Curbside administration firm Grid Smarter Cities has been named the first-ever recipient of the Way forward for Parking Award on the British Parking Awards, held not too long ago in London.
The award acknowledges Grid’s Kerb Supply platform, an modern answer designed to assist freight drivers e book curbside loading slots upfront. By enabling scheduled entry to loading bays, the system helps get rid of idling, scale back highway congestion, and enhance security throughout busy city areas.
Judges praised the platform as a forward-thinking method to parking provision, notably within the advanced logistics surroundings of recent cities.
“The curbside stays the wild west of parking and loading, with the first-come-first served scenario resulting in pointless congestion, air pollution and inefficiencies,” stated Toby Hiles, gross sales and partnerships director at Grid Smarter Cities.
“Our answer, which we’ve efficiently carried out first with the forward-thinking London Borough of Southwark, is fixing the problem and placing each the native authorities and logistics corporations in management. Meaning authorities care for their highway area and logistics corporations of their supply schedules. We’re thrilled the judges acknowledged the true worth Kerb delivers, particularly as we have been up towards different top-quality concepts,” Hiles added.
The Kerb Supply platform is presently in use throughout a number of London boroughs, working in each bodily bays and Digital Loading Bays (VLBs). VLBs are completely digital and require no bodily signage, making them an economical and versatile answer. These bays can be found at particular occasions in agreed places, typically in areas the place loading is often prohibited, permitting operators to load or unload with out incurring fines.
As well as, Grid has developed a two-sided e-ink digital curbside signal that integrates with the platform to show reserving particulars, together with car registration and time slot, additional enhancing enforcement and effectivity.
