Optimization of the parking spaces: A case study of Dataran Mawar, UiTM Shah Alam

Recently, the numbers of cars have been increased collateral with the economic growth and the needs of living. Parking problem is one of the crucial problems that we have to face in the overcrowding area. Campus area faced the same problem where the parking spaces are very limited to the staff, students and visitors. Therefore, we proposed a basic mathematical model to make an improvement on the number of parking spaces as maximum as possible. We considered three types of parking designs which are perpendicular parking, parallel parking and diagonal (angle) parking where each design proposed a basic mathematical algorithm respectively. By comparing these three different designs, the most suitable design for certain area at Dataran Mawar, UiTM Shah Alam is identified and the maximum numbers of parking spaces are obtained when the selected designs are combined. These algorithms can be used as an alternative model in optimizing the parking spaces in other congested area.