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Project - CALIFORNIA: Smart Parking Initiative in San Diego

This new project that will build on the success of the priced smart parking system tested at the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system's Rockridge station. The team will test various parking management strategies, including real-time advanced traveler information about parking availability at stations throughout the system with integrated reservations capabilities, variable pricing based upon time of day and demand, and a unique credit-based pricing system (or transit fare discounts) that will reward station access by transit and carpool. Park-and-ride carpoolers will, in addition to sharing parking expenses among themselves and receiving additional financial rewards, be able to reserve priority parking spaces nearest the station platforms. Pricing will be used to achieve a targeted parking usage rate (e.g., 95% of capacity) at each station and to encourage station access by carpool and transit modes. Up to three sites will be selected to deploy a corridor-scale smart parking pricing pilot project. All system design elements for such a deployment will be finalized as part of this project.

Pre-Implementation Funds Awarded

2006

Anticipated Completion Date

2010

July - September 2011 Update

The Smart Parking project (QuickPark) was rolled-out to three (3) COASTER stations (Carlsbad Village, Poinsettia, and Encinitas) on August 3rd, 2009. Due to changes in parking demand associated with general downturn trends in the economy, the project team worked with FHWA in the Fall of 2010 on a revised and approved a work plan that would examine and assess the impacts of transit fares and transit ridership levels when considering transit parking pricing. This research effort was completed in September 2011 and current efforts include review of draft findings and reports. The research focused on the development and implementation of stated preference surveys and analysis of system reservation data collected from the use of the QuickPark system. This effort concludes the QuickPark reservation system and final San Diego Project report findings and documentation is planned to be available for general distribution next quarter.

For More Information Contact

Alex Estrella
San Diego Association of Governments
Phone: (619) 699-1928
E-mail: aes@sandag.org

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