been in circumstances where they were late for something because they could not find a parking spot, 84% recommended the development of a Parking Management System and 94% say it would be effective. The Parking Management System is able to show availability of parking spaces in real time and the system is able to generate a unique code for a motorist when he or she books parking space. This code is presented to the Park Administrator during time of payment. Majority of the respondents recommended the Parking Management System and also believed it would be effective.The Parking Management System was developed mainly for motorists around Kampala Capital City in Uganda, we recommend the Kampala City Council to adopt the developed system to manage street parking, plan to automate street parking in order to reduce on the amount of money lost to parking fees defaulters and improve space utilization, recommend traffic routes, and track down space utilization in real-time to overcome traffic congestion, accidents and pollution.