Digital access control for your mobility infrastructure
Time-saving solutions from parking barriers and gates to bicycle boxes and e-charging stations
Mobility infrastructure at colleges and universities often suffers from a multitude of diverse requirements. Whether holistic or for specific areas, from charging infrastructure to parking management, Book-n-Park offers a flexible and time-saving access control solution: parking spaces kept clear with our smart Parking Barrier 4.0; multifunctional parking garages and mobility hubs that save parking space; bicycle boxes and bicycle locking systems with optimized utilization; charging stations that charge more electric cars thanks to sharing and reservation; and precise, demand-based access control. Access control within the mobility infrastructure at universities can be conveniently managed via a web portal and easily controlled by users via smartphone!
Out with the old, in with the future: Retrofitting mobility infrastructure at colleges and universities
Whether it's restructuring available parking space, simplifying complex access control, or upgrading charging stations and bicycle locking systems – often, only parts of the existing mobility infrastructure at colleges or universities need to be made future-proof. Book-n-Park can help you with this in a straightforward way: Existing installations can be easily upgraded or expanded, and Book-n-Park can also be integrated into existing digital systems using tokens or chip cards. We offer you a customized retrofit solution for every situation!
Parking space optimization
Smart parking in the TUD parking garage
Since August 2023, residents and visitors have been able to reserve and pay for one of the 476 parking spaces in the new Lichtwiese parking garage online. As part of the parking restructuring, the loss of on-street parking spaces was thus compensated for through efficient parking management. We provide comprehensive access control, from the smart barrier to the bicycle-friendly entrance gate – in addition, over 100 parking spaces on the TU Darmstadt campus are securely reserved and kept free with our smart Parking Barrier 4.0!
Shared company bicycles
Flexible mobility for cyclists
To promote sustainable mobility and meet the needs of its employees and faculty, TU Kaiserslautern offers company bicycles at various locations. We retrofitted the associated bicycle boxes with an electromechanical locking system and integrated them into Book-n-Park. Now, all authorized personnel can easily reserve and use a company bicycle; the bicycle boxes are opened via smartphone using Book-n-Park. This promotes and ensures flexible mobility on campus, tailored to individual needs.
The mobility hub of the future
Research for urban mobility
As an associated partner of DELTA, the Darmstadt Energy Lab for Applied Technologies, we are actively shaping the urban energy transition. This project, funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, "examines approaches to conserve resources, improve quality of life, and strengthen social cohesion in the energy transition." Green Mobility Solutions utilizes insights from DELTA to design holistic and sustainable sharing solutions – we would be happy to help you design your mobility hub!
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Frequently asked questions about the use of Book-n-Park at universities
With Book-n-Park, you can simplify your mobility access management and easily manage access permissions. The user-friendly smartphone interface reduces workload, and user groups such as professors can be targeted according to their needs. Complex and expensive token/RFID systems can be replaced or supplemented, and non-digital parking systems can be upgraded. This optimization leads to higher utilization and thus reduces the need for parking space. Existing infrastructure such as charging stations can also be better utilized, making them accessible to more users. Book-n-Park also offers all-in-one access control for parking garages or mobility hubs, including booking and payment. This allows you to more easily structure your parking areas according to local and organizational requirements. And, of course, bicycle boxes can also be managed and integrated into the overall system for more sustainable mobility.
Everything that requires access control as part of your mobility infrastructure: parking barriers, parking bars, bicycle boxes, collective locking systems, roller doors, lockers, access to charging stations and common areas, etc.
Book-n-Park's basic service includes:
- Setting up an individual client on our platform
- A protected admin area as a reservation manager for administration
- Book-n-Park is available as "Software as a Service" (SaaS) without installation
- 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
Depending on the desired scope of services, the following are possible:
- Custom-made parking barriers like our smart parking barrier 4.0 with solar power
- Implementation of electronic payment functions or messenger services
- Integration of existing access/locking systems (e.g., with RFID, tokens, etc.) into the Book-n-Park platform
- Retrofitting existing access systems such as parking barriers etc. with our communication module developed in Germany
- Optional integration into interface systems for license plate recognition or display
For reserved individual parking spaces or secure charging station sharing, we recommend our smart parking barrier 4.0 – it is optimized for use with the Book-n-Park software, solar/battery powered, and thus ensures guaranteed space retention from a hardware perspective as well. Of course, any existing or desired parking barrier can also be retrofitted and controlled with Book-n-Park.
Our experienced development team has already implemented numerous system integrations. The basis for integration into existing software/systems is an interface accessed via a JSON REST API.