Parking congestion contributes up to 30% of all traffic, with invisible cruisers keeping low speeds and changing lanes looking for a park. These cruising behaviours aggravate traffic congestion and increase traffic pollution. With UbiPark, the problem is solved through our ability to quickly and easily show a driver their nearest available parking spot, on or off-street.
Time spent looking for a car park is time spent generating harmful carbon emissions. On average, Australians spend 3,120 hours of their lifetime searching for a car park with approximately 15 minutes per journey.
Technologies like UbiPark show a 43% reduction in time taken to find parking as you are navigated to the best available on or off-street car park based on your current location or final destination. Less time driving means less impact on the environment.
Research has shown that many parking spaces are not used within big cities like Melbourne and Sydney, with some of the car parks only utilising 32% of their spaces. Our technology helps users identify the car parks with available car spots and solves the problem for car park operators with capacity issues.
A car park can be far more dangerous than most presume. A large percentage of all motor vehicle accidents and insurance claims occur in the parking lot: over 20% of all accidents and 14% of all claims. While searching for parking, drivers spend more time glancing off-road, which distracts them from traffic.
If we account for time urgency – it increases driver stress and affects driving behaviour. With the help of the UbiPark mobile application and our “Windows-Up” experience, the number of accidents in the car parks, including fatal, can decrease significantly.
Solves traffic congestion problem through our ability to quickly and easily navigate the driver to the carpark.
Shows a 43% reduction in time taken to find parking. Less driving – fewer carbon emissions.
Helps operators utilise all available parking spaces by identifying the nearest carparks.
Increases safety at the car parks with “Windows-Up” experience to ensure the number of accidents in the car parks decrease.
Beau Vigushin
Executive Director, Customer Experience, Arts Centre Melbourne
