Final report of ITS Center project: Parking
Management
A Research Project Report
For the Center for ITS Implementation Research
A U.S. DOT University Transportation Center
PARKING MANAGEMENT
Principal
Investigators:
HeshamRakha
Alejandra Medina
Flintsch
May
2006
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this report reflect the views of the authors, who are responsible for the facts
and the accuracy of the information presented herein. This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the
Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program, in the
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ITS CENTER STUDY
Parking Management
Principal Investigator
Hesham Rakha
Associate
Professor, Charles Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director, Center
for Sustainable Mobility
Virginia Tech
Transportation Institute
3500
Transportation Research Plaza (0536)
Blacksburg, VA
24061
Phone: (540) 231-1505
Fax: (540) 231-1555
E-mail: rakha@vt.edu
Assisted by
Alejandra Medina Flintsch
Senior Research
Associate
Center for
Sustainable Mobility
Virginia Tech
Transportation Institute
3500
Transportation Research Plaza (0536)
Blacksburg, VA
24061
Phone: (540) 231-1508
Fax: (540) 231-1555
E-mail: ale@vtti.vt.edu
3.
Virginia Tech Parking Study Overview
3.3
Virginia Tech Parking Control Equipment
3.3.1
Magnetic Card Reader System
5.1.1
Entering and Exiting Demand
5.2.1
Entering and Exiting the Parking Lot