"Intelligent parking" pilot project in Buer
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The "Intelligent Parking" pilot project in Buer is intended to use a new system for directing parking search traffic with the help of a sensor network to help reduce fine dust and nitrogen dioxide pollution in Gelsenkirchen in the long term. The construction phase of the project has now started with the installation of the first sensors.
At the end of June, a successful model installation for recording parking spaces in the public street space on Mühlenstraße (see map, area G) took place. In the past week, the first sensors followed in Mühlenstraße and Königswiese (both also area G). The installations in Lindenstraße (Area F) and the surrounding streets are currently in progress. This is followed by areas A (around the Buer bus station) and C (between De-la-Chevallerie-Strasse, Horster Strasse, Am Spritzenhaus and Freiheit). Overall, sensors in the area between Vinckestraße/Vom-Stein-Straße in the south, Erle-Str. and Lindenstr. in the east, the Nordring in the north and Dorstener Straße and Am Spritzenhaus in the west.
With the help of the sensors, the general traffic in Buer looking for a parking space should be reduced. They are part of a system that will enable citizens to use an app to display free parking spaces and to drive directly to them. The measure thus makes a contribution to air pollution control.
Due to the respective power connection of individual lighting masts, it can happen that entire streets are not installed in one go, but only parts of the streets. The ELE must de-energize the respective areas for installing the sensors. The locations for the sensor installation are displayed 96 hours in advance with no stopping, so that a smooth installation can be guaranteed.
Example of a Cleverciti Sensor in use
The "intelligent parking system" is a measure of the Green City Plan of the city of Gelsenkirchen. After a test phase, the system is expected to be available to drivers at the turn of the year 2022/23.
The new system will be set up for around 2,100 parking spaces in Buerschen City, including the bus station, town hall and adjacent residential areas. If the pilot project is successfully implemented, the system can be gradually expanded to other urban areas. The total costs of the project amount to around 1.2 million euros, which are largely funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.