As part of the Smart City programme the City of Copenhagen wishes to introduce Smart Parking solutions in the streets of Copenhagen to make better use of the existing parking space capacity by providing drivers in search of parking with timely information on e.g. the streets or areas near their final destination with the highest available capacity at any point in time.
A number of Smart Parking technologies currently exist in the market including sensors embedded in the road, cameras mounted above parking spaces and radar solutions integrated in street lighting. Each of these solutions have both strong and weak points. As part of the risk mitigation for the large scale roll-out The City wants to test some of the solutions in order to identify the ones that best handle a number of key challenges related to Smart Parking in Copenhagen. These challenges are considered to be challenges that must be addressed before a larger implementation project can be initiated.