Mobility hubs - our future
Parking - charging - borrowing - sharing
A mobility hub connects various means of transport and service offerings; you can change means of transport, share, borrow and refuel/charge. This requires, among other things, secure parking spaces for drivers and bicycle boxes for Bike+Ride. Charging infrastructure for e-bikes and e-cars as well as locker systems should also be part of a modern mobility hub. In practice, for example, more and more municipalities and cities are transforming “their” train station into a mobility hub with bike+ride systems, digital access control and digital parking space management.
Ideally, the entire mobility hub can be managed centrally and offers users simple digital booking/reservation options. As a universal access management platform, Book-n-Park offers you the efficient solution for holistic control of your future-proof mobility hub!
Advantage: Comfort saves Co2 and relieves pressure on city centers
Leave your car at the mobility hub and get into the city by bike or train faster than searching for a parking space: Book-n-Park makes the switch easier with reservation management and smart user control - convenience for the environment!
Advantage: Smart sharing creates capacity
Whether it's a bicycle garage, charging station or entire parking garage - sharing creates capacity: with Book-n-Park, for example. B. Company parking garages can be opened to city visitors on weekends and refinanced using a payment model!
Advantage: direct traffic flows efficiently
Simply changing means of transport makes it easier to control the flow of traffic: A mobility hub on the outskirts of the city ensures fewer cars in the city center - Book-n-Park helps you control traffic flows with simple administration!
Advantage: Control mobility infrastructure uniformly
Parking garage gates, barriers, smart parking bars, bike boxes, locker systems and much more can be controlled with Book-n-Park as a universal access management platform - this makes managing your mobility hub much easier!
Lichwiese sharing hub: Flexible use of the parking garage with integration of barriers and roller shutters
Task: In addition to the existing management of parking spaces and bicycle boxes by Book-n-Park, barrier systems, roller shutters and access doors in the TU parking garages should be integrated into the system. In addition, the Lichtwiesen parking garage should be made future-proof and flexible in use with digital sharing.
Solution : The barrier systems were expanded with GMS technology without loss of functionality, as were the roller shutters. Doors were equipped with electromechanical locks and made controllable. Authorized parkers can now operate all devices centrally using their smartphone with just one booking. The parking garage is now used flexibly: during the week exclusively for university members, on weekends it is open to the public, for example visitors to the nearby zoo.
Sharing hub Lichtwiese: Smart parking bars with controls and reservation management
Task: Individual parking spaces for lecturers, university employees and guests should be kept free on time and as needed. Booking/reservation management should be digitally integrated.
Solution : The individual parking spaces are now safely kept free with our smart parking bars 4.0. Book-n-Park was implemented as a parking space management/access control platform; guests and employees can book and activate “their” parking space via smartphone. The parking space allocation works according to needs, for example parking spaces can easily be reserved for important guests and appointments.
Sharing hub Lichtwiese: Digital sharing with smartphone booking of e-cargo bikes (“Delta-Liner”)
Task: DELTA (Darmstadt Energy Laboratory for Applied Technologies) implements state-of-the-art sharing concepts at the Lichtwiese mobility hub. As part of this research, e-cargo bikes were developed whose sharing and access management are digitally integrated into the administration and can be controlled independently by the user.
Solution : The “Delta-Liners” are managed via Book-n-Park and are integrated into the overall concept of the Lichtwiese sharing hub. Users can easily book/reserve using the Book-n-Park web app and then activate the digitally controllable bike boxes with charging station using their own smartphone.
Project DELTA - associated project partner for the realization of mobility hubs
DELTA - a project of the "Real Laboratories of the Energy Transition" initiative of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection
The Darmstadt Energy Laboratory for Applied Technologies ( DELTA) acts as a showcase for the urban energy transition to demonstrate interacting, energy- optimized districts . The DELTA real laboratory is intended to demonstrate that the technically proven potential for increasing energy efficiency and flexibility in urban districts can be implemented economically and is also socially accepted.
In the sub-project "Resource Conservation through Urban Sharing Models" Green Mobility Solutions (GMS) develops and researches energy-efficient, far-reaching IoT communication protocols for long-term control of actuators in urban environments. For simple and integrative use, a flexible administration of usage scenarios in the mobility hubs developed. This enables shared use of resources such as bicycles, parking spaces or delivery boxes. make switching from cars to bicycles, e-bikes and public transport more attractive for employees and citizens at a central mobility hub
The Darmstadt Energy Laboratory is funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection with 100 million euros.
More information: https://www.delta-darmstadt.de
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Frequently asked questions about mobility hubs with Book-n-Park
With Book-n-Park, parking spaces can be protected against unauthorized access, i.e. especially against third-party parkers. Use by authorized drivers can be limited in time. The booking, optional payment, management and release is conveniently done via smartphone or PC.
Yes. With the Book-n-Park portal you can combine ALL Book-n-Park devices with each other, ie you can let your users choose, for example, whether they book individual parking spaces or prefer to drive to a restricted area.
The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution is regularly further developed. New features are then automatically available the next time they are called up via the web browser, so that no software or app updates are necessary. Green Mobility Solutions GmbH monitors the devices (e.g. barriers, bicycle boxes, barriers) and informs the operator in the event of a failure.
for free
Fixed price levels
- Basic price: one-off price per reservation (optional)
- Price per time unit (e.g. 1€/hour)
- Maximum price: maximum price per reservation
Prices per flexible time unit
Example:
Parking duration 0 – 1 hour: €1
Parking duration 2 – 5 hours: €3
Parking duration 5 – 10 hours: €10
Book-n-Park is implemented as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, ie it can be used via any internet-enabled device. The administration can be done on the desktop PC, the facility manager can control devices on site with a tablet and the travelers can book the parking spaces via smartphone, all without installing software or apps. After activation, the full functionality is immediately available. This also eliminates the need to purchase, operate and maintain your own server.
There are the following licenses:
- SmartRemote
- SmartRemote+
- SmartCampus
- WhiteLabel
With a license you get access to the Book-n-Park portal as a reservation manager and can use it to handle your mobility management, ie depending on the license you can
- centrally control the parking barriers (parking barriers, barriers, bollards, barrier chains,...),
- Create reservation links for your customers (eTicket),
- Allow reservations via the Book-n-Park portal for closed user groups (booking only possible after entering a password),
- allow reservations through the Book-n-Park portal for all Book-n-Park users,
- Restrict reservations by time (e.g. by day of the week, time of day, etc.),
- deposit reservations with prices,
- manage additional reservation managers,
- Structure your parking areas according to local and organizational requirements.
Included in every license is:
- Support via email or phone
- Application hosting in German data centers
- Processes according to GDPR
- easy and constant provision of updates
- Monitoring of the required communication infrastructure
- proactive information through support in the event of a low battery level or other problems