Since 10 October 2019 in Geneva, parking is paid simply and quickly from people’s mobile phones with the PrestoPark application that is an integral part of IEM’s digitalization strategy.
Users will have to choose one of the five applications made available by the Parking Foundation in Geneva and the PrestoPark APP differs from the others since it’s the only one developed by Swiss-based company IEM, which installed the set of parking meters and sensors in the streets of Geneva.
The APP’s features make life easier for drivers by offering a variety of electronic services. Once the account is created, the user will only have to insert the parking area (by entering the 1200 for public roads in the city of Geneva) and select the duration of the latter before paying. In 3 clicks it’s done ! Motorists pay and manage their parking from a distance. They receive their parking tickets in a dematerialized way (virtual ticket) and have the possibility to find the history of their payments on their PrestoPark personal account.
In addition, the user will pay the right amount with the application that gives him the ability to stop his parking ticket if he decides to stop parking before time. Finally, he will be able to extend his parking time if he has a legally available time. PrestoPark will stand out even more over time by providing new features for users such as real-time guidance to the parking spaces available in the city of Geneva. This development is being carried out with different partners thanks to an algorithm for predicting the occupation of street parking.
IEM expands its operations in the Nordic region with the opening of a branch in Norway. IEM Nordic AS will focus on the Norwegian market and eventually expand to other Nordic countries.
“The decision to open a new Nordic branch is based on the commercial and economic development of this market, which corresponds to the IEM group’s growth strategy” said Phillipe Menoud – Managing Director of IEM SA.
This strategic choice confirms the IEM Group’s desire to offer the Nordic market its complete portfolio of innovative smart parking and urban mobility management solutions. Swiss quality is ensured for all IEM products that are designed, developed and produced at the Group’s headquarter in Geneva.
IEM’s intelligent solar-powered parking meters, LoRaWAN-based vehicle detection sensors and mobile payment solutions enable cities and parking operators to solve their current and future parking issues while keeping the parking experience as simple and convenient as possible for the motorist.
The coastal city of Makassar – one of the largest cities in Eastern Indonesia – has embarked on a new era of parking, launching its first modern on-street parking infrastructure featuring the latest generation of solar-powered parking terminals from IEM Group, Geneva.
Operated entirely by contact-less payment cards without the need for cash this 1st of its kind installation has been led by the local parking operator and IEM partner Kinarya Terbaik Indonesia (KTI) with the clear objective, to replace the old coin and voucher-based parking system and to substantially improve the transparency of payment transactions for the city council.
With an average payment transaction time of less than 15 seconds the cashless fleet of IEM PrestoEuropa parking meters offer a convenient and fast tap-and-go payment option through local pre-paid cards to the almost 2 million citizens in Makassar
And thanks to the cloud-based Presto1000 management platform from IEM the entire parking operations can now all be centrally managed and revenues from parking transactions can be clearly traced.
Behind the scenes : IEM is today at the forefront of new technologies and has played a key role in the management of smart parking in Geneva.
The Swiss TV channel Léman Bleu presents in its program “Industrie-Genève” the Geneva-based SME.
Its innovative know-how and strong ability to adapt to different markets, position IEM as one of the leaders in intelligent parking solutions in the world.
Digitalization is changing people’s lives, for instance through the transmission of information by IEM’s sensors “PrestoSense”, allowing the user to locate free parking spaces and electric charging stations in the city center. In partnership with ABB Group, IEM facilitates real-time access to location, payment and control information.
Following the opening of a branch in Asia, IEM inaugurates its representative office in Italy, reinforcing the group’s presence in the Mediterranean region.
With its new location in Genoa the Italian operations will be headed by Alessandro Lombardi, who has 15 years’ experience in the Italian parking industry.
“This decision is part of the group’s growth strategy and will allow IEM to be closer to Italian customers and their local needs than it is possible from its global headquarter in Geneva” said Thorsten Helmich – International Business Development Director at IEM.
In addition, IEM’s distribution channels in Italy will be complemented by its longstanding distribution partner ParkIT, which will offer IEM’s parking solutions while servicing existing customers.
With its comprehensive parking portfolio ranging from solar-powered on-street parking terminals to LoRaWAN-based vehicle detection sensors to mobile payment– and integrated enforcement solutions, IEM is well positioned to help city councils as well as parking operators solving today’s and future’s parking challenges.
The Intertraffic 2018 show hosted the official launch of the new version of the PrestoPark app. An easier, more intuitive way to buy parking tickets, it includes smart guidance on how to optimise travel time to the city centre and payment of parking fines. Now available in version 2.0 only, the PrestoPark app makes life easier for users of on-street parking with a number of real-time online services.
A sleek design
The freshly-designed PrestoPark app is quick and easy to navigate. The simplified text and icons are easy to grasp. The time cursor instantly shows the price of parking for the duration entered.
Identifying the various fee zones
Once users have logged into their PrestoPark account, they can display a map of the city’s parking facilities. Colour coding makes it easy to identify the various fee zones. Users can geolocate their position to find out exactly which rate applies.
Smart guidace
In cities equipped with PrestoSense sensors, users can activate the guidance option to locate vacant parking spaces even before going into the city centre. The app then uses the smartphone’s GPS function to guide the driver to the chosen zone. This optimises the journey time and reduces the time spent looking for a parking spot.
Paying parking fines (France only)
A number of options are available for paying parking fines: at IEM ticket machines, on the www.prestopark.com website or with the user’s smartphone. This quick payment option entitles the user to a discount rate (depending on the city).
PrestoPark services are available in over 60 cities : www.prestopark.com
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On the occasion of the Smartmobility congress in Barcelona, IEM introduces its PrestoSense sensor in these 2 versions: surface and recessed. Integrated into mobility projects of smart cities, the PrestoSense device offers multiple applications to improve the quality of life in the city.
Thanks to the dual detection of the PrestoSense sensor, the arrival or departure of a vehicle is reported in real time to the IEM’s parking platform. These thousands of data will enable both users and operators to better manage on-street parking that will make city centres more attractive.
With PrestoSense, smart cities can reduce vehicle traffic and limit CO2 emissions by:
- a monitor on-street parking according to the key parking indicators
- information to the motorists of available places limiting search time
- optimizated enforcement to improve the turnover rate
- dynamic pricing to change the occupation of parking zones
Discover our new video PrestoSense: For improved city center mobility
The canton of Geneva, in collaboration with the City of Geneva, has put in place many projects in order to develop its smart city programme. This involves different sectors of intervention such as the use of clean and renewable resources, reduction of noise pollution, development of electric vehicles as well as deployment of smart parking.
The community is gearing up its smart parking programme by installing 650 PrestoSense sensors within the summer of 2017 on parking spaces in several neighbourhoods in Geneva, managed by the canton of Geneva in collaboration with the industrial services of Geneva (SIG) for data transmission, this project is intended to analyse users’ behaviour, by considering the percentage of use of parking places and rotation rate of vehicles.
Developed by our R&D team, IEM sensors have a detection reliability of 99%. This accuracy is achieved thanks to a double detection system. The first, activated every two seconds, is used to detect changes in the earth’s magnetic field corresponding to any movement of metal mass on the sensor. The second is engaged only to confirm the state change. It’s based on an ultrasonic detection allowing confirming the presence or not of a vehicle located above the sensor. These two technologies allow us overcoming the relevant electromagnetic interferences in the city centre (metro, tram, etc.).
Once the information is detected, it’s transmitted to IEM parking platform. This data uses LoRaWAN telecommunications network, aimed at the Internet of things. For the canton of Geneva, this network is implemented and managed by SIG.
In partnership with Indigo, IEM is equipping the city of Metz in France with 270 PrestoEuropa pay and display machines installed in 2 phases, 180 of which are already in place since early 2017. Smart city, the community has customized its machines to educate users to go digital.
The aesthetics of PrestoEuropa and its ability to integrate in a very constrained urban environment are of particular importance in the city of Metz (candidate for selection as a UNESCO World Heritage city). In addition, the different options of this pay and display machine have seduced the city of Metz, which advocates switching to digital in its offer of public services. Since entering the registration number has become mandatory for taking the parking ticket, with a gradual transition towards full computerization of Innovative parking tickets, the installed pay and display machines offer coin payment and payment by contactless bank card only; which makes Metz a forerunner since most communities choose contactless and contact payment.
As a pilot city for the new regulation, Metz is also equipped with intelligent pay and display machines with new features and is one of the cities that are already prepared for the new on-street parking regulations that will come into effect on January 1, 2018. Thanks to its alphanumeric keypad and payment by credit card, PrestoEuropa will enable cashing the post-parking payment by simply entering its number.
HPE, an IEM partner as a major player in Internet of Things, deploys its universal platform for intelligent parking.
The technology of the future, PrestoSense detectors aim at improving city traffic flow through different applications. Installed directly on the ground, the sensors detect the presence of a vehicle and its parking time. This information is transmitted through the telecommunication network of Internet of Things (LoRaWAN). They are then transmitted to the operating systems: Presto1000 for the parking activity analysis, control optimization and sensors maintenance and PrestoPark to inform motorists of available parking places.
HPE offers a connected platform for the Internet of Things allowing joining several sensors. It integrates support of PrestoSense detectors and Presto1000 and PrestoPark solutions. This application, suitable for IEM solutions, was presented by HPE at their conference last September in Boston. Jeff Edlund, CTO of HPE’s Telcos Group, gave a demonstration (here video).