Moscow is first in the world to start administering parking space with an autonomous vehicle
The world’s first autonomous car fitted with equipment which enables it to record parking contraventions was launched in Moscow. It drives around central streets of Moscow, said Alexander Polyakov, Director of the MosTransProekt Research Institute, that was responsible for developing the vehicle.
Since February 2020 an unmanned vehicle has been driving in the Basmanny district and with the help of the photofixation equipment has been recording parking violations, just like similar vehicles with drivers.
About a thousand cars are administered daily in the driving zone of the Autonomous MEV.
The Autonomous MEV runs on V2X (vehicle-to-everything)* technology — it can communicate with traffic lights and detectors on the way, transmit and receive data through LTE communication channels and through radio frequency interaction.
When the unmanned vehicle goes to administer the parking space, it drives up to the gates of the Institute, the traffic light «sees» it, opens the gate for the vehicle and turns on the green light.
The MEV launch project was prepared by the subordinate to the Department of Transport and Road Infrastructure Development of Moscow State Institution MosTransProekt FAU RosdorNII, Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University (MADI).
«The vehicles route goes along the inside of the Garden ring. Vehicle is equipped with a high precision electronic map — so-called „digital twin“ of the road. The map contains information about road boundaries, turning, speed limits, stops, markings, traffic lights We are testing an innovative solution in the center of a metropolis — a merge of new mobility and city control over parking area», said Mr. Polyakov.
Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) — a technology in which a car is equipped with sensors that read information from both the road transport infrastructure and vehicles involved in the movement.
