Cities are looking for a way to reduce traffic congestion caused by drivers roaming around to find a parking spot. Cities lose out when parking is not part of a fully integrated, digitally-based system. Aside from the damaging environmental effects, cities often lose revenue due to inadequate meter enforcement and the inability to consistently cite no-parking, no-standing, and loading-zone violations. Lack of available parking also heavily affects local shops and businesses, because they lose income when shoppers cannot park easily, and elect to change plans or avoid shopping in the area outright. The Cisco Kinetic for Cities Parking solution provides intelligent parking services that address city-scale parking challenges by using technologies such as public Wi-Fi networks, video cameras, video analytics, and sensor-enabled parking management platforms. This solution provides citizens with real-time information about available parking, allowing them to book spaces in advance using mobile applications. The improved efficiency bought here through Cisco and partner technologies, drives lower rates of traffic congestion. Additionally, the platform enables a more effective partnership between cities, citizens, local businesses, and parking enforcement agencies.

Cisco's approach improves parking guidance, parking enforcement, and parking administration functions, while providing parking occupancy, utilization revenue, and enforcement reporting through analytics. Customers and partners can leverage the robust data models and associated APIs to report on and build applications against the data.
Capabilities employed
Industrial networking Cisco Industrial Router (IR) Overview
Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switch (IE) Overview
Cisco Industrial Wireless Access Point (IW) Overview
Service management Cisco Field Network Director (FND) Docs • Learn • Lab
Cisco DNA Center Docs • Learn • Lab
Thing connections Cisco Control Center Docs
Cisco Kinetic for Cities Learn
Edge compute and app mgmt Cisco Industrial Compute (IC) Overview