Parking Study

Before anything else Read the manual carefully. It is

your homework What is covered in the following

slides is only general

Importance

General Each group to handle

approximately 200 parking spaces

Data Collection Draw the lot showing all spaces Define a data collection route

Use same path every time you collect data Each space to be monitored every 15

min for 2 hrs Format on space recording

Vacant space: dash (-) Parked vehicle for 1st time: Last three digits

of license Vehicle still there: check (√)

Data Collection

Data Summary

Use 2 hrs

Parking Statistics Parking Volume Turnover Duration Load Parking Load Accumulation

Parking Volume # vehicles parked/1hour

28/hr (example)

Turnover # vehicles parked/# parking spots

28/20 =1.4 veh./space (example)

Duration Load Total vehicle-minutes/# of vehicles

945/28 =33.75 min/parked vehicle

Parking Load Total vehicle-minutes Total space-

minutes available x 100 (945/1200) x 100=79 %

AccumulationTime # vehicles4:00-4:15 164:15-4:30 154:30-4:45 174:45-5:00 13

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Accumulation

Interpret and conclude Answer questions in manual Prepare your presentation