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Cities using smart parking technology from Cisco and Streetline
[December 05, 2012]

Cities using smart parking technology from Cisco and Streetline


Dec 05, 2012 (TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) -- The city of San Carlos teamed up with Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Streetline to make it easier for residents and visitors to park downtown and enjoy all that the city has to offer.

Using sensors and a free consumer app from Streetline called Parker and intelligent networking technology platform from Cisco, motorists will be able to view real-time parking availability in the downtown San Carlos area on Laurel Street between Olive Street and San Carlos Avenue.



The advanced technology uses an end-to-end Cisco Wi-Fi Network in Downtown San Carlos to display real-time parking space availability to drivers via Streetline's free Parker app for Apple and Android-based smartphones. Cisco's smart routers communicate with Streetline sensors to aggregate sensor data and communicate with Streetline cloud centre to deliver the availability of the parking spots. The intelligent network platform captures the data and publishes it into the application. In the near future, this data will be available for laptop and desktop computers with web browsers as well. The system also helps the city identify parking usage patterns.

San Carlos City Manager Jeff Maltbie said, "The city is looking forward to the Smart Parking project with Cisco and Streetline. Cisco's intelligent network in Downtown San Carlos, which was provided by Cisco and currently delivers free Wi-Fi to residents and visitors, will also provide them with a new way to quickly find available parking on Laurel Street." Cisco is a worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. The company's website is at www.cisco.com.


Streetline is a privately-held company headquartered in Foster City, CA with smart parking deployments in Germany and across the United States. For more information on the company visit http://www.streetline.com.

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