Parking-meter supervision system

Author

Imaizumi, Masataka ; Murai, Masatoshi ; Yagi, Hiroshi ; Hino, Takaharu

Author_Institution

UTMS, Japan

fYear

1994

fDate

31 Aug-2 Sep 1994

Firstpage

333

Lastpage

338

Abstract

The parking-meter supervision system has been developed and successfully used practically to guide cars to vacant parking places with parking meters, in urban areas. Traffic congestion in large cities is caused partly by illegal parking of cars and their slow driving to look for parking places. The system can eliminate this cause of traffic jams and allow more efficient utilization of street spaces and effective control of traffic flows, by monitoring parking meters concentratedly. Features of the system include block control of parking meters, arrangement of parking fullness display boards, and other design details. This report describes the essentials of system design, examples of the system, and practical effects

Keywords

driver information systems; monitoring; road traffic; traffic control; block control; car driver guidance; monitoring; parking fullness display boards; parking-meter supervision system; traffic jams; vacant parking places; Centralized control; Cities and towns; Communication system control; Control systems; Displays; Environmental management; Law; Monitoring; Traffic control; Urban areas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems Conference, 1994. Proceedings., 1994

Conference_Location

Yokohama

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2105-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VNIS.1994.396817

Filename

396817