REDUCE UNNECESSARY EMISSIONS

Clever parking for a healthy climate

Almost a third of traffic in urban areas is parking search traffic, meaning that drivers circling around while looking for a free parking space are contributing greatly to the environmental pollution in any given location. Smart parking solutions help solve this problem.

Do you know how parking impacts the climate?

Cleverciti CEO, David Parker, explains how smart parking can reduce harmful emissions.

How does smart parking reduce emissions? - David Parker, COO | Cleverciti - Smart Parking Solutions

Minimizing emissions with every clever parking event

Environmental pollution is a major issue in densely populated urban areas, with many residents suffering from illnesses and allergies because of it. Reducing vehicle emissions by cutting down parking search time helps minimize air pollution and improve the quality of life in cities.

Drivers can spend 20 minutes or more circling around looking for available parking spaces, wasting time and fuel while also causing congestion in urban areas. With smart parking solutions, search time can be reduced, thereby mitigating the negative impact of vehicles on the environment.

Many cities around the world have committed to significantly reducing their CO₂ footprint in the foreseeable future. In some cases, high fines are imposed for non-compliance. By deploying smart parking technologies, city officials are one step closer to fulfilling their environmental commitments.

Effective reduction of pollution

Parking search traffic makes up approximately 30% of all traffic in urban areas—making it a major contributor to environmental pollution. By deploying smart parking solutions that helps drivers find available parking spaces more quickly and easily, the amount of time drivers spend circling around unnecessarily can be reduced. A recent study has shown that smart parking solutions can save up to 900,000 tons of harmful gas in Germany alone.

Acting against global warming

Urban traffic makes up 8% of the EU’s total emissions and approximately 30% of that traffic is the result of parking search, so smart parking can reduce total emissions by more than 2%—a figure that is very difficult to achieve with any other single solution.