RANGE OF APPLICATION AND STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF A PARKING GUIDE SYSTEM
ANWENDUNGSBEREICH UND UNTERSUCHUNG VON AUSWIRKUNGEN EINES PARKLEITSYSTEMS
IN APRIL 1971 IN THE CITY OF AACHEN, AN AUTOMATIC PARKING GUIDE SYSTEM WAS PUT INTO OPERATION FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHICH COVERS THE WHOLE OF THE PARKING AREAS AND MULTISTOREY CAR PARKS IN THE CITY AREA. BY MEANS OF PARKING SIGNS, WHICH ARE AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED BY CONTINUOUS CHECKING OF CAR PARK CAPACITIES, DRIVERS LOOKING FOR PARKING SPACE WILL BE DIRECTED TO FREE PARKING AREAS. THE AIM OF THE RESEARCH IS TO DEFINE THE LIMITS OF THE FIELD OF APPLICATION OF SUCH PARKING GUIDE SYSTEMS, USING BEFORE AND AFTER COUNTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY SURVEYS ON CERTAIN SELECTED DAYS, TO ANALYZE IN DETAIL THEIR FUNCTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS FROM THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING POINT OF VIEW AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC IN THE URBAN STREET NETWORK, AND TO DERIVE CRITERIA FOR AUTOMATIC PARKING GUIDE SYSTEMS.
Language
- German
Project
- Status: Completed
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Sponsor Organizations:
BUNDESMINISTER FUER VERKEHR
BONN, Germany -
Project Managers:
BOESEFELDT,
HEUSCH,
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Performing Organizations:
BERATENDE INGENIEURE DR.-ING. HEUSCH - DIPL.-ING. BOESEFELDT
PETERSTR. 2-4
AACHEN, Germany D-5100 - Start Date: 19720000
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 19770000
- Source Data: ITRD D700058
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automation; Parking; Parking facilities; Research projects; Traffic control; Traffic signs; Urban areas
- ITRD Terms: 3882: Automatic; 916: Car park; MULTI STOREY CAR PARK ; 955: Parking; 8557: Research project; 654: Traffic control; 553: Traffic sign; 313: Urban area; WEST GERMANY
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities; TRAFFIC PLANNING; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01299866
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Forschungsgesellschaft für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen (FGSV)
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 21 2010 7:36AM