FOCUS ON PLANNING FOR PARKING: A STOCHASTIC PARKING PROBLEM

The article deals with the parking problem of a closed community of drivers, each of whom aims to park as close as possible to his destination within the constraints imposed upon him by the authorities. It shows how the problem may be analysed by the mathematical optimisation technique of linear programming, the criterion being the minimisation of the average distance which drivers must walk. To test the method's validity, the system is simulated using data from the leeds university parking precinct. From the results of the simulation model, it is then possible to arrive at conclusions about the most efficient way of allocating parking spaces to drivers and of subdividing the precinct into zones. (A) /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • MAHER, M J
  • Birchall, M C
• Publication Date: 1975-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 220-223
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Digital computers; Linear programming; Linear systems; Mathematical analysis; Minimization; Optimization; Parking; Parking regulations; Simulation; Stochastic processes; Walking; Walking distance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Minimum; Optimum
• Old TRIS Terms: Stockastic process
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 8673: Digital computer; 6484: Linear system; 9046: Minimum; 955: Parking; 9103: Simulation; 8645: Software; 6574: Stochastic process; 758: Walking
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; I71: Traffic Theory; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127775
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 3 1975 12:00AM