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<strong>WMATA</strong> Real-Time Parking<br />
Inform<strong>at</strong>ion Feasibility Study<br />
Final Report<br />
Table <strong>of</strong> Contents<br />
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION<br />
Study Purpose................................................................................................................1-1<br />
Study Tasks ...................................................................................................................1-1<br />
Study Area .....................................................................................................................1-2<br />
Report Present<strong>at</strong>ion .......................................................................................................1-2<br />
CHAPTER 2 – EXISTING PARKING CONDITIONS<br />
Regional Setting.............................................................................................................2-1<br />
Parking R<strong>at</strong>es and Payment Options.............................................................................2-2<br />
D<strong>at</strong>a Collection...............................................................................................................2-4<br />
Parking Inventory ...........................................................................................................2-4<br />
Parking Facility Usage ...................................................................................................2-9<br />
Parking Accumul<strong>at</strong>ion ................................................................................................2-9<br />
All St<strong>at</strong>ions .............................................................................................................2-9<br />
Franconia/Springfield Parking Accumul<strong>at</strong>ion........................................................2-11<br />
Vienna/Fairfax Parking Accumul<strong>at</strong>ion ..................................................................2-11<br />
Van Dorn Parking Accumul<strong>at</strong>ion ..........................................................................2-14<br />
West Falls Church Parking Accumul<strong>at</strong>ion ............................................................2-14<br />
Entering Traffic.........................................................................................................2-17<br />
Franconia/Springfield ...........................................................................................2-19<br />
Vienna/Fairfax ......................................................................................................2-19<br />
Van Dorn ..............................................................................................................2-19<br />
West Falls Church................................................................................................2-19<br />
Driveway Usage .......................................................................................................2-19<br />
Summary and Conclusions ..........................................................................................2-24<br />
CHAPTER 3 – BEST PRACTICES REVIEW<br />
Overview ........................................................................................................................3-1<br />
Examples <strong>of</strong> APS Systems ............................................................................................3-2<br />
Portland Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Airport (PDX), Portland, Oregon .............................................3-2<br />
Dallas/Fort Worth Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Airport (DFW), Texas ...............................................3-3<br />
Minneapolis/St. Paul Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Airport (MSP), Minnesota ....................................3-3<br />
Chicago Metra Park and Ride, near Chicago, Illinois.................................................3-3<br />
City <strong>of</strong> St. Paul, Minnesota.........................................................................................3-3<br />
Se<strong>at</strong>tle Center, Se<strong>at</strong>tle, Washington ..........................................................................3-4<br />
City <strong>of</strong> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ................................................................................3-4<br />
City <strong>of</strong> Santa Monica, California.................................................................................3-4<br />
Baltimore Washington Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI),<br />
Linthicum, Maryland..........................................................................................3-5<br />
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), San Francisco/<br />
Oakland Metropolitan Area, California..............................................................3-7<br />
Carpooling....................................................................................................................3-12<br />
<strong>WMATA</strong> Experience.................................................................................................3-12<br />
Page iii June 2009
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