Setting your preferences

The allocation engine uses your preferences to decide who gets which space each week. The more accurate and complete your preferences are, the better your allocations will be.

• Preferred space type — choose standard, accessible, EV charging or covered. The engine will favour spaces of that type when allocating to you.
• I need accessible parking — tick this box if you require an accessible bay. It carries extra weight in the fairness engine.
• Days I need parking — tick the day pills for the days you usually drive in. If you need parking every day, leave all the pills unselected; that means every day.
• Preferred specific spaces — once your organisation has added its spaces, you can pick particular bays you would like. These are preferences, not guarantees.
• Priority notes — free-text context for your administrators, for example a recurring appointment or a medical need. Use it to explain anything the tick boxes cannot capture.
• Typical departure time — choose early, normal or late. If your organisation has tandem stacked bays, this helps pair you with someone whose arrival and departure times do not clash.
• Mobile number — optional. It is shared only with your tandem partner, so they can reach you about swapped use of a stacked bay.
• SMS notifications — tick to receive text messages from ParkShare. This option stays greyed out until you have saved a mobile number.

1. 1Open the Preferences page.
2. 2Work through each field above and set what applies to you.
3. 3Save your changes. They take effect from the next allocation run.

You can come back and adjust your preferences at any time — for example if your working pattern changes or you get an electric vehicle.