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.
Project Status
Study Completed
For More Information Contact
Alex Estrella
San Diego Association of Governments
Phone: (619) 699-1928
E-mail: aes@sandag.org
