Yangcheon-gu Expands ARS Shared Parking to 1,000 Spaces to Alleviate Parking Shortage

Out of a total of 1000 pages, 115 pages are conveniently accessible through IoT (Internet of Things) sensor installation applications

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Yangcheon-gu (Mayor Kim Soo-young) has expanded the implementation of the parking sharing system.

The parking sharing system refers to a system that shares resident-priority parking spaces that are vacant during the daytime to alleviate parking difficulties and secure parking convenience for residents.

The parking sharing system has two methods: the ARS method, where users call an ARS number and follow voice prompts to use the service, and the IoT (Internet of Things) method, where users utilize parking spaces equipped with IoT sensors through an application.

Since December 1st, the district introduced the IoT system to the existing ARS parking sharing spaces and conducted a pilot operation for eight months at 20 resident-priority parking spaces around Omokgyo Station in Mok 1-dong, an area with high parking demand. As a result, a total of 1,661 cases (an average of 11.8 cases per day) of parking sharing were recorded.

Moreover, the sharing performance, which was 252 cases in December, 232 in January, and 244 in February, increased to 305 cases in July, showing a continuous rise in residents' use of the parking sharing system.

Accordingly, the district announced that it has significantly expanded the number of shared parking spaces from 1,000 as of the 1st of this month, up from 127 spaces during the pilot operation starting April 19 last year, then 450 spaces in October, and 592 spaces in June. Among these, 115 spaces are operated using the IoT method.

Residents who wish to use the parking sharing system via the ARS method can park in designated shared parking spaces marked on the ground and call the ARS number to follow the voice prompts. Those who prefer the IoT method can use the Parking Together application and pay 100 KRW per 5 minutes for usage from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays.

Kim Soo-young, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, stated, “We plan to continuously activate the parking sharing system so that residents can easily and conveniently use shared parking spaces anywhere in the district, effectively resolving parking difficulties.”

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