Cairo To Roll Out Digitized Parking System With Uniformed Attendants

In a bid to overhaul its chaotic parking scene, Cairo is able to launch a model new digitized parking administration system beginning Friday, 20 June, Governor Ibrahim Saber launched. 

Beneath the plan, parking attendants, recognized regionally as sayes, shall be required to register through companies formally contracted by the Cairo Governorate. These attendants will don standardized light-blue jackets adorned with scannable barcodes that offer motorists detailed data at a glance.

The barcodes, accessible by means of mobile phone, will current drivers with specifics regarding the attendant’s licensing standing, the contracted working agency, and the exact parking zone. In addition to, each uniform will present the governorate’s insignia, tamper-proof identifiers, and a singular code tying the attendant to a registered district and restore area.

Governor Saber emphasised the switch as part of a broader approach to curb fraud, crack down on unauthorized attendants, and supply residents a reliable strategy of verification. He added that each one official paperwork tied to collaborating companies will carry the an identical barcode found on attendant uniforms, reinforcing transparency and traceability.

The uniforms may additionally perform a hotline amount for Cairo’s central operations room, allowing residents to report misconduct or complaints instantly.

This method arrives in response to a 2020 nationwide laws that seeks to regulate on-street parking practices, mandating official licensing, outlined parking zones, and set worth constructions. The laws objectives to battle a long-standing downside in Cairo: self-appointed attendants demanding excessive fees and, in some situations, harassing drivers who refuse to evolve.

The digitized rollout will first launch inside the capital’s Western Space, sooner than growing all through all districts.

Cairo is the first governorate to implement such a sweeping, tech-integrated governance model for public parking, an effort that metropolis officers hope will restore order to the streets and empower drivers with greater readability and security.

The initiative marks the capital’s first concerted effort to formalize the work of on-street parking attendants, prolonged criticized for working outside the laws.