Explore the Parking World on 24 November

Parking World will see speakers from across Europe discuss parking enforcement, traffic management, improving air quality, supporting town centres and the impact of automated cars on how we travel

The efficient management of the kerbside and roadspace is essential to the health, wealth and vitality of urban centres. This will be a central theme of Parking World 2016, which takes place at the Kia Oval in London on 24 November. 

There will be sessions on: the provision and regulation of parking in town and city centres; the workplace parking levy concept; fighting Blue Badge fraud; and the development of online parking payment and booking services.

To book your place click here (Quote the code BPPW25 to get a discount).

The programme features over 40 speakers from across Europe and the UK. This year Parking World is co-located with Better Places, an event that explores how to make towns and cities more attractive in which to work, live and relax.

The interconnected programmes of Parking World and Better Places explore themes such as street design, travel demand management, automated and connected cars, Mobility as a Service (MaaS), the Sharing Economy, urban regeneration and supporting the High Street.

The programme has been devised by Mark Moran, editor of Parking Review, and Juliana O’Rourke. The event is organised by the Landor LINKS team behind events such as the British Parking Awards, Enforcement Summit and Parking & Property.

Both events are supported by an exhibition with over 20 stands.

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Parking is an essential public service

Parking teams have a key role in ensuring town centres remain civilised places. They are ensuring the kerbside remains accessible for a wide variety of users, including shoppers, retailers, disabled people and utilities.

They are supporting local communities by tackling environmental crime and deterring anti-social parking and driving.

Graham Williams, commercial director of NSL, will discuss the role of technology in creating a smarter street scene. He will look at using real-time data from parking sensors, ANPR, GPS trackers, handheld devices and other sources to better manage traffic, the kerbside and environmental issues.

Parking teams are also supporting green policies, controlling polluting vehicles through permit schemes and enforcing anti-idling rules.

Laura Gardner, programme manager at Camden Council and Luc Warner, communications director at RingGo, will discuss how parking tariffs and permit schemes can be used to discourage drivers from using and owning higher emission vehicles.

The smarter allocation of kerbspace can also make towns and cities more civilised places. Shared car schemes reduce traffic numbers and also liberate street space, with each car club vehicle replacing over 10 private cars. Alistair Kirkbride, executive director of Carplus Bikeplus, will look at how the growing population of car clubs could lead to a reorganising of highway space.

The Blue Badge scheme provides disabled people with parking rights that help them access town and city centres, enabling them to live independent lives. The use of stolen and fraudulent badges, as well as misuse by able-bodied people, undermines the scheme’s integrity. Paul Slowey, director of Blue Badge Fraud Investigations (BBFI), will discuss effective ways of countering misuse.

To book your place click here (Quote the code BPPW25 to get a discount).

Creating civilised streets for everyone

Parking teams have a key role in ensuring town centres remain civilised places. They are ensuring the kerbside remains accessible for a wide variety of users, including shoppers, retailers, disabled people and utilities.

They are supporting local communities by tackling environmental crime and deterring anti-social parking and driving.

Graham Williams, commercial director of NSL, will discuss the role of technology in creating a smarter street scene. He will look at using real-time data from parking sensors, ANPR, GPS trackers, handheld devices and other sources to better manage traffic, the kerbside and environmental issues.

Parking teams are also supporting green policies, controlling polluting vehicles through permit schemes and enforcing anti-idling rules.

Laura Gardner, programme manager at Camden Council and Luc Warner, communications director at RingGo, will discuss how parking tariffs and permit schemes can be used to discourage drivers from using and owning higher emission vehicles.

The smarter allocation of kerbspace can also make towns and cities more civilised places. Shared car schemes reduce traffic numbers and also liberate street space, with each car club vehicle replacing over 10 private cars. Alistair Kirkbride, executive director of Carplus Bikeplus, will look at how the growing population of car clubs could lead to a reorganising of highway space.

The Blue Badge scheme provides disabled people with parking rights that help them access town and city centres, enabling them to live independent lives. The use of stolen and fraudulent badges, as well as misuse by able-bodied people, undermines the scheme’s integrity. Paul Slowey, director of Blue Badge Fraud Investigations (BBFI), will discuss effective ways of countering misuse.

How Workplace Parking Levy can finance better places

There has been a resurgence of interest in the workplace parking levy (WPL) approach, with a a number of local authorities looking at it as a way to both control traffic congestion and finance better public transport and urban realm schemes. Parking World will hear about the trailblazing work done by Nottingham City Council, which operates the UK’s only WPL scheme (so far!). Nigel Hallam, Nottingham’s senior officer, WPL will co-present with Jason Gooding, head of parking, fleet and transport services, and Tom Henderson, legal director at Bircham Dyson Bell LLP.

To book your place click here (Quote the code BPPW25 to get a discount).

Digital parking marketplaces explained

The emergence of smartphone apps, websites and connected car systems that locate and pay for parking is transforming how the public  locates and pays for parking. Max Crane-Robinson, commercial director of NCP, will look at the challenges and opportunities these fast evolving digital parking market places present for car park operators.

The collection of real-time parking occupancy data is now becoming increasingly affordable as car park ANPR, bay sensor and connected car systems become ubiquitous.

Dan Hubert, chief executive of AppyParking, will discuss how sensors can be used monitor the use of parking bays, opening the way for the smarter allocation of spaces, focussed enforcement, pre-booking and dynamic pricing.

The development of affordable technology platforms for parking, retail and active mobility will be addressed by Martin de Heaver, chief executive of GEOmii, which is developing a system in Guildford that links data colleted by sensors in car parks and on-street with footfall data collected in stores.

Building parking partnerships 

A growing number of local authorities are working together to develop transport and parking strategies. Parking World will be addressed by Mahmood Siddiqi, director of transportation and highways, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. These two central London boroughs are now operating a shared parking service, which provides the ability to improve the health, wealth and vitality of urban centres. Siddiqi will show how a shared service approach can still respect the specific policy objectives of partner authorities and protect the distinct characters of their localities.

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Everything is connected, even parked cars

The Internet of Things (IoT) is seen as a key enabler of a connected planet. However, connectivity is not just a technological concept, says Robert Shorten, Professor of Control Engineering and Decision Science at University College Dublin. He will discuss work that he has been conducting in partnership with IBM Research which looks to harness the sensors in modern cars to enhance urban parking and air quality monitoring systems.

”We are all connected in many other ways, through the air that we breathe and in the way that we consume and generate energy,” he says. “A key opportunity for IoT is to help us manage this connectivity. With this background in mind, I shall describe a number of projects in which networks of vehicles are used to manage consumption.” 

At Parking World Professor Shorten will pay particular attention to energy consumption, air quality, parking and new services that can be enabled via vehicles.

Can we learn to live with automated cars?

The car is a key mode of travel, but a problematic one. Parking World 2016 looks at how cleaner, shared and autonomous cars could create a positive urban transport mix.

In ‘A Journey to Supurbia’ Rory Bergin, partner, sustainable futures at HTA Design, will present a vision of what town centres and residential streets could look like in a future of autonomous vehicles.

Iqbal Hamiduddin from The Bartlett School of Planning at University College London will look at impact of car reduction strategies adopted in German towns such as Tubingen and Freiburg.

The integration of sustainable transport measures into urban mobility plans will be presented by Dima Fadda, traffic engineer from consultant Arcadis,

But do drivers really want driverless cars? The technology and auto companies developing automated vehicles say they will make driving safer and bring an end to penalty notices. Neil Greig, director of policy and research at IAM Roadsmart, will present feedback from surveys revealing what drivers really think about giving up control of their cars.

To book your place click here (Quote the code BPPW25 to get a discount).