Abstract Parking space detection is a key technology in the parking lot management system. When performing parking space detection using magnetic sensors, there may be interference from the adjacent parking space, which will result in false detection. However there still will be false detection when only cameras are used to detect the parking spaces because the performance of the cameras is inc...

The conventional approach to assessing parking demands and regulating parking usage involves surveys of parker destinations, trip purposes, walking distances, arrivalkfeparture times, enforcement intensities, parking fees, etc. Parker destinations and characteristics are compared with the parking available on a block-by-block basis to identify locations of parking surpluses/deficiencies. Models...

By increasing auto demands, efficient parking management is by no means less important than road traffic congestion control. Identification of parking available in metropolitan areas during the peak hours is most complex process for the driving people. This is due to shortages of parking spaces within the limited land areas of the city centers in many metropolises. Identification of parking ava...

Parking is an underappreciated issue in urban traffic modeling and control, and drivers searching for a parking space can contribute substantially to congestion. New technologies and algorithms aim to smooth the parking search process, using sensors for dynamic pricing, transmitting availability information to drivers, or to allow advance reservation of spaces. However, the parking search proce...

The proliferation of mobile devices, location-based services and embedded wireless sensors has given rise to applications that seek to improve the efficiency of the transportation system. In particular, new applications are arising that help travelers find parking in urban settings. They convey the parking slot availability around users on their mobile devices. Nevertheless, while engaged in dr...

Suppose curb parking is free but all the spaces are occupied, and off-street parking is expensive but immediately available. In this case, you can cruise to find a curb space being vacated by a departing motorist, or pay for off-street parking right away. This paper presents a model of how drivers choose whether to cruise or to pay, and it predicts several results: you are more likely to cruise...

This paper designs an intelligent guidance system, based on wireless sensor networks, for efficient parking in parking lots. The proposed system consists of a parking space allocation subsystem, a parking space monitoring subsystem, a driving guidance subsystem, and a vehicle detection subsystem. In the system, we propose a novel and effective virtual coordinate system for sensing and displayin...

RFID based vehicles parking technique uses micro controller with sensing circuits which sense entry and outgoing of the vehicles. In this technique the RFID card is swiped with the permission of vehicle’s parking owner. The RFID card which are given by the parking owners will be recharged by using the two push switches i.e. SW1 and SW2. When the vehicles enter in the parking system the money wi...

We conducted an ecological study to determine whether parking prices are associated with active commuting across US cities. We obtained parking prices for 107 US cities from the Drexel University Central Business District Public Parking Survey, obtained city prevalence of walking and bicycling to work from the American Community Survey, and used weighted least squares linear regression to explo...

Parking Guidance and Information (PGI) signs are thought to enable a more efficient use of the available parking stock. Despite the installation of PGI systems in many cities and their operation for a number of years, there is a lack of reliable evidence of the size of the benefits that these systems can achieve. This paper describes the development of driver parking choice models (both during ...