Final Project Idea

01 Apr 2025

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Overview

Problem

Parking at Zone-20 can sometimes be challenging. After a certain time, especially on certain days (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday), finding an open spot can be very difficult. This primarily impacts students who have classes later in the day.

Solution

This idea is built / expanded off the parking-reservation project that was mentioned during class. InsertName is an application that allows students to track availiable spots in Zone-20.

• when students arrive (presumably in the morning) they can input their stall number / location into the app
• when they leave, they can open the app and mark their spot as available
• students arriving later in the day (when the lot is relatively full) can open the app and view a list of available spots, eliminting the need to endlessly circle the lot
• if they take a spot listed on the app, they can mark it as taken and it will be removed from the list of available spots

Approach

To preface, this application would be voulantary. I don’t think it would be realistic to expect everyone who parks in Zone-20 to particpate. Also, in order for this to work, there would have to be some sort of numbering / identification system for the stalls.

Although non-students also utilize the lot, the main purpose of this app would be to assist students. So this application would only be accessible with an account created with a UH email.

This appliction would have two user groups: Students and Admin. Students can veiw / add / remove spots. Admins have access to the full site + data.

Some possible mockup pages include:

• landing page
• view avilable spots
• add spot
• remove spot
• admin home page

Use Case Ideas

• a new user arrves at the landing page and is prompted to make an account
• a user opens the “add spot” page, and inputs their stall number / location
• later, the same user opens the “remove spot” page and marks their spot as avialable
• the stall number is then passed and displayed on the “view available spots” page
• a different user arrives (when it is crowded), logs in / creates an account, and opens the “view available spots” page
• they pick from the list of spots and drive to it, if it is available, they park, open the “add spot” page, and input their stall number / location
• the stall is removed from the “view avilable spots page”

Beyond the Basics

• the “view available spots” page is sorted by time
• a spot will be automatically removed from the “view available spots” page after a pre-determined amount of time
• admins can view inputs from the “add spot” page
• a student is only allowed to “add” one spot at a time
• a student can only “remove” a spot they have previously added