king Guidance VMS In addition, Dublin will be replacing 16 fingerpost-style
signs. The parking information message for each fingerpost VMS will comprise one single line of text providing data on one car park. Scrolling text also will be used for longer messages. In terms of communications, the new installation will utilize high- speed downlink packet access) technology. “A key decision by Dublin City Council was to specify the
NTCIP (NationalTransportation Communications for ITS Proto- col) standard for both in-station and out-station equipment,” said Brian Murray, council spokesman. “This standard covers all required functionality for this application and supports interoper- ability and interchangeability of traffic control and ITS devices; communications interface between hardware and software prod- ucts ofmultiple vendors; and flexible expansion.” Dublin’s new parking guidance system will be installed in
multiple phases, with constant ongoing development. The initial implementation date is as yet undetermined, as the City Council is still evaluating vendors. Meanwhile, the old system will be kept operational to provide parking information tomotorists. Currently, there are 16 private car park operators on the sys-
tem, and they all will have an opportunity to be included in the new system. “With the new system, all car parks will give up-to-
the-minute occupancy counts, which will reduce the amount of traffic circulating for available parking,”Murray predicted.
Cashless Parking System Dublin continues to remain on the cutting edge of parking
technology. For example, the new parking guidance system will complement the City Council’s cashless Parking Tag system, put into operation inMay 2009 – yet another indication that the city is working hard to make parking more convenient for residents and visitors. Easy to use, the tag allows motorists to pay for on-street
parking without buying a ticket from a machine. The bar-coded tag is simply displayed on the vehicle windshield while parked. “Dublin is very much open for business,” then-LordMayor
Eibhlin Byrne said lastMay, “and we are pleased to add parking tags to those initiatives, which provide the motorist with alterna- tives and make coming into our city centre a more convenient and pleasant experience for them.”
Pete Goldin is Technical Editor for Parking World, a sister publica- tion of Parking Today. He can be reached at
pete@parkingworld.com.
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