New in Villingen-Schwenningen: Park app makes everyday life easier!

New in Villingen-Schwenningen: Park app makes everyday life easier!

Villingen-Schwenningen, Deutschland - Detoment change in change in the parking machine belongs to the past in Villingen-Schwenningen! The new Easypark Park app has had the city under control since its introduction in mid-September 2024. Over 7251 parking processes were recorded in October, which corresponds to use of over 539,605 minutes. In November, this number even rose to 9342 processes and 721,135 minutes, which represents an impressive increase to 7.3 percent of the total park in the city. Madlen Falke, press spokeswoman for the city, is pleased with the positive feedback from the users who perceive the app as a stress -free alternative to conventional parking space management.

digitization in parking on the advance

The city of Villingen-Schwenningen plans to further expand the digital payment of the parking fees. According to Falke, talks with providers are currently being examined to find out to what extent the "Handypark's" option can be implemented without being committed to a specific result. The experiences from Schramberg, where successful cash without paying is already in force, serve as guidelines for this considerations. With a digital system that enables SMS payments, Schramberg achieved positive feedback, while Villingen-Schwenningen has 92 parking ticket machines, of which only 40 can be converted for card payments. The city could cost a complete changeover to modern payment methods.

The trend towards cashless payments, supported by the Corona pandemic, shows that more and more drivers prefer smartphone apps in order to park as easily as never before. The success of the Easypark app could motivate the city to launch further digital solutions in order to manage the parking space more efficiently and at the same time meet the needs of citizens. According to the urban administration, the current inquiries are already preparing the way for possible future steps towards more digital solutions in parking space management.

These digital progress, the experiences of other cities show, could also benefit from the urban cash register in the long run, even if the parking guards in Villingen-Schwenningen have not noticed any significant changes in the emergence of nodules. However, this could change, should the trend towards the cell phone brands and continue to grow.

Südkurier reported on the positive start of the Easypark-app, while Schwäbische highly highlighted the plans of the city administration for a digital future.