HOW 'SMART PARKING' CAN HELP TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION

This article examines a new smart parking pilot project aimed at thinning highway congestion and increasing transit usage on the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system The project was located at the Rockridge BART station off of California Highway 24 and uses flashing road signs to display real time information on available parking spaces. The system allows people to reserve spaces or track space availability by Internet, phone, cell phone and PDA. According to the projects principal investigator, BART intends to expand the program to other stations. The article lists funding sources such as the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and details the technology used to gather the real-time information.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • February/March 2005
• Corporate Authors:

  Bobit Publishing Company

  21061 S Western Avenue
  Torrance, CA  United States  90501-1711
• Authors:
  • Campbell, J
• Publication Date: 2005-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 22
• Serial:
  • Metro
  • Volume: 101
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Bobit Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 1098-0083
  • Serial URL: http://www.metro-magazine.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Parking facilities; Real time information
• Candidate Terms: Smart parking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00988218
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 1 2005 12:00AM