Valencia, the first European city to use Google support to provide parking for people with reduced mobility

VALENCIA, 15 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Valencian capital will be the first European city to apply an APP with Google.org support, Spot4dis, to facilitate parking for people with reduced mobility. This tool will offer the location of parking spaces of this type at a European level, multimedia information around the selected space, incident reporting and voice commands to improve the user experience, as reported by the Valencia City Council in a statement.

The project will be initially tested in five cities and Valencia will be the first in which this pilot project will be implemented for its subsequent expansion and development in other cities.

The mayor of the Valencian capital, María José Catalá, and the president of the Association of People with Reduced Mobility (ASOPMR), Carlo Castellano, have signed the General Protocol of Actions for the development of the Spot4dis Project. This initiative represents "a leap in quality in the city's accessibility," the same sources have pointed out.

The signing of the protocol was attended by the director of Government Affairs and Public Policies of Google Spain and Portugal, Miguel Escassi; the Councilor for Tourism, Innovation and Investments in Valencia, Paula Llobet, and the general director of Disability of the Valencian council, Javier Copoví.

The Spot4Dis project will consist of an improved evolution of the Park4Dis APP that will facilitate the location of PMR spaces at a European level, improving the collection of spaces through the development of Artificial Intelligence, Street View and satellite images thanks to Google.org support.

In addition, it will incorporate voice commands/Google Voice to facilitate guidance to the square, adding new advanced functionalities to improve the autonomy and inclusion of people with reduced mobility, without limits of territory or region, the local administration has highlighted.

María José Catalá has highlighted the collaboration of the City Council in this project and has stated that "it is an unequivocal example of making Valencia a more accessible city." "We are betting on technology and digital tools to improve the autonomy and quality of life of people with reduced mobility, and to become an inclusive and accessible destination," she said.

The first mayor also recalled that for the first time in the history of the city there is a General Directorate of Disability that reports directly to the Mayor's Office. "Accessibility policies are transversal and we must coordinate them," she stressed.

ASOPMR's Park4Dis project selected and recognized by Google.org ASOPMR, promoter of this project, is an organization whose main objective is to collect and distribute useful information to people with reduced mobility to improve their autonomy and quality of life, the council has added. .

The NGO has been selected as a beneficiary of the Google.org Impact: Tech for Social Good challenge, obtaining funding of 1.5 million euros and technical support from Google Fellowships.

Google has recognized him as one of the two winners in Spain of the aforementioned challenge, which supports non-profit organizations and social companies that use technology to generate a positive impact and build a more resilient and inclusive society.