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Parking control

Municipality of Rotterdam

In the city, parking is paid and the municipality checks parking rights with scan cars. If the result is positive, the car has valid parking rights. If the result is negative, an employee always checks whether a tax assessment needs to be drawn up.

Last change on 18th of July 2024, at 14:59 (CET) | Publication Standard 1.0
Publication category
Other algorithms
Impact assessment
DPIA, IAMA
Status
In use

General information

Theme

Public Order and Safety

Begin date

01-2020

Contact information

algoritmetoezichtbco@rotterdam.nl

Link to publication website

https://www.rotterdam.nl/scanauto

Link to source registration

https://algoritmeregister.rotterdam.nl/p/Onzealgoritmes/53761720551735697

Responsible use

Goal and impact

The municipality of Rotterdam wants to keep the city liveable, accessible and safe. Limiting the number of cars in the city contributes to this. The municipality does this by encouraging free parking on P+R sites and stimulating the use of public transport.

Considerations

Parking permits, visitor regulations, disabled parking and breakdowns are all checked. There is always a human check before a fine is issued.

Human intervention

Yes, in case of doubt, no enforcement will be taken.

Risk management

The main risk is that the system will misrecognize a license plate and someone who does not deserve it will get a fine. This can happen if a character on the license plate is misrecognized.

Legal basis

Common interest

Elaboration on impact assessments

Impact tests performed, no residual risks found. Risk classification of this algorithm is low.

Impact assessment

  • Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
  • Impact Assessment Mensenrechten en Algoritmes (IAMA)

Operations

Data

The license plate number is entered into the National Parking Register and the permit database of the municipality of Rotterdam. Here it is checked whether the car has the right to be parked.

Technical design

The cameras on the scan car use an image recognition algorithm to identify license plates.

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