Description
SPark, short for Smart Park, is a user-friendly app designed to address the growing parking challenges in urban areas while contributing to environmental sustainability. The app smartly tracks and monitors available parking spaces, sending real-time alerts to users via Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. This feature allows drivers to find empty spots effortlessly, reducing the frustration of aimless searching.
By cutting down on vehicle idling, SPark helps lower emissions and combat the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, often intensified by inefficient parking practices. The app creates a seamless parking experience by informing users in advance about available spaces, saving time, and reducing pollutants. SPark improves individual convenience and promotes a greener, cleaner urban environment, making it an innovative solution to a widespread problem in modern cities.
Overview
Category
UX/UI Design
Timeline
3 weeks
Tools Used
Figma
Team
Solo
Domain of Work
UHI Effect in Delhi, India
Brief
Addressing the increasing Urban Heat Island Effect in Delhi by focusing on interventions that reduce vehicle idling and emissions around parking spaces.
Causes of UHI Effect
Area of Focus
Identified Surface Level Parking in South Delhi Area
- Ansal Plaza
- Hauz Khas Village
- Lajpat Nagar Market
- South Ex Market (Part 1 & 2)
- Select City Walk, Saket (Back Entrance)
- Green Park Market
- Sarojini Nagar Market
- Dilli Haat INA
- Greater Kailash M Block Market
- Khan Market
Green Park Market's parking was chosen as the area of focus for the scope of this project due to familiarity and intensive personal experience with problems faced.
Observations in Green Park Market
At 7:30 PM:
- The surfaces were hotter than the temperature in the area
- There were more cars with their engines running
- Temperatures ranged between 30°C and 60°C
At 11:30 PM:
- The surfaces were still hotter than the temperature in the area
- There were more parked cars now
- Temperatures ranged between 20°C and 30°C
Insights from Rajdev Roy, a parking attendent in the market area:
- 120 parking spots, of which he attends 8 spots
- Says efficiency came with experience
- Takes an average of 14 seconds to get a car parked
- Need to give a fixed amount to SDMC daily
Current State of Green Park Market Road
Problems faced by Parking Attendants
Problem Statement
Roads around surface level parkings are congested due to two reasons - people creeping their vehicles to find a parking spot, and people lose their parking tickets, intentionally or unintensionally, hence having a fight with the attendant in the middle of the road.
Problems faced by Vehicle Owners
The Solution
SPark
Key Features
In the back-end, the app would track the parking spaces in real-time in the following manner:
