PARKING SPACE ALLOCATION BY COMPUTER MODEL

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES METHODS USED IN CONDUCTING A TYPICAL PARKING STUDY OF A CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND POINTS OUT THE SHORTCOMINGS OF TRADITIONAL METHODS USED TO ASSIGN AND LOCATE FUTURE PARKING DEMAND. IT OUTLINES A METHOD DEVELOPED IN A RECENT PARKING STUDY OF THE SEATTLE CBD WHEREIN A COMPUTER MODEL WAS CALIBRATED TO FIT THE ACTUAL FIELD CONDITIONS OF PARKING DEMAND AND SUPPLY LOCATION. THE PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS USED TO CALIBRATE THE MODEL WERE PARKING COST AND WALKING DISTANCE, WHICH WERE DETERMINED BY EXTENSIVE FIELD SURVEYS. THE USE OF THE COMPUTER MODEL ELIMINATES THE NEED TO MANUALLY ADJUST OR BALANCE PARKING DEMAND AGAINST SUPPLY ON A BLOCK-BY-BLOCK BASIS IN THE DETERMINATION OF LOCATIONS FOR FUTURE PARKING FACILITIES. THE MODEL CAN ALSO BE MODIFIED TO TEST VARIOUS SCHEMES IN THE PLANNING OF PARKING PROGRAMS AS WELL AS ALTERNATE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. TO THE AUTHORS' KNOWLEDGE, THE COMPUTER MODEL DEVELOPED IN THE SEATTLE STUDY IS UNIQUE IN THAT THIS METHOD HAS NOT BEEN USED AND TESTED HERETOFORE IN A LARGE METROPOLITAN AREA. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1972/395/395-003.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Committee on Parking and Terminals. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Gray, Victor O
  • Neale, Merritt A
• Conference:
  • 51st Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1972-1-17 to 1972-1-21
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: pp 21-32
• Monograph Title: Parking allocation techniques
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 395
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost allocation; Costs; Distance; Information processing; Parking; Parking demand; Walkways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Allocation models
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226431
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 23 1973 12:00AM