The Intelligent Parking Award

Sponsored by: Alpha Parking

The Intelligent Parking Award recognises smarter approaches to the planning and management of parking. The jury is looking for examples of 'joined-up' or lateral thinking that deliver solutions to on-street and off-street problems or needs. The new approaches could be parking policies or operational projects.

The criteria:

The solutions and policies may address issues such as:

• Catering for excessive demand for parking at a specific location or type of destination

• Effectively managing the occupancy of car parks

• Balancing the parking needs of different user groups

• Encouraging the use of car-sharing, cycling and other travel modes

• Assisting the adoption of electric, connected and autonomous vehicle technologies

• Defeating criminal acts, vandalism, parking fraud, etc.

• Improving road safety

• Reducing traffic congestion and improving air quality.

The entry should cover:

• Description of the parking problem or need that the solution or policy addresses

• The extent to which these objectives have been resolved

• Deliverability of the solution or policy (including the practicalities and affordability of the concept, system or service)

• The individual or team responsible for delivering the solution

• The development and implementation process

• The degree of partnership with other interested bodies (clients, government, industry, public bodies, peers within parking, etc)

• Evidence of successful implementation and customer/client feedback (case studies)

• Ways in which the solution has been/can be applied in the wider parking sector.

Please supply:

1. Images

2. Customer and client feedback/testimonials

3. Press cuttings/Links to websites

4. Details of other awards won.