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Parking Guidance System Seattle. Dynamic Parking Guidance System for Seattle – Conceptual framework – Dirk Serwill November 13, 2006. Overview. Parking Guidance Systems. Directions to available parking spaces. Real time: Actual number of available spaces in area or lot.
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Parking Guidance System Seattle Dynamic Parking Guidance System for Seattle – Conceptual framework – Dirk SerwillNovember 13, 2006
Parking Guidance Systems Directions to available parking spaces Real time: Actual number of available spaces in area or lot
Dynamic sign at car park entrance Static sign for routing Dynamic and static signs Dynamic sign at decision points
Elements of a dynamic sign Parking Logo (differentiated in garages, surface lots, zone) Name of car park or zone Color of zone Driving direction Explanation of display Variable Arrow (option) Display of currently available parking spaces
Parking Guidance Systems • Better orientation by using colored areas (zones)
Parking Guidance Systems Guidance to single facilities and (other) zones Zones approach helps tolimit the number of signsat one location
Example for the use of zones on the signs A B Sign location
Garage nearly full Parking Guidance Systems Guidance to different facilities in one zone
Examples for awareness methods "Parking Guidance System" "City Center" Logo
Example: The logo in Munich 5 zones: Names of town districts Gaggenauviertel Kreuzviertel Hauptbahnhof- viertel Heckenviertel Angerviertel
Benefits of a Parking Guidance System • Reduce search for parking traffic which leads to a • reduction of emissions • reduction of fuel consumption • reduction of wasted time • Direct parking traffic on dedicated roads (e.g. using the main road network) • Promote better use of existingcapacity of parking facilities • Provide better information for drivers with limited knowledge about the transportation system by showing alternative parking locations in the proximity of their destination
Benefits for the car park owners • Improved awareness of their facility • More revenues from more parkers • More potential customers if the parking garage belongs to a retailer • "Advertisement" if for example the name of a shopping mall car park appears on the signs • Added value by being shown on parking related web-sites and brochures
A typical parking facility of a Parking Guidance System … • is located in reasonable distance to the drivers final destination (e.g. up to 3 blocks or up to 10 min walking distance) • provides enough stalls for short-term parkers • has sufficient opening hours • provides the possibility to count all incoming and outgoing vehicles • fits in the overall pricing scheme of the area.Basic rules for the pricing scheme • similar prices in the same area • comparable prices between off-street and on-street parking • lower prices for locations further away from the center