1. Car Parking at Otaniemi Campus – Part 2
Antti Ahlava

2. Car parking in Aalto campus in Otaniemi
The costs and the principles of covering the costs of car parking
The rights of different user groups
Payment mode
Timetable
Communications
After this second workshop and the community discussion, there will be a presentation by Aalto University, including ACRE, on how to balance the car parking income and costs it the campus.

3. Costs of car parking for the university in Otaniemi (ACRE calculations)
Open field 5-10 k€/pp
Deck k€/pp
Parking house k€/pp
Underground 65+ k€/pp)

4. Justification for paid parking
the quality of outdoor areas
following equal directions by the city of Espoo on their land.
developing public transportation
avoiding congestion near metro station
urbanization
sustainability
the development of the digital and physical infrastructure of traffic
prioritizing university funding on education and research instead of parking facilities
covering partly the costs caused by the investment and maintenance of private car parking facilities
avoiding the pressure to raise spatial costs in the area
The City of Espoo has required measures from the university to support public traffic after the city considerably lowered the car parking norm (parking places / building areas).

5. Near future parking buildings

6. The cost of a parking fee
– defined together with users without causing unreasonable trouble to users – comparable level to equal areas – partially covers ground parking ( €/y) or parking facilitities (more expensive).  
The cost of a parking fee

7. Aalto campus research (2014)
According to a personnel survey of Aalto university, most people use bicycle to commute to work except on winter, when public traffic is the most usual.

8. Payment types User rate / tariff variations
student = employee? (aalto.fi + perhaps a recognition of person’s affiliation type?)
general parking (= outsiders): 2€/h?
variation (0,5-2€) in the future, when there is a generally accepted centre and outskirts of the campus area?

9. Payment technology in Aalto strategy
A. Web app and intelligent guidance
+ Passion to search new. For the makers of future, part of innovative society. New technology combined with service design. + Utilizes innovation, technology, ICT and integrated digital solutions. Mechanisms for creative practices and design thinking become part of the research and teaching of technology and business. Better results with better quality services created together. Efficient support services benefitting from digital solutions. Cumulating statistics on use helps to differentiate contract parking and visiting car parking and to optimize future infra investments.
+ Campus supports open innovation, exemplary experimental solutions + Cost-efficient services

10. The development of car parking information technology
Mobile payment becoming the norm
The accuracy of geospatial locationing by mobile phones
Possibilities to
easily variate tariffs per user-group and/or per parking lots
easily authorise and guide visitors to park (for free) within certain time limits, and on a certain parking lot

11. Bespoke solutions (ACRE’s own development project: Otapark)
+ a web application with flexible tariffs for user groups / areas, real-time availability info and availability forecast per parking area, map view of all parking areas. Own location shows up.
+ Host can send a link to a visitor.
+ Parking data can be connected and utilized in research.
+ SMS payment as option

12. Payment technology in Aalto strategy
B. Parking Meters/Machines
+ Traditional
– Does not support university strategy much – Cities are getting rid of this method due to vandalism as well as high investment and maintenance costs. – Difficult to update – Very many meters would be needed in the dispersed parking areas of Otaniemi – better suitable to centralised areas.
– Congestion during events

13. Payment technology in Aalto strategy
C. Stickers for Aalto people and parking meters for others
+ Supports the right to be critical (in personal car parking) + Stems from human-based parking environment
+ Quality of services (easy) + Good quality attractive spaces with enthusiastic and supportive parking experience (easy) – Problems: Criteria for distribution and validity periods, control, updates, short work contracts, startup use. Parking control would like to get rid of stickers and paper notes in cars – they are difficult to notice under snow, ice and personal items.

14. Timetable permission process for guide signage as soon as possible
change to paid parking simultaneously with Senate Properties, VTT and Espoo City ( agreed on this possibility).
Possibility to a staggered change
Paid stickers to personnel, meters/automates to others.
Later parking with web app and intelligent direction.

15. Timetable 1. Communicating the changes in infrastructure and parking
2. Small Parking Pilot (1-2 parking lots) (no real charges, no parking tickets)
3. Big Parking Pilot (all parking lots on Aalto’s ground) (no real charges, parking tickets?)
4. Parking as usual when VTT / Senaatti and Espoo move to paid parking.

16. Communication Communication on the principle of change through Aalto University COS and details through Aalto CRE communications.