Ended the competition to local government units. "Human Smart Cities. Smart cities co-created by residents "organized by the Ministry of investment and development. Among the audience was the town of Ełk.

Applications for funding submitted 78 cities. After assessing the proposals, the decision was made to grant the 25 projects broken down into three categories:

·         2 of big,

·         15 cities (among them the project Of Ełk),

·         8 small cities.

Project duration: April 1, 2019, 2021-30 September.

The project will be launched the preparation of the parking policy Elk, which analyzes and solutions that may contribute to a solution to the problem of parking.

Part of the diagnostic will include measurements and Research Park in any part of the city along with the survey of the parking spaces and balance and forecast of supply and demand (including deep analysis of the downtown area).

At this stage carried out will be a public consultation, which will be used to identify the places where there are particular problems with parking.

In the further part of the development of the principles and objectives of the parking policy will be established and described solutions for individual elements of the parking system, containing analysis/legal guidelines, organizational, technical, financial, to their the introduction of the.

Out of the proposed parking policy tools fully developed, tested and implemented on a pilot basis will be two solutions:

Solution # 1: The designation of a parking zone for a limited time at a standstill (e.g., 30 minutes) and automatic monitoring of that time. The solution will serve customers who come for a while to the institution. Exclude the possibility of parking for several hours by employees or residents.

Solution # 2: The designation of the schools parking zone on time stop to 1 minute. Kiss and ride (kiss & it)-the place where parents enjoyed every bit of our child to school safely stops, the child safely leaves, and a parent will go next. They are places with high rotation.

In addition, will be carried out educational activities, such as

• the Forum of public transport
• Congress of local authorities
• study visits
• "Smart Parking"

Project title: "Smart Parking-increasing the availability of parking spaces in the Elk".