Norwalk Parking Authority Partners With Parking Technology Leaders For Smart Parking in City

Norwalk, CT—The Norwalk Parking Authority announced today its plans to implement smart parking in the city through a partnership with CASE Parking, a parking data solutions provider, and Streetline, Inc., the leading global provider of sensor-based smart parking technology. The technology will provide visitors and residents with real-time occupancy data and guidance to available spaces for on and off-street parking in the city's urban areas, ultimately improving mobility in Norwalk and transforming parking in the city. Work to install the technology began in the spring in several parking facilities and continues the week of August 18 through 22 in the Wall Street and South Norwalk areas.

The technology is being installed and tested in the Yankee Doodle Garage, Webster, North Water Street and Haviland Street lots, as well as metered parking in South Norwalk and Wall Street and will be fully online in the fall of 2014. Currently, the Norwalk Parking Authority has real-time parking availability information available online only for the South Norwalk Railroad Station Garage that parking customers can see at www.norwalkpark.org. This information will also be integrated into the new smart parking system with CASE and Streetline in the future.

With CASE Parking and Streetline working in tandem, motorists in Norwalk will have a complete view of parking availability in the urban areas of the city. CASE parking will collect occupancy data from three lots and garages and Streetline is outfitting the urban core with 200 sensors that collect occupancy data in real-time. Data from both systems will be streamed directly into Streetline's mobile app, Parker™ that motorists can use to easily find available parking.

"Estimates reveal that 30 percent of downtown traffic congestion is attributed to drivers searching for a place to park," said Zia Yusuf, President and CEO of Streetline. "Norwalk is overcoming the all too common perception of a lack of parking by offering motorists access to real-time information both on the street and in off-street facilities."

"The Norwalk Parking Authority is always looking for innovative solutions for our customers and our city," says Julius Hayward, Chairman of the Norwalk Parking Authority. "These new technologies will provide real-time information on where there are available parking spaces both on-street as well as in our parking facilities, helping visitors and residents of Norwalk more easily find parking spaces and park so they can get out and enjoy our city."

"This collaboration with the Norwalk Parking Authority, Streetline and CASE Parking is revolutionary," says John Couvrette, vice president of CASE Parking. "Parking industry leaders came together to transform the city's parking into sustainable, efficient and forward-thinking operations that allow residents and visitors to begin enjoying the task of parking within the city."

For more information on the Norwalk Parking Authority, visit: norwalkpark.com.

To learn more about Streetline, visit streetline.com, and to download the Parker app for iOS and Android, visit theparkerapp.com.

For more information on CASE Parking solutions, visit caseparking.com.

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Submitted by Norwalk, CT

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