Parking-meter supervision system

The parking-meter supervision system has been developed and successfully used practically to guide cars to vacant parking places with parking meters, in urban areas. Traffic congestion in large cities is caused partly by illegal parking of cars and their slow driving to look for parking places. The system can eliminate this cause of traffic jams and allow more efficient utilization of street spaces and effective control of traffic flows, by monitoring parking meters concentratedly. Features of the system include block control of parking meters, arrangement of parking fullness display boards, and other design details. This report describes the essentials of system design, examples of the system, and practical effects.<
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