Ingenieurgruppe für Verkehrswesen und Verfahrensentwicklung Aachen/Berlin Parking Guidance System Seattle Dynamic Parking Guidance System for Seattle – Conceptual framework – Dirk Serwill November 13, 2006

Parking Guidance System Seattle 1 Overview

Parking Guidance System Seattle 2 Parking Guidance Systems Directions to available parking spaces Real time: Actual number of available spaces in area or lot

Parking Guidance System Seattle 3 Dynamic sign at decision pointsDynamic sign at car park entrance Dynamic and static signs Static sign for routing

Parking Guidance System Seattle 4 Driving direction Parking Logo (differentiated in garages, surface lots, zone) Name of car park or zone Color of zone Variable Arrow (option) Display of currently available parking spaces Explanation of display Elements of a dynamic sign

Parking Guidance System Seattle 5 Parking Guidance Systems ●Better orientation by using colored areas (zones)

Parking Guidance System Seattle 6 Parking Guidance Systems Guidance to single facilities and (other) zones Zones approach helps to limit the number of signs at one location

Parking Guidance System Seattle 7 A B Sign location Example for the use of zones on the signs

Parking Guidance System Seattle 8 Parking Guidance Systems Guidance to different facilities in one zone Garage nearly full

Parking Guidance System Seattle 9 "Parking Guidance System""City Center" Logo Examples for awareness methods

Parking Guidance System Seattle 10 Example: The logo in Munich 5 zones: Names of town districts Kreuzviertel Gaggenauviertel Angerviertel Hauptbahnhof- viertel Heckenviertel

Parking Guidance System Seattle 11 Benefits of a Parking Guidance System ●Reduce search for parking traffic which leads to a –reduction of emissions –reduction of fuel consumption –reduction of wasted time ●Direct parking traffic on dedicated roads (e.g. using the main road network) ●Promote better use of existing capacity of parking facilities ●Provide better information for drivers with limited knowledge about the transportation system by showing alternative parking locations in the proximity of their destination

Parking Guidance System Seattle 12 Benefits for the car park owners ●Improved awareness of their facility ●More revenues from more parkers ●More potential customers if the parking garage belongs to a retailer ●"Advertisement" if for example the name of a shopping mall car park appears on the signs ●Added value by being shown on parking related web-sites and brochures

Parking Guidance System Seattle 13 A typical parking facility of a Parking Guidance System … ●is located in reasonable distance to the drivers final destination (e.g. up to 3 blocks or up to 10 min walking distance) ●provides enough stalls for short-term parkers ●has sufficient opening hours ●provides the possibility to count all incoming and outgoing vehicles ●fits in the overall pricing scheme of the area. Basic rules for the pricing scheme –similar prices in the same area –comparable prices between off-street and on-street parking –lower prices for locations further away from the center

Parking Guidance System Seattle 14 Oppenhoffallee 171 Phone: Ingenieurgruppe für Verfahrensentwicklung Verkehrswesen und Contact:Dr. Dirk Serwill Aachen Fax: Contact