Regional Airport Authorities Parking Management Systems - Parking Management Functionality
Subsystem Description
The Parking Management Subsystem (PMS) provides electronic monitoring and management of parking facilities. It supports a Field-Vehicle Communications link to the Vehicle Subsystem that allows electronic collection of parking fees and monitors and controls parking meters that support conventional parking fee collection. It also includes the instrumentation, signs, and other infrastructure that monitors parking lot usage and provides local information about parking availability and other general parking information. This portion of the subsystem functionality must be located in the parking facility where it can monitor, classify, and share information with customers and their vehicles. The subsystem also interfaces with the financial infrastructure and broadly disseminates parking information to other operational centers in the region. Note that the latter functionality may be located in a back office, remote from the parking facility.
Functional Area: Parking Coordination
Coordination between parking facilities and between parking facilities and traffic, transit, and traveler information systems. Includes sharing of hours of operation, charging strategies, lot sizes, current parking availability, and parking reservations.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The parking element shall exchange parking management data with other parking facilities including location, hours, availability, status, lot usage, operating strategies, and charging information. | Planned |
| 2 | The parking element shall provide parking management data to traffic management centers upon request as part of the implementation of demand management programs in the region. This could include changes to hours of operation or pricing. | Planned |
| 4 | The parking element shall distribute parking lot information upon request to transit management centers for park and ride facilities, parking shuttle services, and other applications that integrate transit and parking services. | Planned |
Functional Area: Parking Electronic Payment
Parking payment collection using in-vehicle equipment (tags) or contact or proximity traveler cards used for electronic payment. Includes field elements and back-office functionality.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The parking element shall detect and classify vehicles entering and exiting a parking facility (vehicle size, type, identifiable features, etc.). | Planned |
| 2 | The parking element shall read data from the traveler card / payment instrument carried on-board the vehicle or by the traveler. | Planned |
| 6 | The parking element shall process the financial requests and manage an interface to a Financial Institution. | Planned |
Functional Area: Parking Management
Monitor vehicles and current parking availability within parking facilities. Use driver information systems (e.g., DMS) to provide parking availability and other parking facility information to drivers. Support local traffic control coordination around the parking facility.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The parking element shall maintain parking lot information including static information such as hours of operation, rates, location, entrance locations, capacity, type, and constraints; as well as dynamic information such as current state of the lot, occupancy, arrival rates, and departure rates. | Existing |
| 3 | The parking element shall manage local dynamic message signs that display messages to travelers such as the parking lot state, number of spaces available, location of entrances, and current charges. | Existing |