eParking: Android Application for Finding Car Parking Area in Bhutan

Abstract

There is an increasing trend in number of vehicles in cities like Thimphu and Phuentsholing annually. Traffic congestion and bottleneck remain the major concern due to straying of vehicles in the cities. The vehicles stray looking for parking in the towns. Moreover, high fuel consumption, time wastage and air pollution are major issues due to vehicles straying in the town in search of parking lot especially during peak hours. To overcome this problem there is need of a system to provide parking availability information to the users in our society. On the other hand, advancement of technology such as smart phones and mobile application has made our life much easier and faster to work on time. Therefore, this paper proposes android application, which is used to implement a prototype of eParking app that allows drivers to effectively find vacant parking spaces remotely using their mobile devices.