Prof. MA Wei to develop AI-enabled parking garage vacancy prediction service

Prof. MA Wei, Member of the Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Smart Cities Research Institute (SCRI), Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD) and Research Centre for Digital Transformation of Tourism (RCDTT), and Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of PolyU, has been awarded about HK$2.9 million from the Smart Traffic Fund for a period of 18 months, for his project titled “Parking Garage Vacancy Prediction Services in Hong Kong: AI-enabled Solutions for Enhanced Reliability and Extensibility”.

This project aims to develop a deep learning-based vacancy prediction service for off-street carparks in Hong Kong. By leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) technology and combining big data with real-time data, the service will predict parking vacancies and estimate queuing times for fully occupied garages, helping to reduce motorists’ cruising time and enhance road efficiency.