Literature Review Of A Car Parking System Using The University Covenant University

CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter is the literature review of parking system in public places using the university campus Covenant University as case study. It describes the features of the existing car parking systems together with the major and general types of car parking system and how they operate. Also, problems in existing system would be identified and solutions to implement would be discussed later in this chapter.
2.1.1 OVERVIEW OF CAR PARKING SYSTEM
Car parking system is a system that is used to help prevent congestion of cars in car parks and arrange cars in an allocated spot. Over the years, car parking systems and the accompanying technologies have increased and diversified. It was developed in the early 20th century in response to the need for storage of vehicles. Some systems can be implemented to help track how many cars pass through the gate and the time spent in the park by each, and then bill the car when exiting. This parking system increases the number of cars that can be parked in the car park. It provides more parking spaces since the cars are parked in an organized way. Use of a car parking system requires less area of land than when there is none being used. This system helps in enabling safe parking of cars as compared to the rugged way of parking cars. This mode of parking is convenient for the drivers and they do not need to walk or drive around endlessly in search of parking spaces. This system reduces cost of