Technical Solutions to Overcrowded Park and Ride Facilities

This report presents the results on potential techniques to more efficiently utilize existing park and ride technologies and plan for future changes to the park and ride facilities. It presents: (1) A summary of parking monitoring and parking guidance systems and recommendations that includes a cost analysis using three technologies: magnetometer, video image processing and inductive loop detectors for a typical parking installation; (2) A prototype parking information and reservation system through the web and cell phone that includes a parking reservation algorithm and solution methodology, a web-based parking reservation system and a cell-phone based parking reservation and information system. The establishment of a web and cell phone based parking information and reservation system is recommended as the main technology to efficiently allocate the parking spaces from overcrowded to underutilized park and ride facilities; and (3) A prototype park and ride intermodal transportation planning model and a case study implementation, with the model recommended to be expanded as a real-time traffic and park and ride forecasting system to enhance the operations and planning of park and ride facilities.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16240
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University Transportation Research Center

  City College of New York
  Marshak Hall, Suite 910, 160 Convent Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10031

  New Jersey Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Research, 1035 Parkway Avenue, P.O. Box 600
  Trenton, NJ  United States  08625-0600

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Mouskos, Kyriacos C
  • Boile, Maria
  • Parker, Neville A
• Publication Date: 2007-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 236p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cellular telephones; Computer models; Driver information systems; Loop detectors; Magnetometers; Monitoring; Park and ride; Parking facilities; Parking guidance systems; Prototypes; Real time information; Video imaging detectors; Websites (Information retrieval)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Parking reservation systems
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01055122
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-NJ-2007-011, RF 49777-19-03
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 23 2007 8:21AM