Vehicle types and capacity

Defining What Can Park and How Many Vehicles You Can Handle

Every parking facility is designed with specific vehicle types and limits in mind.
A bike park behaves very differently from a commercial car park or a mixed-use facility.

In SISTEM, Vehicle Types and Capacity work together to ensure accurate availability, pricing, and smooth daily operations.

What are vehicle types in SISTEM?

Vehicle types define what kind of vehicles are allowed to enter a parking facility.

Common examples include:

Two-wheelers
Cars
SUVs
Electric vehicles (EVs)
Commercial vehicles
Buses or trucks (for large facilities)

Each vehicle type can be treated as a separate category within the same parking.

Why vehicle types matter

Vehicle types are not just labels. They directly affect:

Capacity management — how many vehicles can be accommodated
Pricing rules — different rates per vehicle type
Availability status — preventing overbooking
Reporting and analytics — usage trends by vehicle category

This allows parking operators to manage space efficiently and maximize revenue.

Understanding parking capacity

Capacity defines how many vehicles a parking facility can hold at one time.

In SISTEM, capacity is:

Set at the parking level
Configured per vehicle type
Enforced in real time

This ensures the system always knows whether parking is:

Available
Almost full
Completely occupied

Vehicle-type based capacity

Different vehicle types often require different space allocations.

For example:

50 car slots
30 two-wheeler slots
10 EV charging slots

SISTEM allows you to:

Define capacity separately for each vehicle type
Track occupancy independently
Prevent one category from consuming another’s space

This is especially useful for mixed-use or urban parking facilities.

How capacity affects daily operations

Capacity settings control:

Whether new entries are allowed
When a parking is marked as full
Operator permissions during peak hours

Once capacity is reached:

New vehicle entries are blocked
Operators are alerted
Availability is reflected across dashboards

This prevents manual errors and overcrowding.

Steps to add vehicle types and capacity

Once a parking space is created, vehicle types and capacity are configured from Parking Settings.
This setup is done through Vehicle Rates, where capacity, pricing, and rules come together.

Step 1: Go to parking settings

Open the parking you want to configure
Navigate to settings and select vehicle rates

This section controls how each vehicle type behaves operationally.

Step 2: Choose or add a vehicle type

Click on the vehicle type you want to add (for example: Car, Bike, EV)
If needed, you can add multiple vehicle types one by one

Each vehicle type is configured independently.

Step 3: Define capacity for the vehicle type

Enter the capacity for this vehicle type
Capacity should match the physical slots available in that parking

This ensures SISTEM correctly tracks availability and prevents over-occupancy.

Step 4: Set vehicle status

Mark the vehicle type as:
- Active → Allowed to enter and be tracked
- Inactive → Temporarily disabled (no entries allowed)

Inactive vehicle types retain their configuration and can be reactivated anytime.

Step 5: Apply tax in particular vehicle type

Select whether tax applies to this vehicle type
Tax is calculated on the pricing defined for this vehicle

This is useful when different vehicle categories follow different tax rules.

Step 6: Review pricing model

The pricing model is defaulted to Time-Based
Rates are calculated based on parking duration

Advanced pricing rules can be configured later without changing capacity.

Step 7: Add time-based pricing tiers

Once the vehicle type details are saved, you can define pricing tiers for that vehicle.

Click on Add Pricing Tier
Choose Time-Based Pricing (default model)

You can now set rules such as:

Up to 3 hours → Fixed or hourly cost
More than 6 hours → Different rate
24 hours or full-day parking → Flat price

Each tier represents how charges change as parking duration increases.

Step 8: Save and repeat for other vehicle types

Save the configuration
Repeat the same steps for each vehicle type in the parking

Each vehicle type can have:

Different capacity
Different pricing
Different tax settings

Important notes while adding vehicles

Vehicle capacity is always parking-specific
Capacity can be updated later as layouts change
Disabling a vehicle type does not affect past records
Changes apply immediately to live operations

Capacity and reporting

Capacity data feeds directly into:

Occupancy reports
Peak hour analysis
Revenue per vehicle type
Utilization trends

Over time, this helps operators:

Adjust pricing
Expand or reduce capacity
Optimize parking layouts

Common setup mistakes to avoid

Setting a single capacity for all vehicle types
Forgetting to include EV or special vehicle slots
Overestimating capacity beyond physical limits
Not updating capacity after layout changes

Correct setup ensures the system reflects reality on ground.

In simple words

Vehicle types define what can park
Capacity defines how many can park
Each vehicle type can have its own limit
SISTEM enforces capacity automatically

This keeps parking operations controlled, predictable, and efficient.

Help Center