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.