Time-lapse Cameras Measure Street Parking Demand

Beginning in the Fall of 2011, the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) began using a time-lapse photography-based technique to monitor parking, occupancy, and turnover as part of the agency's PARK Smart program, an innovative parking, pricing, and curb management initiative. Like many local DOTs, NYCDOT was seeking an inexpensive way to understand what was happening at the curb on busy blocks, including: average parking duration, the occupancy rate during peak times, delivery and commercial vehicles activity, and double parking. The time-lapse technique has proven to be flexible and cost efficient. It uses readily available off-the-shelf technology and provides more robust and detailed data.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from the Institute of Transportation Engineers
• Authors:
  • Blakeley, Manzell
  • Gray, Nathan
• Publication Date: 2013-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 36-39
• Serial:
  • ITE Journal
  • Volume: 83
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
  • ISSN: 0162-8178
  • Serial URL: https://www.ite.org/publications/ite-journal/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial vehicles; Curb side parking; Delivery vehicles; On street parking; Parking demand; Parking turnover rate; Pricing; Time lapse photography
• Identifier Terms: New York City Department of Transportation
• Geographic Terms: New York (New York)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01495788
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 2013 2:49PM