title: An Intelligent Parking Management System for Urban Areas.
abstract: In this article we describe a low-cost, minimally-intrusive system for the efficient management of parking spaces on both public roads and controlled zones. This system is based on wireless networks of photoelectric sensors that are deployed on the access roads into and out of these areas. The sensors detect the passage of vehicles on these roads and communicate this information to a data centre, thus making it possible to know the number of vehicles in the controlled zone and the occupancy levels in real-time. This information may be communicated to drivers to facilitate their search for a parking space and to authorities so that they may take steps to control traffic when congestion is detected.
authors.affiliation: Edosoft Factory, S.L. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 35011, Spain. juan.vera@edosoft.es.
authors.forename: Juan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Vera-Gómez
authors.affiliation: Instituto Universitario de Ciencias y Tecnolog&#237;as Cibern&#233;ticas, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 35017, Spain. alexis.quesada@ulpgc.es.
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quesada-Arencibia
authors.affiliation: Instituto Universitario de Ciencias y Tecnolog&#237;as Cibern&#233;ticas, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 35017, Spain. rgarcia@dis.ulpgc.es.
authors.forename: Carmelo R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: García
authors.affiliation: Edosoft Factory, S.L. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 35011, Spain. raul.suarez@edosoft.es.
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suárez Moreno
authors.affiliation: Edosoft Factory, S.L. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 35011, Spain. fernando.guerra@edosoft.es.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guerra Hernández
keywords: infrared; intelligent transport systems; parking; sensor; traffic; wireless sensor network (WSN)