Development of LOS Analysis Procedures and Performance Measurement Systems for Parking

University Transportation Centers Program2021PDFTech ReportCheu, Ruey LongWeidner, JeffreyGurbuz, OkanBriones, FernieMadrid, DanielleBrown, LaurenUniversity of Texas at El PasoTexas A&M Transportation InstituteConnected Cities for Smart Mobility toward Accessible and Resilient Transportation Center (C2SMART)New York University. Department of Civil and Urban EngineeringUnited States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) ProgramUnited States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and TechnologyConnected Cities for Smart Mobility toward Accessible and Resilient Transportation Center (C2SMART)United StatesIntelligent transportation systemsLevel of serviceOn street parkingParking garagesParking lotsPerformance measurement69A3551747124The objectives of this project were: (1) To develop a Level of Service (LOS) analysis procedure for the following off-street parking facilities: open surface parking lots with one entrance, open surface parking lots with multiple entrances, and garages with one entrance. This objective included three example problems to illustrate the applications of the proposed LOS analysis procedure to the above off-street parking facilities. (2) To develop a Concept of Operations (ConOps) for a smart garage Performance Measurement System (PMS). This objective included a study to estimate the benefits, in terms of search time and LOS, by converting a conventional garage into a smart garage. (3) To develop a ConOps for a Smart On-Street Parking (SOSP) PMS. This objective included methodologies to estimate the parking occupancy ratio and use it to estimate the average search time. (4) To develop equations that estimate the average search time for on-street parking as functions of occupancy ratio.127