Support for Self-service Automated Parking Systems

Due to the increasing numbers of cars in cities, organizations of parking zones and fees are crucial to the efficient functioning of traffic in cities. For most urban areas, the number of parking spaces, especially on-street parking, is usually not enough. On-street parking is the most common form of parking in cities. There are several ways for on-street parking payments such as special parking vouchers, text messages via mobile phones, special smartphone applications, self-service parking machines, and parking meters. Over 95% of the on-street parking in the world is paid by parking meters and self-service parking machines. In order for constant improvement of the parking services, one approach is by extending the functionality of self-service parking machines with the introduction of new technologies. This paper describes the support for on-street parking payment systems, by introducing new parking kiosk (self-service parking machine) that can be easily integrated with other parking payment systems in the cities.