Hunt for Perfect Detection of Parking Occupancy: Evaluation of On-Street Technology and Its Ability to Address Urban Challenges

For better management of on-street parking, cities are searching for ways to understand current usage of their on-street supply. Options for collecting on-street parking occupancy information range from manual data collection, which tends to be slow and not in real time, to in-ground sensors, which can provide real-time data but are costly and may have other issues related to battery life and their placement in the roadbed. This paper evaluates the various data collection methods and technologies for on-street parking. The District of Columbia Department of Transportation’s experience with various on-street technologies to detect parking occupancy is described, with a focus on how the technologies were able to identify solutions to the urban challenges inherent in the District. Criteria for a more in-depth analysis of on-street occupancy detection technology are described and presented as the next steps in the evaluation.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/2645-02
• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Dey, Soumya S
  • Darst, Matthew
  • Pochowski, Alek
  • Pérez, Benito O
  • Sanchez, Eduardo Cardenas
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 12–23
• Monograph Title: Information Technology, Geospatial Information, and Advanced Computing
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2645
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Detection and identification systems; Evaluation; On street parking; Parking guidance systems; Sensors
• Identifier Terms: District Department of Transportation
• Geographic Terms: Washington (District of Columbia)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01622551
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309460408
• Report/Paper Numbers: 17-01377
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 17 2017 9:47AM