Question

Assume you are conducting a parking study in your University. You need to explain the processes/tasks that you will undertake to complete this study. You need to explain how you will do different tasks and how you will present the collected data.

Answer 1

Answer)Study of parking facilities are very complex process as it involves numerous activities depending on execution of each activity in accordance with parking specifications and proper survey. There is a huge parking demand in my university. Therefore,developing a short-term or a long-term parking improvement plan requires the cooperation public i.e., students, staffs, and the university management. The factor that affect the demand for parking at my unvirsity include the number & percentage of vehicles in the parking traffic stream, the distance between the vehicles & the main stopping line, the distance between the parked vehicle & the nearest vehicle stop or the rest area and the facilities provided at the parking places. If the parking facilities at some places not expanded, it is highly probable that more vehicles will be parked on the shoulder adjacent to the rest area.

Generally, there are two types of parking patterns.

(i). On Street Parking

It includes (a). Parallel Parking, (b) Angle Parking

(ii). Off Street Parking

It includes (a). Surface car parking, (b). multistory car parking, (c). Roof parking, (d). Mechanical car parking,

(e). Underground car parking.

There are certain characteristics which have full impact on parking demands such as:

(i). Parking accumulation - It is defined as the number of parked vehicle at a specified time is called Parking

accumulation.

(ii). Parking duration - Parking duration is defined as the length of time for which vehicle uses the facility.

(iii). Parking volume - Parking volume means number of vehicle involved in parking activity is called parking volume.

(iv). Occupancy - It is defined as the ratio of number of vehicles using parking facility to the number of parking facility available at specified time.

Methods which will be followed .

Data Collection Site

There are several parking places inside university. We will collect data from 3 major site inside University

University Campus. The data collection process carried out on working days of the University.

i. Main Parking

ii. Eastern Gate Parking

iii. Southern Gate Parking

Data collection methodology

Discussing about the data collected in university campus , we will collect data from different site in university at the same time.time from 8 am to 10 am as this time is for college start hours. survey all the above given parking place, from this survey number of two wheeler motorized and non-motorized vehicle, four wheeler vehicles, three wheeler vehicles being crossed the road in university and being parked at a specified parking place.

Data analysis and methodology

university data: From the three site where data is collected ,we have to convert number of vehicles in terms of PCU (Passenger Car Unit) by multiplying it with its corresponding PCU factor

Final Data Analysis:

Comparison of all PCU calculated data with each other to find out that either these parking pattern are different or not by using t-test since we have less number of samples so we cannot go for any other test.

Now if t-stat will be greater than t-critical then our parking pattern is different otherwise it will not be different