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On Frederiksberg, 300 parking spaces are getting sensors in a trial and will be shown in an app, making it easier for drivers to find available spots and save time.

To make the hunt for a parking space easier on Frederiksberg, the municipality is now trying a new approach. (Photo: © Josephine Schack Thorsen, DR)

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Nynne Poulsen Wowk ( [email protected] ) 54 minutes ago

Imagine being able to use an app to find out where the nearest available parking space is?

If you are a driver in Copenhagen or Frederiksberg, you may have experienced that it can be difficult to find an empty parking spot.

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> I can definitely see the advantage. It can be hard to find a parking space.

> Tine Vitkov, resident of Frederiksberg

But as something new, Frederiksberg Municipality will soon test a new method using parking sensors in the area around Frederiksberg Svømmehal.

They will give drivers an overview of where the available parking spaces are, so they avoid circling the streets looking for an empty spot.

And the new option is receiving a warm welcome from several drivers on Frederiksberg. Among others, Tine Vitkov thinks it sounds like a good idea.

- I can definitely see the advantage. It can be hard to find a parking space, she says.

She often finds it necessary to drive around hunting for a free spot.

- If you come home before four o'clock, it's usually easy enough, but if you are home after six, which I often am, sometimes it takes a few rounds. Once I drove around for half an hour before I found a spot. It was annoying, she says.

It is far too difficult to find a parking space right now, says Jan E. Jørgensen (V), who is a member of the Environment and Traffic Committee. (Photo: © Frederiksberg Kommune, Frederiksberg Kommune)

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Should save drivers time

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The system with the new app is a pilot project expected to run for about a year, starting early next year.

And chairman of the Environment and Traffic Committee Jan E. Jørgensen from Venstre hopes the trial can save people a lot of time.

- The purpose is to help those drivers who are circling around for a long time because they can't find an available parking space. The idea with this app is that they can see where there is a free spot, and hopefully the search time will be reduced, he says.

Last year, Copenhagen Municipality launched a similar project, where approximately 4,500 parking spaces will get sensors once a supplier is found.

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