Suwon Adopts 'Whistle' Service for Advance Parking Enforcement Alerts

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Special City has introduced the 'Whistle' mobile service to provide advance parking enforcement alerts and will operate it alongside the existing 'Suwon Parking Enforcement Pre-Notification Service.'

The parking enforcement pre-notification service operated by the city since 2013 sends advance notice text messages to vehicle owners prior to parking enforcement operations.

However, since this service could not be used in other regions, the city decided to introduce 'Whistle,' a mobile app service that provides integrated alert services from 100 local governments nationwide.

Whistle delivers notification messages via text message or in-app messaging. It also provides various convenience features including △foreign language alerts △traffic penalty inquiries △nearby parking lot search, and more.

The city plans to operate both the existing Parking Enforcement Pre-Notification Service and Whistle in parallel through this year. When users are registered in both systems, Whistle is given priority and alerts are sent through it.

Beginning January 1 next year, the Parking Enforcement Pre-Notification Service will be discontinued, and enforcement alerts will be sent only through Whistle.

The city plans to send text messages to existing subscribers of the Parking Enforcement Pre-Notification Service informing them of these changes and will actively promote Whistle.

Users can download the Whistle app from the Play Store (Android) or App Store (Apple) and sign up.