The SHPV (Service House Parking and Residence Rights) has started the Digital GPK project together with a large number of municipalities to better arrange parking for people with disabilities. It should become easier for users of a GPK to find out, for example via an app, which parking rules apply at a specific location and to gain insight into the available parking spaces. The project is working on a national solution for municipalities where GPK holders need a digital permit. The national parking permit to be developed makes it possible to link a license plate to the GPK, which is a precondition for digital enforcement. The advantage for GPK users is that they no longer have to apply for a (digital) parking permit separately in every municipality they visit.
Why a digital GPK?
Users of the Handicapped Parking Card (GPK) have been asking for insight into the parking rules of municipalities for a long time now. Each municipality decides for itself whether and how GPK holders can park for free, which makes it difficult to find out which rules apply where. Due to the emergence of parking checks with scan cars, which cannot read the paper GPK, the number of unjust fines is also increasing. This leads to annoyance and administrative hassle for users and municipalities. The Digital GPK project aims to solve these problems. It is also being investigated how a digital GPK can help to combat fraud.
Recently, on the International Day of People with Disabilities, the participating municipalities signed a declaration of intent to develop a national solution in collaboration with the RDW. It is expected that more municipalities will join. SHPV leads the project on behalf of the municipalities affiliated to this initiative.
Municipalities participating in the project are
Alkmaar, Alphen a/d Rijn, Amsterdam, Arnhem, Breda, Den Bosch, The Hague, Eindhoven, Groningen, Haarlem, Haarlemmermeer, Helmond, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Schiedam, Tilburg, Utrecht, Zaanstad, Zandvoort and the UA Parking Service Cooperative.
