Inspiration
Our idea was born when we found out that low mobility people have a hard time finding a parking spot on cities like Lisbon, so much so that they have to pre plan their day around the search of a parking spot. Seeing as we couldn’t find an app solution that finds accurate parking spots available for low mobility people. When we noticed this problem, if figured that there should be a way to solve this problem.This was when EasePark was born.
What it does
EasePark is meant to be an app that facilitates the everyday life of its users. It would in essence be an app like Waze, allowing users to find the quickest way to their destinations. However, unlike apps like Waze and Google Maps, it would have extra features, namely showing users how many spots were available for them to park in, and if they so choose reserve a spot at their destination, so that when they got there, they had a spot waiting for them. Users could also evaluate locations, in terms of accessibility, cleanliness, overcrowdedness, etc. The app would also be developed to facilitate the life of low mobility users. Should a user identify itself as low mobility, the spots and reservations the app should would be the ones exclusive to them. Users could also report should they find a low mobility spot occupied by someone who had no need of said spot.
How we built it
The app would be coded in AndroId Studio, implementing Google Maps API’s. In terms of spot availability and reservation, we would use devices, which we would plant on parking spots, after reaching an agreement with the autarchies and parking management. The devices would have sensors which would detect whenever a vehicle was present on the spot, marking it as occupied. Furthermore, should the spot be free, and a user reserve, the device would lift up, and prevent anyone from occupying the spot for a given time (the estimated travel time + 10 times of margin).
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