EVO EXPERIENCE DESIGN

City of Edmonton –
Traffic Operations 

Project Client
Director, Traffic Operations
Project Champions

Parking Services

Parking Enforcement Services

311 & Integrated Service Centre

Customer Communications Services

Financial Services / Bylaw Ticket 

Administration

Legal Services

Accessibility Advisory Committee

Project Stakeholders

Accessible Parking Digital Service Experience Improvement

The Parking Services team initiated a Digital Project to develop an online self-service process that provided time-limited free parking to Accessible Parking Placard Holders.

Situation

In looking to identify all necessary process changes & software User requirements, the Parking Program team hit a major roadblock in obtaining User & stakeholder buy-in. 

They encountered two major hurdles: 

  • A multitude of unique permit usage & stakeholder impact scenarios was making it difficult to pinpoint User needs on which to base an effective, manageable intake process.
  • Insufficient understanding of data & CX requirements concerning all aspects of the intake & enforcement service process was creating excessive inconvenience for Users.

Action

Recognizing the complexity of their service environment, Traffic Operations engaged participants from across the multiple functional areas in a Technology Integration Sprint project, designed to ensure that the updated accessible parking program & self-service processes:

  • Avoided conflicts arising from misaligned definitions & competing expectations.
  • Could be managed efficiently, minimizing potential abuse of the parking exemption program.
  • Were seamlessly integrated with other cross-functional service processes in such a way that the unique needs of both the accessible parking community & the Teams were neither overlooked nor neglected.

Outcome

Parking Services used the Service Experience information & insights generated to confidently provide their IT Digital Project Team with:

  • A set of clearly articulated User experience & service process requirements that they could immediately put into action.
  • Visibility & insights into which specific service experience challenges to target via digital delivery.
  • Clearly identified communication & interactivity opportunities that could support a Strategic Communications Plan intended for both internal & external audiences.
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