Seoul City and T map Join Hands: Real-Time Information on 623 Public and Private Parking Lots... Enhanced Parking Convenience

‘Seoul Parking Information’ App Doubles Private Parking Lots... ‘Tmap’ Also Newly Provides Seoul Public Parking Lot Information

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government will provide the information service of the ‘Seoul Parking Information’ app, which allows users to check in real time how many parking spaces are available in each parking lot without having to visit the parking lot directly, on the ‘T map’ app as well.

Users can check real-time remaining parking spaces, fees, operating hours, and more for both public and private parking lots anytime and anywhere through the two apps, ‘Seoul Parking Information’ and ‘T map’.

Accordingly, Seoul has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with T map Mobility, the largest parking and navigation specialized company in Korea by number of subscribers, and will actively expand the real-time parking information, which was mainly provided for public parking lots, to private parking lots as well.

Through cooperation with T map, the number of private parking lots currently serviced on the ‘Seoul Parking Information’ app will more than double from 109 to 229. As a result, the total number of public and private parking lots with real-time parking information available through the app will increase from 503 to 623. The ‘T map’ app will also provide information on Seoul’s public parking lots. Although popular among drivers, Seoul’s public parking lot information (350 locations), which was not available on existing navigation systems, will be provided so that users can check the number of available parking spaces in real time.

According to the MOU, the ‘Seoul Parking Information’ app and ‘T map’ will simultaneously exchange and share the parking information they each possess. Seoul provides T map Mobility with basic information and real-time available parking spaces of public parking lots held in the parking information guidance system. T map Mobility also provides Seoul with real-time parking information held in its system.

Seoul plans to expand the service by adding information on 120 private parking lots by the end of the year through continuous cooperation with T map Mobility. Monitoring work to improve information accuracy will also be conducted regularly.

Baek Ho, Director of Urban Transportation Office of Seoul, said, “Through this MOU, we expect to open a full-fledged smart parking era by combining the city’s credibility with the private sector’s business and technical capabilities,” and added, “We will continuously improve the user environment so that users can conveniently use the service by steadily expanding the number of parking lots providing real-time information and operating them effectively.”

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