Audi Urban Solution | Assembly Row

Intelligent traffic management at Union Square, Somerille, MA — Not all traffic is created by people trying to reach their destination. In fact, up to 30% of peak-time traffic volume is attributable to drivers who are searching for a place to park. For this reason, Audi’s project in Somerville aims to make parked cars and cars looking for parking spaces virtually disappear. Using piloted parking technology similar to what was describe above in the Assembly Row project, streets in Somerville’s Union Square can be cleared, allowing for more attractive, user-centered spaces. In the future, users can exit their cars at a central location, leaving their cars to park themselves in garages that are off-site, and preferably in areas that are “less attractive.”

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