QuickPark
Team Members Heading link
- Tarek Alzeiback
- Mirza Baig
- Daniel Wator
- Amer Zahra
Advisor: James Kosmach, PhD
Project Description Heading link
As people are rushing to get on the train, go to class, and/or get to work on time, they spend valuable time waiting for the payment to be processed for their parking spot or they are issued a citation for failure to pay. This is what students and staff from Washington State University were dealing with when it comes to parking. According to Washington State University Transportation Services, they issued ~20,000 parking warnings and citations in both 2018 and 2019. During this year, however, we are currently experiencing a pandemic and having a contactless system will be risk-free for users to use. That is why we have created a parking system that uses license plate recognition called QuickPark. Our system eliminates the need for physical contact when entering and exiting a parking lot or structure. This system would be able to recognize the user via the license plate of their vehicle and allow them entrance to the parking structure. Additionally, it will bill them for their parking and monitor lot usage. QuickPark will be as fast as possible, and it will eliminate the need for physical contact with parking enters and exit. In the future, the prototype could be developed with other features that can notify the user about their car, such as checking the tire pressure, headlights, etc. Furthermore, this system will be applied for other businesses that will implement it to their own parking structure, such as restaurants, airports, etc.