Manage blue badge permits in a simple and effective way
Eliminate challenges and ensure compliance.
Eliminate challenges and ensure compliance.
Blue badges help people with disabilities park closer to their destination. They typically last for a fixed period of time, with local government authorities deciding on whether a blue badge application is accepted.
OCTOPASS ® enables organisations to intelligently use blue badge information, provided as part of the parking permit application, to be used as part of the permit management process.
Organisations today face multiple challenges with respect to blue badge car parking. OCTOPASS ® is built with the flexibility to cater to each organisation’s unique requirements, as well as handle the main common challenges of blue badge parking permit management.
Fraud and misuse of blue badges are common challenges that organisations face.
These include forged or expired blue badges being used and displayed in vehicles, as well as using a blue badge even in the absence of the registered blue badge holder.
Planning and enforcement for blue badge dedicated parking bays can be a challenge, particularly when the parking facility has access control restrictions such as barriers and/or ANPR cameras.
The number of blue badge holders has dramatically increased in recent years.
Many organisations still use a manual paper-based approach to handle blue badge parking permits, which is a time-consuming and error-prone process.
Organisations need to ensure that interfaces provided to blue badge holders are perceivable, operable, understandable and robust as per best practice guidelines for accessible digital services.
Personal data and blue badge information is incredibly sensitive data. Organisations need strong data governance and security processes.
It is important for organisations to ensure that the interfaces presented to staff, along with any notifications generated, are consistent with the organisation's branding guidelines and will not cause confusion.
Flexibility is a key component of long-term success.
Your permit management system should have the ability to easily integrate with other systems, add/remove features in real time, and offer additional supplementary services that go beyond the standard blue badge parking permits.
OCTOPASS ® helps you address all of these aspects and challenges in a simple and straightforward way.
Create different blue badge permit types with corresponding configurable application forms.
OCTOPASS ® enables you to capture front and back scans of blue badges, with additional information such as expiry date.
This information can be further verified as part of the application approval process, allowing you to approve valid applications and ensure permits don’t extend past their expiration dates.
OCTOPASS ® is WCAG compliant and is built for simplicity, offering features to help blue badge holders to easily navigate the application process.
One such feature is the Easy Scan, which allows users to simply take pictures of the blue badge with their phone cameras and attach them to their applications.
The Blue Badge Checker feature enables users on Android devices to scan and check for valid permits. This can be integrated into external enforcement systems and/or an organisation’s back-office system to perform real-time checks against vehicles displaying blue badges.
We are actively pursuing a number of collaborative partnerships with respect to blue badge processing and fraud prevention, so watch this space for exciting developments.
