--- title: "Blue zone parking management solution | QR Blue" description: "Create or modernise a blue zone: online exemptions for residents and businesses, one QR badge per vehicle, enforcement on a smartphone." url: https://qrblue.fr/en/blue-zone-parking language: en --- Blue zone # Blue zone parking: manage exemptions and enforcement A blue zone limits parking time so that spaces turn over. Depending on your by-law, residents, some businesses or health workers are exempt. QR Blue manages these exemptions end to end: online application, QR badge, on-street checks. [Request a demo](https://qrblue.fr/en/contact) ## What municipalities face ### Spaces occupied all day long Long-stay and outside vehicles take the spaces of residents and shop customers. ### Paper permits that are easy to copy A printed permit can be photocopied, lent, and left behind the windscreen after a move. ### Checks that are hard to settle Without an up-to-date list on the street, officers cannot tell whether an exemption is still valid. ### A front desk swamped when a zone opens Creating a blue zone brings hundreds of applications within a few weeks. ## What QR Blue brings - Rules per zone: eligible streets and house-number ranges, cap per household, validity period - Online applications with supporting documents, decided in one click - One unique QR badge per vehicle, no visible plate, never reprinted - Checks by scanning the QR or the plate: valid, expired or not found - The optional Short-stay module for very short stops - Statistics to report to the municipal council ## Features used - [QR badges and permits](https://qrblue.fr/en/features/qr-badges) - [Self-service portal](https://qrblue.fr/en/features/self-service-portal) - [Request processing](https://qrblue.fr/en/features/request-processing) - [Enforcement app](https://qrblue.fr/en/features/enforcement-app) - [Short-stay module](https://qrblue.fr/en/features/short-stay) ## Municipalities using it - Bois-Colombes (92) ### QR Car [Read the case study](https://qrblue.fr/en/news/qr-car-one-year-after-bois-colombes) - Paray-Vieille-Poste (91) ### QR Bleu [Read the case study](https://qrblue.fr/en/news/blue-zones-paray-vieille-poste) - Rungis (94) ### QR-Rungis [Read the case study](https://qrblue.fr/en/news/rungis-modernises-parking-with-qr-rungis) - Mont-Saint-Aignan (76) ### QR MSA [Read the case study](https://qrblue.fr/en/news/mont-saint-aignan-adopts-qr-blue-for-resident-parking) [References](https://qrblue.fr/en/references) ## Frequently asked questions ### How is a blue zone set up in a French municipality? By a mayoral by-law setting the area, the maximum parking time and any exemptions, with the matching signage. QR Blue then handles the issuing of exemptions and their enforcement. ### Do residents have to use the parking disc? It depends on your by-law. Most often, residents holding a permit are exempt in their zone: the QR badge behind the windscreen shows that exemption. ### Does the QR badge replace the disc for visitors? No: visitors keep using the disc. For very short stops, the Short-stay module offers an alternative to the disc: a QR code on the space that drivers scan to declare their stop. ### Can several blue zones be managed? Yes. Each zone has its own streets, rules and permit holders, and one badge can cover several zones. ### How long does it take to launch the service? Usually one to two months, most of it being the municipality's own preparation. A shared roadmap tracks every required item and every party. Once everything has been received, QR Blue sets the service up in fifteen days. ## Other permits managed by QR Blue - [Resident permitResidents' permits, applied for and renewed online.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/resident-parking-permits) - [Businesses and tradespeopleTradespeople, shopkeepers, companies: permits with their own rules.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/business-parking-permits) - [Health workersNurses, doctors, home care: one badge across several zones.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/healthcare-parking-permits) - [Municipal staff and servicesService vehicles, staff, teachers: in the same database.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/municipal-staff-parking) - [Temporary zonesEvents, markets, works: permits with a common end date.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/temporary-parking-zones) - [Optional moduleShort-stay moduleShort-stay parking, digitised.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/features/short-stay) - [Optional moduleOnline payment moduleFor the badges and zones you choose to charge for.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/features/online-payment) ## Take back control of your parking zones A 30-minute demo, on your own case, with no commitment. [Request a demo](https://qrblue.fr/en/contact)[+33 6 34 22 91 39](tel:+33634229139)