Municipal Parking Management Guidance System
Status
Potential
Description
Municipal Parking Management Guidance Systems are to be installed at selected transit stops near major tollways, expressways, or strategic regional arterials. The will collect information on parking lot occupancy, and use it (along with transit and highway travel times) to populate DMS designed to give highway travelers the chance to divert to transit.
Stakeholders
Physical Objects
Functional Objects
| Functional Object | Description | User Defined |
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| Parking Electronic Payment | 'Parking Electronic Payment' supports electronic payment of parking fees using in–vehicle equipment (e.g., tags) or contact or proximity cards. It includes the field elements that provide the interface to the in–vehicle or card payment device and the back–office functionality that performs the transaction. | False |
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| Parking Management | 'Parking Management' detects and classifies vehicles at parking facility entrances, exits, and other designated locations within the facility. Current parking availability is monitored and used to inform drivers through dynamic message signs/displays so that vehicles are efficiently routed to available spaces. Parking facility information, including current parking rates and directions to entrances and available exits, is also provided to drivers. | False |
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| Parking Park and Ride Operations | 'Parking Park and Ride Operations' manages parking lots specifically to support park and ride operations, providing additional coordination with transit operations on parking arrivals and transit arrivals and departures, smoothing the transition between parking and riding for park and ride customers. | False |
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