Transit-based smart parking: An evaluation of the San Francisco Bay area field test

Abstract: 

This paper presents an evaluation of the first transit-based smart parking project in the US at the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District station in Oakland, California. The paper begins with a review of the smart parking literature; next the smart parking field test is described including its capital, operational, and maintenance costs; and finally the results of the participant survey analysis are presented. Some key user response results are: (1) most participants used the smart parking system 1–3 days a month for commute travel and (2) 37% of respondents had seen the changeable message signs with parking information, but only 32% of those used this information to decide whether to continue driving or take BART. Some key changes in participant travel behavior include: (1) increases in BART mode share, (2) reductions in drive alone modal share, (3) decreased average commute time, and (4) an overall reduction in total vehicle miles of travel.

Author: 
Caroline Rodier and Susan Shaheen
Publication date: 
April 1, 2010
Publication type: 
Journal Article
Citation: 
Rodier, C. J, & Shaheen, S. A. (2010). Transit-based smart parking: An evaluation of the San Francisco Bay area field test. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 18(2), 225-233. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2009.07.002. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6c6613ks