The QPARK project was divided in 5 Work Packages, where WP1 focused on project management, where the main goal was to ensure all project objectives were met according to principles of maximum efficacy and efficiency.In order to achieve this, two main tasks were carried out during the course of the project: a first one committed to overall project coordination and quality management, and a second task more concerned with innovation, strategy and risk management.
Most of the effort of the project was on the technical side of the project, more specifically in WP2. Here, the QUANTICOL tools that could provide the simulation capabilities to its Smart Parking solution and achieve the O1) objective of increasing the TRL of CARMA Modelling Language from 5 to 7 were studied and tested. The Smart Parking platform was adapted to integrate the results of the simulations performed with QUANTICOL tools. This work aimed at tackling the objective O3).
WP3 aimed at assessing the performance and socio-economic impact of the Smart Parking application, together with an updated market analysis. Overall, this market assessment provided information needed to evaluate expected impact and sustainability of QPARK, with the purpose of a well structured exploitation under WP4. In order to evaluate the success of the work performed in the QPARK project, several KPIs were defined. With them, it was possible to compare the results of the project (obtained through the pilot reported in deliverable 5.1) against a set of predefined values which set the goals of the project. These KPIs helped assess if the objective O2) of running a pilot was achieved, and were reported in D3.2. In deliverable 5.1 the needed next steps to improve this feature are presented.
The aim of WP4 was to support the dissemination and communication strategy, along with the exploitation plan, of QPARK. Ubiwhere has performed all the activities to ensure proper commercialisation and awareness of the project outcomes. A webpage about the project was put online in its website as defined in the Dissemination Plan, as well as in the company’s brochure for smart cities, in the annual reports and showcasing it in several relevant events for smart cities, as well as FET Innovation Launchpad mid-term workshop and FET Briefing events. The case study will be published after the review to achieve O4.
WP5 is all about the performance of the pilot, making use of the development work of WP2, aided by the data obtained from 30 parking sensors, to provide city planners with the ability to plan actions within their cities based on the results of the simulations. Ubiwhere deployed the necessary sensors to obtain parking data throughout the city of Aveiro, integrated the data in its platform and observed the parking occupancy in order to replicate it within the simulation models. With this, Objective O2 was achieved.
Some preliminary tests were performed on the system, where users tried to create simulations using their preferred inputs and analysed the obtained results. Objective O3 was achieved.
