Facilitating Mobility: Parking, Public and Alternative Transportation

Editor's Notes

• #8: Empower the driver
• #9: Talk about different tiers of information:Geocode each entrance location, with pictures, safety rating, # handicap spaces, motorcycle spaces, Electric car charging stationsLet people search by what is important to them
• #12: Signal Park Example
• #15: Circling equals 5 VMT per day – Donald Shoup9 billion VMT Year450 million gallons gas /year searchingVMT = Vehicle Miles traveled
• #16: 135 million VMT EE gain/year/city6.5 million gallons gas $20 million in fuel spent differently152 million pounds CO2 reduced Year/City15,000 homes “off the grid”23,000 cars “off the road”
• #18: $3K a year just in gasThe average household spends nearly 19 % of its income on transportation, which is second only to housing.The poorest families spend 40% of income on transportation
• #19: Improper on-street vs. off-street pricingPoor way-finding and information
• #20: 38% vacancy rate vs. 17% In a study where pre-trip parking information was available in MilwaulkiIn the Rockridge Pilot.BART increased actual utilization to 100%
• #23: In February 2004 a study was performed in the downtown areaServed by 42 parking garages – 17 of which are in the St. Paul city advanced parking management systemIndividual vehicle delay reduced by 10% as volume increased 15%Also saved money on repairs enforcement, and created a better “more accessible” image for downtownGood for merchants
• #25: Endless circlingRoad rageLate for Meetings and appts.High StressLocal residents unhappy due to illegal parking on side streets
• #26: Not having proper changeConfusing ordinancesOnly have a $20 bill to park, but need a quarter
• #27: Confusing rates vary wildly by date/time/special event
• #34: Advanced Parking Options can be used as a viable alternative to getting people to take alternative transportation
• #37: Static – Good for casual drivers. Usually show them where to driveStatic/Dynamic – Highest Aesthetic appealTemporary – good for location testing and pilot programs
• #38: FreewaysRequire working with CaltransPermits and impact studies requiredArterials Best for in-city way findingCan guide people to least traffic routes to parkingExterior FacilityIn- facilityReduce driver frustrationDoes not heavily impact congestion mitigation
• #40: Some of the newer parking control gates can be integrated into full Advanced Parking Management SystemsUtilize existing capital expenditure
• #41: Smart Parking systems tend to use contactless sensor technology such as ultrasonic, magnometers, etc. for vehicle detection as opposed to the old rubber hoses and loops.The sensors can be wired or wireless, and can be run from batteries or standard 100v power. Some sensors need to be cored or mounted with brackets and some are surface mounted with 3m epoxy. They look like road reflectors
• #47: Similar to congestion based pricing zones in LondonLondon average 65$/day, $1200/month
• #48: Time and day Can be used to increase or decrease occupancyIncreasing cost for duration3/hour first 3 hours, 6/hour after, etc.
• #49: The area under the supply and demand curves indicates the aggregate supply and demand respectively for a good or service. In a competitive, freely functioning market, a quantity Qm of the good or service is traded at the market price Pm, which is the price at which demand matches supply. If quantities less than Qm are traded, consumers are willing to pay more than the market price (the demand curve is higher than Pm), suggesting that market price alone is only a minimum estimate of the economic value or benefit derived. The area between the market price and the demand curve (triangle A) is the consumer surplus, or the additional utility gained by consumers above the price paid. Therefore, total social benefits or TEV are the expenditure (areas B + C, or price multiplied by quantity) plus the consumer surplus (area A). The total cost of producing quantity Qm is the area below the supply curve (area C). The area above the supply curve and below the market price the producer surplus; this occurs because producers are willing to sell for less than the market price if the quantity traded is less than Qm (the supply curve is less than Pm). The net social benefit is the consumer surplus (area A) plus the producer surplus (area B).www.fao.org/docrep/007/y5582e/y5582e06.htmThe price of the product gives the amount paid in the marketplace. Some individuals are willing to pay more than this price and so receive an additional benefit over and above the amount paid. This additional benefit the consumer surplus or net willingness to pay. Figure 8 illustrates this for the ordinary Marshallian formulation of welfare measures. Freeman (1993) presents a more precise Hicksian formulation. Economic value to society of a good or service is determined as the aggregate of all individuals’ willingness to pay. Therefore, the price of a good or service and its economic value are distinct and can differ greatly: water can have a very high value, but a very low price or no price at all.
• #51: Call out GPS and RFID rates
• #53: Advanced Parking Options can be used as a viable alternative to getting people to take alternative transportation
• #54: Reduction in VMT was offset by increase in driving to this particular station over others that did not offer a smart parking program.
• #57: Also have signs on the airport approach with the availability at the different parking garagesThis was very successful in decreasing people parking illegally and in firelanesIt also surveyed very well
• #58: Quick setup and turnaround time