A Parking Space Allocation Method to Make a Shared Parking Strategy for Appertaining Parking Lots of Public Buildings

Abstract

Appertaining parking lots of public buildings provide a large proportion of parking supply in cities. However, these parking lots mainly serve the parking demands of public buildings, leading to a low utilization ratio of parking spaces. It is therefore required to implement a shared parking strategy for these parking lots. In this study, a parking space allocation method (PSAM) at the network level is proposed to allocate the parking demand to a parking lot and then the parking space. The users are divided into M-users (users of the buildings) and P-users (public users). The shared parking strategy is analyzed from the aspects of open window, parking fee, and ratio of reservation spaces. The users are allocated to a parking lot by a multinomial logit(MNL) model. Specifically, it is determined whether they can enter parking lot and which space they are allocated according to the specific rules. After all the users are allocated with a parking space, the rejection number of M-users, occupancy rate, and profits of each parking lot are collected and a NSGA-II (non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II) algorithm is designed to determine the optimal strategy for each parking lot according to the above. Compared with the results of all-time all-space shared parking strategy, our method shows better performance in balancing the interests of all appertaining parking lots and protecting the interests of M-users while obtaining considerable profits for the parking lots.

Optimization of Electric Vehicle Charging Points Based on Efficient Use of Chargers and Providing Private Charging Spaces

“…The third important issue for many respondents is charging electric cars and the question of a dense network of charging stations [2,3,6,10,16]. The questions in the questionnaire which focused on charging efficiency, charging station locations and network density are in line with current scientific issues addressed in the literature [1,4,8,9,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. The issue of electric car charging can be principally divided into two main subcategories: home charging and public charging stations.…”

“…Furthermore, in these densely populated areas, a problem arises not only with a lack of private parking places and garages but also with a lack of free public car parks, cf. [1,2,4,8,9,23,28]. The sharp increase in the number of cars and the expected increase in the number of EVs [29] in future means that there will be a lack of new parking places [9].…”

“…[1,2,4,8,9,23,28]. The sharp increase in the number of cars and the expected increase in the number of EVs [29] in future means that there will be a lack of new parking places [9]. Very often, it is not possible to build new car parks in the required location at all, or it is not economically viable [30].…”

“…A good base for dealing with the issue of private charging stations is the idea of sharing parking places near commercial buildings [8,9]. Assuming that car parks with a high concentration of vehicles will be equipped with a sufficient number of charging stations, mainly due to the growing trend of electric cars, the possibility of sharing these places as private parking spaces for EV users offers itself directly.…”

Assessment of Different Parking Pricing Strategies: A Simulation-based Analysis

“…Thresholds of parking fare increase are found to change an already chosen parking location or to shift to another mode from private cars [3]. Tsamboulas (2001) presented a logit model and analyzed the parking fare thresholds to Sustainability 2020, 12,2056 3 of 13 (2017) proposed a smart parking system based on multiagent approach to provide real-time decision aid for drivers considering their preferences [23]. Tasseron and Martens (2017) evaluated the influences of different proportions of reservation users through agent simulation [16].…”