ApparkB Regulated Parking Payment & Prediction

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ApparkB let drivers pay for Barcelona's on-street Blue and Green Zone parking by phone, and from 2017 added a data-driven prediction feature showing color-coded space-availability forecasts built from parking-meter and app payment data, not physical sensors. B:SM retired the standalone app in February 2019, folding its functions into the city's Smou mobility app, which still runs the service today.

Completed 📅 2013–2019
Evidence🏛️ Officialgrades the sourcing — this entry states no impact figure
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Scale🏙️ City-wide

Sources

↗ B:SM press release: ApparkB/AreaDUM app update (authority)Launch year 2013; 2017 prediction feature; download and operations figures.
↗ Redes&Telecom: Barcelona apuesta por el smart parking (trade)Confirms prediction model is data-driven (AIS Group), based on payment data, not sensors; citywide coverage.
↗ B:SM press release: Nace smou, la app de movilidad de Barcelona (authority)Smou launch 31 Jan 2019; ApparkB standalone app discontinued 15 Feb 2019; functions merged into Smou.
↗ B:SM: Siete años conectando la movilidad — SMOU balance 2025 (authority)Published Feb 2026; confirms Smou (successor to ApparkB) still operating: 1,752,970 users, 24.88M operations in 2025, including on-street parking payment.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “ApparkB Regulated Parking Payment & Prediction” — Barcelona, Spain. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/barcelona-apparkb-parking/ (last verified 2026-07-18). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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