A Brief Review of Potential Benefits of Integrating Solar Energy into Future Smart City Parking Systems

This paper provides an overview of several successful integrations of solar energy within smart city parking systems that show cases of successful sustainable urban intelligent transportation solutions, wherein solar energy presents a key resource for powering these systems and lessening their environmental impact. To this end, this paper provides a short review on the role of solar energy in smart city transportation, with emphasis on smart parking infrastructure applications. It first provides examples of solar energy utilization for electric vehicle charging stations, smart parking sensors, and other infrastructure components. Examples of utilizing solar-powered Internet of Things (IoT) devices for real-time parking monitoring, data collection, and integration with smart parking systems for efficient parking management, congestion reduction, and traffic flow optimization are also provided. Finally, the paper also presents several successful examples of advanced parking systems which utilize solar energy and IoT technologies. In this way, the paper illustrates the key benefits of solar energy integration within smart city parking systems, which can be used for future planning of smart and energy efficient urban transportation.