Smart Parking : joins NTU-NXP Smart Mobility Consortium

Smart Parking Limited (ASX:SPZ) is a global leader in bay sensor parking solutions and services that give smart cities in-depth visibility into their parking operations, and equips motorists with real-time parking availability has joined the Smart Mobility Test Bed Consortium jointly started by researchers from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore and NXP Semiconductors.

The Smart Mobility Consortium - supported by Singapore's Economic Development Board - sees a number of high-tech companies, research organisations, academics and government agencies come together to research and test next-generation V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) technologies that aim to enhance commuter safety and transportation systems.

The formation of the Smart Mobility Test Bed Consortium is in line with Singapore's 'Smart Mobility 2030' vision, making the city-state a global innovation hub for intelligent transport systems. The test bed spans across NTU's 200-hectare campus to simulate a small city with live traffic.

As part of the consortium Smart Parking has installed 152 infrared vehicle detection sensors within the NTU-NXP Smart Mobility Test Bed for smart cars and traffic systems, located on NTU's campus.

On 18 January 2017 Smart Parking will be demonstrating our bay sensor solution at the Consortium's flagship event "Industry Partnership Showcase". The theme of the event is "Shaping the Future Connected Mobility Ecosystem."

The event marks the official launch of the NTU-NXP Smart Mobility Consortium. The Consortium strive to play a pivotal role in shaping the future connected mobility ecosystem by providing the NTU campus as a "live" test bed for research, education and co-creation of new innovations in future mobility and transportation solutions.

Smart Parking's wireless vehicle detection sensors demonstrates the seamless connection between vehicles and intelligent infrastructure and devices such as dynamic signage, RFID tags and smartphone applications.

The SmartSpot Base Station also introduces a new class of smart cities communications infrastructure device which is used to deliver SmartZones. It provides a universally flexible gateway between sensors and devices to be able to securely connect with internet cloud hosted application services.

By invitation only, future leaders are given the opportunity to network with key stakeholders in the field of connected mobility, and experience the latest mobility solutions and "live" demonstrations by consortium members.

Smart Parking CEO Paul Gillespie said: "We are proud to showcase Smart Parking technology within the NTU-NXP Smart Mobility Test Bed. Smart Mobility research is crucial in developing future systems that enable people in a smart city like Singapore get to where they need to be safely and efficiently. Working with the Smart Mobility Consortium allows also allows Smart Parking to tap into the Consortium's expertise in implementing its vision for future systems."