Computer-implemented system and method for providing management of motor vehicle parking spaces during scheduled street sweeping

A computer-implemented method for providing management of motor vehicle parking spaces during scheduled street sweeping, comprising:

• managing a multiplicity of motor vehicle parking spaces through a centrally-located server, the server configured to interface over a computer network and comprising a memory and a computer processor;
• interfacing via the computer network a plurality of smart parking devices that are each physically proximate to and which correspond to at least one of the parking spaces;
• interfacing via the computer network a plurality of vehicle occupancy sensors that are also each physically proximate to and which correspond to at least one of the parking spaces;
• interfacing with the server via the computer network a plurality of parking availability indicators that are each associated with at least one of the parking spaces;
• interfacing a GPS locational device associated with each of a plurality of street sweeping vehicles with the server;
• receiving scheduling for street sweeping activity on streets with one or more of the multiplicity of parking spaces;
• tracking a location and progress of each of the street sweeping vehicles via the GPS locational device;
• and
• managing by the server use of the parking spaces contemporaneous to the street sweeping activity, comprising:
• managing a parking reservation for a driver of a motor vehicle;
• identifying the scheduled street sweeping activity prior to occurrence and a period of unavailability for parking during the scheduled street sweeping activity comprising a start time and an end time for the street sweeping activity;
• determining that the period of unavailability falls within at least a portion of the parking reservation;
• sensing occupancy of one of the parking spaces by the motor vehicle through one of the vehicle occupancy sensors closest to the occupied parking space;
• determining an identity of the driver associated with the motor vehicle for the parking reservation;
• sending a message to the parking indicator associated with the occupied parking space to display a color associated with an occupied status;
• transmitting from the server to one of the parking devices associated with the occupied parking space instructions comprising a reminder of the identified scheduled street sweeping activity and the period of parking unavailability for display on the parking device upon the driver checking into the reservation;
• subsequent to departure of the vehicle, identifying the start time of the scheduled street sweeping activity;
• sending a message to the parking indicator associated with the occupied parking space to change the color associated with the occupied status to a different color for an unavailable status based on the start time of the scheduled street sweeping activity;
• releasing for public parking, the parking space from the period of unavailability associated with that parking space;
• and
• making the parking space available for parking prior to termination of the period of unavailability once the street sweeping activity has been completed by one of the street sweeping vehicles as determined by the GPS associated with the street sweeping vehicle, comprising:
• tracking progress of the street sweeping activity on a per city block basis;
• and
• decreasing a tally of the number of parking spaces not available for parking upon completion of the street cleaning activity for those parking spaces and prior to completion of the street cleaning activity for the city block on which those parking spaces are located.