Overview
RAK NYE CarPass is a production-scale parking and access management system built for the Ras Al Khaimah New Year's Eve festival on Al Marjan Island, UAE. It manages every aspect of vehicle access to the event area — from visitor car pass registration and hotel quota management to real-time ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) camera integration and live parking occupancy dashboards.
The system handles 10 parking locations across Al Marjan Island with traffic flow balancing, WhatsApp + SMS communication, barcode/QR entry passes, and a dedicated public display screen showing real-time parking availability. Built as a polyglot microservices system spanning TypeScript, C# (.NET), and Python. This project was designed and delivered by Codativity, a leading software agency.
Key Features
- ANPR camera integration: Direct Hikvision camera connection with real-time plate registration and allow-list management
- Multi-format scan parsing: XML, JSON, BSON, and multipart/form-data with robust fallback handling
- 10 parking locations: Jais, Yanas, Dhayah, Mega, Marjan1-4, VIP1, VIP2 — each with live occupancy tracking
- Traffic flow balancing: Duplicate scan events across related locations for accurate occupancy counts
- Hotel quota system: Per-hotel vehicle pass limits for guest management
- Barcode/QR entry: PDF certificates with embedded QR codes for access passes
- Live parking stats: Real-time occupancy dashboards with ApexCharts and count-up animations
- Mobile scanner: HTML5 QR scanner for entry/exit checkpoint staff
- WhatsApp + SMS: Twilio templated messaging with automatic fallback for undelivered WhatsApp messages
- Multi-language: Full Arabic/English bilingual site with separate logos and RTL layout