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fuel, finally, I somehow managed to park my car on the ground floor of one building after paying a hefty sum to the building watchman. The watchman allowed me to park my vehicle, but with the condition that before 7 am I should take my vehicle out. To go back
to the hotel, I had to take an auto-rickshaw. My problems did
not end there. On the next day,
when I reached the parking of
the building, I noticed that my
car was blocked by another
vehicle. After inquiring, I found
that the parking lot was owned
by someone else, and the
building watchman allowed me
to park without the knowledge
of the real owner. I was allowed
to take my car out only when
I offered my apologies to the parkingownerfortheinconveniencecaused. Indeed, this was a unique experience that I never had before, since I usually travelled by train.
This bitter experience made me realize that not only the space for living but also the space for parking vehicles was a big concern in many cities. We need to tackle this issue on
priority else we will keep on wasting our time and money in non-productive activities such as finding out free parking place to park the vehicle. This, a very serious thought, triggered me to undertake research in finding out a
cost-effective and easy-to-use solution for vehicle parking problems.
But now the question arises how can we address this issue? Do we need to create more vehicle parking places? How to ensure that every vehicle gets its own parking place? Let me make this thing clear here. The creation of more parking places to ensure the availability of parking spaces for more vehicles was not my research objective. Constructing cost-
effective parking places is altogether a different research area.
My research focused on exploring nearby parking places, in case one doesn’t get the parking place for vehicle parking at the destination. Through my research, I tried to address the following requirements:
• Information about the availability of
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The space for parking vehicles was a big concern in many cities. We need to tackle this issue on priority else we will keep on wasting our time and money in non-productive activities such as finding out free parking place to park the vehicle.