Almost everyone as an adult have happened to be in a condition when one drives out and finding a suitable spot for parking becomes so tiring and stressful. And when one even does, the cost been paid for a parking spot for a specific time is outrageous as it’s not worth it, also not to mention the parking tickets one has to regularly pay for if one doesn’t find a parking spot. While some will pay without even looking at the spot, others may preferable search for one that is not costly, thereby wasting gas. Whichever one, it is time consuming.
Also, another problem is when one does not really know when there will be traffic congestion and often time most people just hit the road without proper checking and end up staying the traffic, wasting hours and sometimes almost the whole day just to get past the traffic and park correctly. Well, people who are not aware that platform has been created to resolve such issues often always pass through this stress. In a study, the estimated average time spent finding a parking space is 7-10 minutes. In some cases even up to 20 minutes. Suppose the driver carries his car five times a month, and let’s say every parking takes 10 minutes, then there will be 600 minutes every year, 10 hours of wasted time looking for a suitable parking spot. That is outrageous I must say.
Another problem is also the economic and non-economic impact and also environmental issues. Pollution and traffic for example can be attributed to be environmental issues. It cannot be controlled but believe me it can be restricted and highly limited when it’s been controlled. If everyone decides to be able to find the best route at the best time on the best hour with the use of an app, it can be reduced. I believe it’s so frustrating to be out there in the traffic, inhaling things one is not supposed to and also with the sounds of different car horns and other noises that can be disastrous to human health if embarked every day. The world is evolving and honestly, cars are the dominant mode of transportation. Parking lots are a feature of every city and suburban area- shopping malls, sports stadium, mega churches and similar venues often feature parking lots of immense area. But nevertheless, the problems already aforementioned are been solved with the creation of a platform called PARQ, led by a team of innovators by Eddie Postma which is the CEO and founder. And just as the name sounds, so does it equally solve the problems that are around it.
Parq is a decentralized Blockchain based system built on Ethereum to help solve the problems and issues in traffics and traffic issues. It is a green, smart and connected city platform that is easy to apply and can be accessed with public APK and runs optimally in existing parking cloud parking. Parq has successfully connect cities all over the world having them operate under one universal platform, influencing prices and making sure that no spots are intentionally wasted. Parq is created to streamline day to day activities for anyone who finds themselves in the heart of busy cities and also mapping data that will give us a picture of major checkpoints in the urban areas by using an open and universal ledger to record. Through the integration of smart devices and IoT, drivers will be able to identify traffic congestion and parking availability. Parq helps monitor and help one finds an empty parking space by providing real-time information about free parking space that’s close to one. It provides updates about traffic congestion at all time. It is fully transparent and secured. It has three pillars which are GREEN, SMART and CONNECTED CITY. These are the pillars that build up Parq and make it what it is. These pillars together helps solves the problems in transportation and mobility as humans. By green, it helps solve the issue of congestion and also pollution. By smart, it helps provides real time information’s to users by collecting data through IoT (Internet of things) devices and smart sensors, connected city by integrating and uniting cities so as to give users the best experience
PARQ PILLARS
UNIQUE VISIONS
The unique vision of Parq is to create the most advanced and most searchable parking app which will help redefine and build a greener, smarter and connected environment so as to reduce traffic in lands and also o help resolve environmental issues, giving users the best experience ever
UNIQUE BENEFITS OF PARQ
Parq as a platform has numerous benefits which is mostly likely to be understandable by car owners or drivers. It is created for a purpose. And that is to help simplify life, for time management and also by eliminating some toxic behaviors in the society bringing more efficiency and fun in driving. The benefits of Parq are further listed below which are:
• Parq is a decentralized revolutionary app which guards free parking spots near one’s destination
• It is secured with fully auditable payments
• It provides updates about traffic congestion at all time
• It helps eliminates toxic and some environmental issues
• It limits and help reduce traffic in the society
• It saves time as it is time efficient
• It’s very easy to use and also to understand with the use of the mobile app
• It’s beneficial to drivers in that real information’s on traffic situations and congestions are given.
• Its so reliable and very user friendly
• It gives users/drivers guidance and direction to the nearest parking spot
• Parking spots are available
• Parking spots owners are also given the opportunity to include their space and also to manage their available parking spots by means of easy dashboard the app
• For future purposes and for time management, one can easily reserve parking spots
• Users are also been given the opportunity to earn Parq utility token by renting out parking spots as an individual or as a corporative/organization, this made possible with the green, smart and connected city platform
PARQ TOKEN
TOKEN DETAILS OF PARQ
Total tokens: 1,000,000,000
Ticker: PARQ
Price PARQ=0.8 USD
Type: ERC20
Inflation: none
Token sales start: 01-06-2018
Sale length: 1 year
Token base price: $0.10
Hardcap: $19 500 000
Softcap: 15, 000,000
TOKEN DISTRIBUTION
Charity: 1%
Bounties/referrals: 2%
Airdrop and holders reward: 5%
Private sale: 3%
Business development: 4%
Team: 5%
Pre-CIO sale: 5%
Public ICO sale: 20%
Development: 15%
Marketing: 20%
Smart city projects: 20%
USE OF PROCEEDS
Business development: 10%
Global expansion: 15%
Marketing: 30%
Research and development: 45%
ROAD MAP OF PARQ
2016
Q1: DEVELOPMENT OF PARKSEN CLOUD AND PARKING APP
The parking app was developed and connected to 113 cities in the Netherlands including Amsterdan, Rotterdam and the Hague
Q2: BETA TESTING OF PARKEN CLOUD AND PARKING APP
We tested the app with thousands of end users and municipalities across the Netherlands.
Q3: FOUND ROUND OF PRIVATE FUNDING FROM DUTCH GOVERNMNETS AND INVESTORS
We received funding to develop a nationwide platform with support from both angel investors and the local governments
2017
Q1: ALPHA LAUNCH OF PARKEN CLOUD AND PARKING APP IN THE NETHERLANDS
Parken app became available on Apple App store and Goggle play store for end users in the Netherlands.
Q1: STARTED RESEARCH FOR GREEN, SMART AND CONNECTED CITY PLATFORM
Given immediate success, we started conceptualizing the Green, smart and connected city platform and dove into market research for global expansion. Idea for ICO took form and the company started preparation
Q2: HIRED ADDITIONAL TEAM MEMBERS TOWARDS ICO
Localized and recruited specialists to aid and assist us with ICO preparation
2018
Q1: ICO PREP, WEBSITE, SMART CONTRACT AND WHITEPAPER DEVELOPMENT
With a complete team, we continued our ICO preparation, drafted our first official whitepaper and built the ICO website. We have also started the development of the first few contracts for parking prices and actions.
Q2: START THE PRE=SALE AND PUBLIC SALE
Interested parties are able to participate in our Pre-and Public ICO sale
Q4: SETTING UP OFFICES AND EXPANDING TEAMS FOR GLOBAL EXPANSION
Targeting the USA, Uk, Europe and Asia for our first round of global expansion locating new offices, expanding our teams and conducting further market research
Q4: START DEVELOPMENT OF IoT DEVICES FOR SMART PARKING SOLUTIONS
Collaborating with third parties and partners towards the creation of innovative IoT devices which will be integrated in participating cities and connected to our platform
2019
START DEVELOPMENT OF BETA PARKSEN CITY PLATFORM
Creation of (micro) APIs and integrating them with Parken cloud for easy implementation in our selected test cities, localizing app and services in 5+ different languages. Mapping of parking zones, environmental issues and outdated systems.
LAUNCH BETA OF PARKSEN CITY PLATFORM
Selected Test Cities get full access to the Beta of our Green, Smart and connected City Platform. Extensive testing will follow thanks to close cooperation with local municipalities and end users. Collecting data, identifying areas of improvement and gathering community feedback
FINAL PRODUCT LAUNCH IN SELECTED CITIES
Rolling out the end product in all of the Selected Test cities after improvements continuing to gather data and feedback from the communities and municipalities to ensure a healthy growth of our platform and ecosystem
2020
GLOBAL RELEASE OF GREEN, SMART AND CONNECTED CITY PLATFORM
After extensive testing, our platform and app will be rolled out globally and be made available to all participating cities and their citizens. During this stage we will continue to work on the platform based on feedback from different markets. We will rely heavily on community input to make sure that our product works the way that it should.
TEAM MEMBERS OF PARQ
Eddie Postma: CEO and founder
Paul Heath: Chief security officer
Fokko Van Den Bosh: IT architect
Arjan Douwes: Senior developer
Massimo Bensi: Senior developer
Professor Joost Platje: Global sustainability strategist
Roy Van Pamelen: Urban Development Specialist
Tanna Heath: Risk assessment manager
Cor Alberts: Legal counsel
Marten Voskuil: Legal counsel for consumer privacy
Wilhelm Roth: Marketing and communication manager
Jan Heemskerk: Content manager
Marc Garcia Abellan: Community and social manager
Do you want to earn while using the Parq platform? Do you have a parking spot as an individual or as an organization/coporates? Do you wish to save time when looking for a parking spot? Do you wish to reserve a space for yourself while going to a particular place and don’t want to spend all the time looking for a suitable parking spot for you? Do you avoid or reduce traffic? Are you looking for a suitable car park that’s close to your location? Well, if all answers are yes and maybe you want to live a happy and a very much simple life with so much ease, I suggest you take active participation today in this platform by investing in its token. Also, I suggest you download the app to make life easier. Not to forget, ensure you spread the news around as veryone loves living a simple and easy life. For more information about this awesome project please kindly click on any of the links below. for more updates, questions you can kindly join the telegram telegram group. See you at the other side.
WHITEPAPER:https://www.parqtoken.com/wpcontent/uploads/2018/01/Whitepaper_PARQ.pdf
WEBSITE: https://www.parqtoken.com/
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Written by: Ogkendra
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