Team Members:

1. Ivy Mwelu

2. Winnie Karanja

3. Chaki Muriithi

4. Christine Gatwiry

TEAM CODELINK

HOW DO YOU FIND A PARKING SPACE NEAR YOU EASY AND

FAST?

PROBLEM

RESEARCH

• According to the IBM global parking survey in

2011, which surveyed 8,042 commuters in 20 cities

around the world, Nairobi motorists on average

take 31.7 minutes against a global average of 19.8

minutes to find a vacant parking slot.

RESEARCH

• Drivers in Nairobi experience significant pain and

frustration in their quest to find a parking spot.

• Many motorists make several laps before finding a

slot, for which they are forced most times to part

with a few coins to the parking boys.

RESEARCH

• The average motorist wastes a total of 2,549 hours

in the streets searching for a space whether it is

on the the local high street or a supermarket or

airport car park.

• 13% of drivers in Nairobi reported driving around

for more than one hour for a parking spot within

the last year.

PROBLEM

• Imagine you are late and you need

to get a parking space as fast as

possible but don’t know where. You

can’t seem to find a parking space

as you drive round consuming more

fuel and your time.

PARKLINK COMES TO YOUR RESCUE !

PARKLINK

• This app helps you find a parking space fast and easy on a

street of your choice or any other place such as a mall at an

area of choice such as basement, rooftop or open area.

• You can also view the most convenient street to look for a

parking space near your destination.

• Having a disability? Parklink is also for you. You can easily

view the reserved parking spaces for the disabled by using

this app.

The user can search their location and

view it on map.

HOW PARKLINK WORKS

Search Location See Location on Map

Location

The Junction Mall

PARKING OPTIONS

• Basement

• Roof Top

• Open-space

BASEMENT

• The smart sensors installed on the parking

areas send Information in real time

to the servers signaling the situation

Of each parking space.

• RED parking shows :

occupied parking space

• GREEN parking shows:

available Parking space

• ORANGE parking shows:

the parking space is booked

• Click on parking so as to book

and proceed towards it

WHY PARKLINK?

• It solves real major problems in our community today.

• It is user friendly and promotes environmental conservation

which is key in our country.

• It has a very huge potential market that is untapped with

least or no competition.

BENEFITS OF THIS APP

Reduces fuel consumption hence economical.

Reduces environmental pollution by gas emitted

by vehicles.

Reduces stress levels hence happier citizens.

Helps to manage traffic flow.

BENEFITS OF THIS APP

Increases customer loyalty in the case of a

business environment such as a mall.

Provides order in the area of parking as only the

right parking areas are displayed.

Incorporating the app in the streets will help the

government with urban planning.

MARKET

The target market of this app includes:

1.THE DRIVERS:

• This app will be available in free version that will be functional for a

specified period of time after which the user will be required to have the

paid version to continue enjoying the services.

• All drivers in the city make a potential market.

2.THE MANAGERS OF MALLS:

• They will be able to control traffic easily and get statistics of motorists

to the mall

• Using parklink ensures customers of less stress hence frequent the mall

and this increases customer base and customer loyalty.

3.THE GOVERNMENT:

• The county officials will be able to control traffic flow easily and get

statistics of parking areas as well as motorists hence enable easy town

planning and management by the government.

CHALLENGES FACED IN DEVELOPING OUR PROJECT

• Acquiring sensors to try and incorporate in our app was a

major challenge. Since we didn’t get one, we had to come

up with a way to show the user how the app works.

• Since we come from far different places, it was difficult to

meet every so often in order to develop our project.

Therefore we were not able to add most of the

functionalities we wanted to the app.