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BID Programs > Transportation > Smart Parking

Smart Parking

The Downtown BID works to make Downtown DC accessible and inviting by promoting smart transportation. Shorthand for systems that provide off-street parking location and availability information using multiple means of communication, Smart Parking is part of the Downtown BID's vision for a convenient, innovative and environmentally sustainable transportation system.  

Smart Parking is a win, win, win proposition. It improves the visitor's experience driving in and around Downtown because it reduces the uncertainty of parking location and availability. Because motorists have information to guide them directly to available parking, the environmental impact of that trip is reduced. Smart Parking systems also give garage owners more management control and increased revenue potential.

Smart Parking Resources The Downtown BID's Smart Parking Issue Brief outlines the opportunities and challenges, best practices, and recommendations for bringing this technology to Downtown DC. Click here to access the Downtown BID's Smart Parking Issue Brief Greg Parzych, president of TCS International, a systems' integration group that specializes in designing intelligent parking transportation systems, was the principal presenter at the Downtown BID's Parking Information Technology Learning Luncheon on July 21, 2008. To download Mr. Parzych's presentation materials click here. [TCS_Power_Point_Presentation.pdf - 7 MG]