A vehicle-tracking company is in talks with London’s transport bosses to use its technology to combat the capital’s parking problems.

FleetM8 is working with DLAB to create ‘virtual loading bays’, which allow commercial vehicles to deliver goods using a system similar to the way air traffic controllers manage flights in and out of airports.

Now the firm is in talks with Transport for London, City of Westminster Council, the Freight Operators Recognition Scheme (FORS) and Freight Transport Association (FTA) to commercialise the concept.

“The bays can be time and traffic flow dependent and rolled out over the whole of London with commercial deliveries managed via a booking process,” explained FleetM8’s operation’s director Neil Herron.