Select a parking lot on your campus. For several hours, conduct a study of the lot using the methods described in this chapter. From the data collected, determine the turnover and duration. Draw a parking accumulation curve for the lot. Identify the capacity of the parking lot, the peak demand observed, when the peak demand occurred, and occupancy of the lot at that time.
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To conduct a parking accumulation study of a parking lot, detailed data on space usage and vehicle turnover must be collected. The number of spaces in use, as well as license plate numbers of those vehicles and their entry and exit times, must be collected to monitor turnover and duration.
Turnover is calculated as the ratio of the total number of different vehicles parked to the number of available spaces. Turnover for the entire study period can be calculated by dividing the number of vehicles parked during the study period by the number of spaces available.
Duration is the average amount of time a vehicle spends in a parking space, which is a surrogate measure for the availability of parking spaces. By recording the entry and exit times for each vehicle during the study period, durations for each of these vehicles can be calculated and then averaged to determine average duration.
The parking accumulation curve can be drawn to display percent of spaces used (on the y-axis) as a function of time-of-day (on the x-axis). By noting the number of spaces that are occupied at discrete intervals (e.g. every hour), the data for drawing the accumulation curve are obtained.
The capacity will be the number of parking spaces at the parking facility. The demand may be obtained by noting the times of arrival and departure of each vehicle. It is recommended that demand information should be obtained in a weekday, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.; however, on campus, data collection from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. should be sufficient to identify when the peak demand occurs. Occupancy is the percentage of spaces used in the parking facility at a point in time.
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