Organization of parking in the over all city traffic system
Like most of the traffic management problems, parking management requires a systematic approach to find a balance between the conflicting goals of road users. An urgent task of today is to improve the efficiency of car parking. The main aspects of creating systems which might control parking space at the macro and micro levels have been considered. The basic tendencies of parking controlling system development in the city as well as the system requirements for integration in the complex of measures for traffic regulation were studied. An algorithm to evaluate the system of parking space management was suggested. The dependences were determined, which allow to estimate travel time and expenses for various conditions of traffic flow. The analysis of methods which determine the optimal parking location was made with the help of “Park&Ride” system. An algorithm for modelling the choice of the appro priate parking and changing individual transport for public vehicles was developed depending on the remoteness of the start of journey from the central business district and the type of travel. Experimental studies resulted in determining traffic flow characteristics and obtaining parking options. The results might contribute both to the development and validation of the worked out models and to the development of practical recommendations to improve the parking space construction within the road network of the city of Rostov-on-Don. The most significant and independent factors of functioning capacity as well as parking attraction were marked. A simulation model to predict parking processes due to the given functional density and probable park locations was developed. The distribution peculiarities of probable parking time in case of a change of parking duration were determined. The proposed models can be used to calculate various types of parking capacity.