Real time navigation for available parking lots through mobile

application in Sofia city

Republic of Bulgaria, EU

Simeon Arnaudov Professor SeungHyun Kim

463.516 Management of technology convergence TEMEP, Seoul National University

2012.12.12

Introduction

Current situation Study big city urbanization (example Sofia city)

Limited number of parking lots

Lack of information for available car parking lots

Goal Improving current system of parking lot management.

Contribution Contribution to this study is to provide whole extensive evidence based on

urban growing, traffic flow increasing and technology development for

implementing innovative services to domestic transportation system with

aim to increase local social wealth, providing a mobile phone application

for real time searching for available parking lot.

Simeon Arnaudov

Professor SeungHyun Kim

463.516 Management of technology convergence

2012.12.12

Literature review

Urbanization and population growth are conspiring to overwhelm transportation systems around the world (IBM 2010). (1)

Over the last 50 years, Sofia-city had grown three times (NSI 2007)(2)

City government had yearlong problem with improving own system of Parking lot management (September 2012 – problem with SMS payment system) (3)

Since June 2008 (Sofia city government) had been introduced innovative technology for Mobile phone message parking lot payment system (4)

Mobile market overview (ARC fund 2011) (5)

Favourable Mobile operation system (NGO Mobile review 2011) (6)

Simeon Arnaudov

Professor SeungHyun Kim

463.516 Management of technology convergence

2012.12.12

Purpose of this study

In this paper we are looking for solutions for collection data from current Sofia-

city ITS system and real time dissemination of information for available parking

lots via usage of mobile applications. Furthermore we explained the properties of

Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) with using mobile Internet technologies.

Other in this paper we are providing mobile online based application for searching

for available parking lots search by street name. Furthermore we are first who are

tried to implement this system in city of Sofia. Likewise we tried to exclude

deficiency of previous research that was implementing mobile technologies in

intelligent transportation system with usage of SMS payment.

Simeon Arnaudov

Professor SeungHyun Kim

463.516 Management of technology convergence

2012.12.12

Solution

Parking lot DB

Mobile app

Payment system

3G / LTE connection

Parking control centre

Simeon Arnaudov

Professor SeungHyun Kim

463.516 Management of technology convergence

2012.12.12

IT: DB management Real time searching

Conclusion and future research

Urban planning: Parking lot

Communication: Mobile phone application

Improving city available parking lot management.

Reducing collusions, pollution, lost working time, traffic jams

for drivers looking for free parking lot significantly will

increase social wealth.

Further study is to upgrade the mobile application including

navigation system to the nearest available parking lot.

Simeon Arnaudov

Professor SeungHyun Kim

463.516 Management of technology convergence

2012.12.12

The End!

Simeon Arnaudov

Professor SeungHyun Kim

463.516 Management of technology convergence

2012.12.12

Reference

• IBM 2010: http://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/tte03001usen/TTE03001USEN.PDF

• NSI 2007 – national statistical institute. Annual report 2007

• Sofia-city government: http://www.sofia.bg/sinia_zona.asp

• CRC – communication regulation commission http://crc.bg/index.php?lang=en

• ARC fund: http://www.arcfund.net/

• Mobile review: http://socialevo.net/nad-edin-milion-smartfoni-v-balgariya-za-2011-g-44911

Simeon Arnaudov

Professor SeungHyun Kim

463.516 Management of technology convergence

2012.12.12

Professor remarks

ITS research:

Contribution to Engineering site (management by company); Policy site; Economics or Academic management side.

Address the audience

If I am interested in Economics and Management – parking lot DB; + all; + payment system. Which policy needed; which factor is important; which technology is key technology.