Narrow roads and the growth of tourists in the Tainan metropolitan area raise questions about traffic and parking solutions. CityTech Corporation proposes the "Smart Roadside Parking BOT" as a solution for smart cities.
In response to climate change and the trend of digital transformation, creating a low-carbon and friendly transportation environment is a key element for sustainable urban development. CityTech Corporation has successfully assisted the Tainan City Government in implementing the "Tainan Smart Roadside Parking Billing System BOT Project." This project received recognition with the Outstanding Award for Government Agencies and Teams at the 18th Golden Thumb Awards, the Excellent Award for Consultant Organizations and Teams, and the Excellent Award for Private Operation Teams at the 19th Golden Thumb Awards.
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Visitors to downtown Tainan will notice the installation of innovative smart parking poles in various areas such as the Tainan City Government Center, Tainan High-Speed Rail Station, and emerging redevelopment zones. Citizens can use diverse mobile payment methods and digital platforms to locate their parked vehicles, which has become part of their daily convenient life. Since its implementation, the smart parking system has received positive evaluations from citizens, with up to an 80% satisfaction rate regarding the system's operation and payment methods.
Challenge: Maximizing the efficiency of parking spaces in areas with diverse cultural and culinary scenes.
Due to Tainan's long history, the urban roads are closely surrounded by historic sites and residential areas, resulting in limited parking spaces. To provide more friendly, convenient, and innovative public transportation services to citizens, the Tainan City Government actively collaborated with industry, government, and academia to explore the feasibility of integrating roadside parking fees with smart technologies. In 2017, the Tainan City Government entrusted CityTech Consulting Company to assist in the evaluation, planning, execution, and performance management of the "Tainan Smart Roadside Parking Billing System BOT Project." Our team addressed the following key issues and developed core strategies for investment and operation:
Difficulty in finding parking spaces and reducing search time
Insufficient manpower for parking fee collection and lowering administrative costs
Inefficient parking payment processes and the need for diverse payment channels
Lack of a smart parking data platform and the need to enhance analytical decision-making efficiency
This project is the first of its kind in Taiwan to promote the participation of the private sector in a smart roadside parking initiative. As there are no precedents for relevant investment and operation documents, we face the challenge of establishing the most suitable investment and management mechanisms for long-term success.
Concept: actively create a green and friendly transportation environment through digital transformation and sustainable management
Taiwan hopes to achieve the goal of net zero carbon emission in 2050, and move towards net zero transformation together with the world. "Creating a green and friendly transportation environment" is one of the important driving indicators. In addition, the ancient capital of Tainan is about to enter the glory of 400 years, "low Carbon sustainability" is the key word for development.
URBANET GROUP understands that digital transformation is the key to the sustainable development of the city. In recent years, due to climate change and the impact of the epidemic, it should introduce smart traffic management technology through improving the investment promotion documents, and ensure the sustainability of the smart parking system by improving the participation promotion and performance management mechanism. Management is the foundation for Tainan City to transform into a "green, low-carbon and livable new city".
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Innovation: Formulate the most suitable investment invitation documents for smart parking, and establish a model of public-private partnerships to promote participation
After many careful studies and discussions with the Tainan City Government, our company finally assisted in drafting the most suitable investment invitation documents for this case, and successfully assisted the city government in signing a contract with the best applicant "Acer Zhitong Co., Ltd." in 2017 to start public-private cooperation Promoting the prelude to the "Smart Street Parking System".
This case is the "first in the country" to promote participation in smart parking, setting up the "largest" 2,000-seat smart parking poles. Through a complete study and analysis of smart roadside parking technology, software and hardware and other emerging specifications, it assists cross-agency coordination of construction and land acquisition, allowing the public The organization successfully completed the construction and operation of smart parking poles.
Based on the public-private partnership concept of "benefit sharing and risk sharing", this project creates an opportunity for "zero government investment".
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Benefits: Provide smart parking APP and digital war room services to create high-quality public service experience
We uphold the professionalism of contract performance management consulting, assist in the prudent review and provide consultation at all aspects of the legal, financial and engineering aspects of the case, and establish a good communication platform for the contract performance team through a single window, self-inspection monthly reports and regular contract performance management meetings to implement a sound contract performance The management system has been in good condition so far, and various innovative service projects are continuing to be promoted on schedule and with quality.
The first "smart on-street parking billing system" integrates the "Tainan Haopark APP" to fully reveal the information of parking spaces. Using the concept of smart city and Internet of Things, it introduces multi-technology management to effectively reduce the time for private vehicles to find cars and reduce traffic. carbon emission.
Set up "Electronic Ticket Swipe Card Payment Machine" and pioneered "APP mobile payment", providing multiple and convenient payment channels to solve the shortage of manpower and low payment efficiency, improve the overall billing efficiency of the municipal government, and increase government revenue.
Establish a "Smart Parking Data War Room" to analyze traffic big data and use it as a basis for municipal traffic decision-making to collect information such as vehicle turnover rate, usage rate and charge management, and improve the parking management performance of government units, as a long-term parking policy for the municipal government planning basis.
Promote "paperless parking payment", greatly reduce the use of paper resources, save energy, reduce carbon, and be friendly to the environment Smart billing has helped reduce 1,123,461 payment slips by the end of June 2019, which is equivalent to saving 219,075 meters of paper, equivalent to "431 seats 101 Building", sustainable environmental benefits continue to increase.
Promote "smart and innovative public services" and use multiple digital technologies to drive industrial development. In this case, visit and exchange implementation experience with other county and city governments, attract various businesses to develop and trial related technologies, and use smart columns to assist police agencies in investigation operations. The future will be diverse The potential of innovative public services can be expected.
Vision: This project won three recognitions of the Golden Prize, shaping Tainan City as a green and livable new city
From innovative planning, strategy implementation, digital transformation to sustainable management, this case is based on a good public-private partnership, and has jointly created a win-win situation for citizens, enterprises and the government, and has successively won three awards in the 18th and 19th Golden Brocade Awards affim.
Continuing the excellent results of the first phase of the "Tainan City Smart On-street Parking Billing System BOT Project", the Tainan City Government has continued to promote the "Smart On-street Parking BOT Project Phase II", and it is expected to continue to build and complete 2,000 smart parking spaces by the end of 2012 All grids will adopt a new generation of smart parking poles, combined with upgraded services such as electric vehicle charging, environmental monitoring, and information boards. By then, citizens will be able to enjoy a convenient, real-time, considerate and all-round smart traffic environment, so that high-quality public construction services will not be interrupted.
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