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Facilitate parking on the PMR and delivery spaces
Within the framework of the Smart City, the Metropolis of Montpellier is developing an IoT (Internet of Things) system on the territory in partnership with Synox, a publisher of IoT solutions.
The context
Within the framework of the Smart City, the Metropolis of Montpellier is developing an IoT (Internet of Things) system on the territory in partnership with Synox, a publisher of IoT solutions.
These sensors deployed on reserved spaces (for people with reduced mobility and delivery companies) provide information to users and managers. They also have the function of transmitting information about the presence of a vehicle to optimize the virtuous use of these spaces. They will eventually be installed on all the reserved parking spaces in the city of Montpellier (800 spaces) and in other municipalities. The installation of these sensors is an innovative solution that participates in the ecological transition of the territory desired by the community. The deployment continues in the city of Montpellier and the installation is done in partnership with the TAM
Today, Castelnau-le-Lez is the first metropolitan municipality metropolitan area to be 100% equipped, which represents 180 spaces: 170 PRM and 10 deliveries.
Operation of the presence sensors
The installed sensors transmit the information of the presence of a vehicle via a radio telecommunication network named LoRa, to the data visualization interface edited by Synox, the Metropolis’ industrial partner on the smart city.
The data transmitted by the sensors will allow:
- To inform of the simple presence of a vehicle, to follow the use of the PMR and delivery spaces and possibly to locate suction vehicles,
- It is up to the municipalities, if they wish, to integrate this data into a mobile application or a metropolitan website,
- It is up to TAM to disseminate this information via its applications, once all the places are equipped.
Goals
- Improve traffic flow in the city
- Reduce nuisance parking
- Free up some public space
Deployment
180 equipped places in Castelnau-le-Lez: 170 PRM and 10 deliveries
800 seats soon to be equipped in Montpellier
Results
- Parking spaces will be optimized
- The calculated parking space occupancy rate
- New services for different categories of users (People with Reduced Mobility and delivery companies) could be proposed
Focus on the smart city
The Intelligent City approach aims to imagine new urban services and digital devices that respond to contemporary societal challenges, helping to stimulate the economy through innovation and bring tangible improvements to the territory around three pillars: quality of life, sobriety and the citizen/user relationship with the community .Discover also the top 10 mistakes to avoid for a successful Intelligent Territories project, in a conference moderated by Thibault BOULLÉ.
The three objectives of the Smart City are to:
Encourage
the ecological transition
Support
economic development
Develop
the inclusive and supportive city
The overall smart city approach includes:
- The development of digital citizenship,
- The development of innovative urban applications and services,
- An open innovation process involving research centers, large groups and SMEs/spart ups,
- A digital foundation, in particular a platform for centralizing, optimizing and making available urban data,
- A structured public policy on urban data, with a view to providing economic leverage, but also transparency and modernization of public action.
Digital and inclusive Castelnau-le-Lez
The adoption by the City of Castelnau-le-Lez of the Smart City approach is part of the city’s desire to pursue its digital development.
These advances also make it possible to facilitate travel for all. The installation of these sensors for PRMs in the city is a continuation of the first communal commission on accessibility. These initiatives help to promote inclusion of all.
The success story, in video
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As a publisher and integrator of IoT platforms, Synox supports companies and communities wishing to implement their IoT projects easily and securely, regardless of the objects and technology used.
The territory of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole is made up of 31 municipalities. Its regional capital, Montpellier, has 272,084 inhabitants. Its demographic growth is the highest in France and 50% of its population is under 34 years old.
