Call for Presentations
Parking Australia invites experienced speakers to present sessions at OUTLOOK 2019. This year’s conference will be held from the 27 – 29 November 2019 at Crown Melbourne. Submissions close 1 April.
Car sharing set to reduce dependency on privately owned vehicles
One car share vehicle has the potential to replace between 7 – 13 privately owned cars and the parking spaces that go with them. The typical car share user travels 50% less than the driver of a privately owned vehicle, and often uses other more sustainable methods of transportation such as public transport, cycling and walking.
Just how ‘city smart’ are local governments in Queensland?
Many places around the world claim to be a “smart city”, but what that means is often unclear.
Efficient parking enforcement in Adelaide’s Hindmarsh
To prevent vehicles from staying over the maximum parking duration limit, eSMART 21’s system was installed for a five-month trial. It uses cameras to capture registration plates and Nedap’s SENSIT to detect the parking duration of each vehicle. During the trial, the number of detected parking violations increased from 16 to 285 with the use of smart parking sensors.
Four ways our cities can cut transport emissions in a hurry
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently warned that global warming could reach 1.5℃ as early as 2030. The landmark report by leading scientists urged nations to do more to avert an impending crisis.
PACE 2018 Podcasts
New to the member resources section on the Parking Australia website are several podcasts from PACE 2018. If you couldn’t make it to PACE, or you just want to listen again, log into the PA website – there are six sessions to chose from.