New Parking Sensor to be tested in the City of Cape Town

CBD kerbside parking operator plans to test new parking bay sensors in the City of Cape Town. The City informs road users that the sensors would initially be tested in parking bays on Long Street, and then would be tested throughout the CBD.

The parking sensors are non-intrusive and will not affect vehicle parking in the bays.
This static device has a parking sensor built into a rubber mat. The sensor product helps monitor motorists’ compliance with parking periods, and will provide a whole gamut of information to the operator. The length of time a vehicle is parked in a particular bay, the bays that are occupied more often, the frequency parkers exceeding maximum time, period of stay and how effectively enforcement is done, are some of the data that the sensor will provide.

The portable parking sensors are to be placed in parking bays from 8.00 am to 5.00 pm. On detecting a vehicle’s presence in the bay, the sensor sends a signal to portable devices held by parking marshals and to a computer where the data is stored. The parking operator can then analyze the live data and improve the processes.

The City of Cape Town will intimate motorists if the parking operator decides to use the sensor on successful completion of the trial.