How to Increase Capacity in Car Parks

As drivers, we often experience that there are not enough parking spaces in the car parks of shopping centres, airports, or office buildings, while high-traffic destinations are becoming increasingly crowded. With its own software and hardware development, Rollet automates the parking process, increasing traffic flow and freeing up parking capacity.

At the beginning of March, Andy Zhang, CEO of Rollet, was invited to the Unisso Connect Budapest Series to present Rollet’s contactless vehicle-based solution to the audience of the online conference.

An urban driver spends an average of 17 hours per year on parking, queuing, payment, and other parking-related activities. Taking this into account, the European Parking Association has been encouraging service providers for years to integrate “invisible” products that make parking seamless. Thanks to technological development, we can already pay for services using a wide range of devices, such as our phones and smartwatches. But what about automatic drive-through payment by car, where the car essentially becomes a payment device?

Traditional drive-through payment solutions and licence plate recognition systems, also known as ANPR, are not new technologies. However, their implementation is costly, and they often have several reliability-related issues. The problems of traditional technology called for further development — and this is how automatic, contactless, vehicle-based drive-through payment was born: Rollet Pay.

For this concept to become reality, the system enabling vehicle-based payment has to be affordable, fast, and widely accessible. The innovation developed by Rollet serves exactly this purpose: the Rollet Pay payment service provides drivers with a seamless parking experience while helping service providers increase car park capacity.

How does it work? Rollet offers a “register and sit back” solution: the user simply downloads the application and registers their personal details, their car’s licence plate number, and the bank card they wish to use.

After registration, contactless payment becomes immediately available to the customer. At the service provider’s location, the payment solution is integrated by installing a Rollet Pay terminal. The implementation is very similar to putting a bank card terminal into operation.

“Instead of reading a card, we identify vehicles, making the process much faster and safer. After the system has been integrated, no further action is required.”
— Andy Zhang, Founder of Rollet

The technology is based on a vehicle recognition system that allows any car to become a payment device. This enables the user to pay for the given service with their own vehicle in a parking garage, at a fuel station, or at a drive-through fast-food restaurant. This solution makes higher utilisation possible while reducing operating costs.

The innovation holds great potential for urban mobility. The benefits of contactless payment include faster and more convenient drive-through access, which leads to higher traffic flow and increased parking capacity.

The experience gained from the first 50,000 Rollet parking transactions shows that Rollet’s technology can save an average of 4 minutes per parking session. In addition, the high usage rate measured among users has resulted in increased revenue opportunities for operators.

Rollet’s mission is to make the payment process simple and urban transport smarter and more seamless.

“We would like to invite other service providers as well to work with us and make urban driving more efficient through Rollet’s automated payment system.”
— Andy Zhang, Founder of Rollet