Techie Parking Police in Makati
October 9th, 2008 | by ka edong |Two weeks ago, I went to Makati and found that they’ve upgraded the ticketing system for street parking. In the past, they used to issue pre-printed receipts with hand-written time-in.
Now they have electronically printed receipts. The device has a simple touch-screen Liquid crystal display PDA. It has a software running behind it where the parking officer enters time in and out. Upon clicking “print”, the thermal printer coughs out the receipt that is issued to the car owner.
When the parking time is expired, the PDA starts to beep alerting the parking officer to watch out for the owner of cars with overdue tickets.
I’ve seen similar devices in the past. First in Australia (2005), second in a bus from Tagaytay (2007).
Glad to see the Makati local government is taking-up the technology.
Other benefits …
The mobile ticketing device allows the parking system to get more accurate data about parking trends (how long people park their cars, which areas are hot, turn-over of cars, how many go overtime etc.) . All this info can, theoretically, be gathered in a database for data processing. I don’t know if they actually do this.
Further, collections are less subjective. There’s an electronic record of the transaction, thus it is less vulnerable to human … what’s the word … dagdag-bawas.
Keep up the innovation and technology uptake!
ka edong
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6 Responses to “Techie Parking Police in Makati”
By jhay on Oct 10, 2008 | Reply
Astig diba? I’ve seen these gadgets in provincial buses since last year. Sosyal ang mga mga konduktor ng bus, naka-PDA.
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ka edong reply on October 10th, 2008 9:56 am:
Yup, kakatuwa to see these innovations doing active duty.
Dami rin kasing innovations that are not really being put into good use.
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Marvin M. reply on October 25th, 2008 10:00 am:
Now this is even more interesting. Provincial buses are indeed much more high tech than city buses is something. I used to ride provincial buses everyday for two years. But ever since I moved in to Manila, I haven’t been to any provincial bus. Kung naka-ala-PDA na sila, WOW, I’m impressed, but not surprised.
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By Marvin M. on Oct 25, 2008 | Reply
This is interesting. I haven’t been using Makati public parking slots, so I haven’t noticed these gadgets. But it sure is a welcome development. I hope other key areas follow suit.
What caught my interest is the database you mentioned. That certainly would be public information, right?
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ka edong reply on October 26th, 2008 11:18 pm:
hi marvin,
the database is an “Edong’s Dream” . That’s an idea, a theory which I wouldn’t know if Makati gov’t implements right now. I imagine it *can* be done
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By Online Book Reviews on Nov 12, 2008 | Reply
HM bus transit has high tech ticketing devices with one touch ticketing technology. Lol…galing
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