Research Article

The Impact of Bottom-Up Parking Information Provision in a Real-Life Context: The Case of Antwerp

Table 3

Simulation parameters.

ParameterValue

Number of on-street parking places9,483
Number of off-street public parking places for free3,280
Number of paid for off-street public parking places6,034
Number of departing/arriving vehicles~17,000
Driving speed while in search12 km/h
Walking speed3 km/h
Simulated time24 hours
Communication range200 meters
Communication interval5 seconds
Initial preferred maximum walking distance120 meters (“as the crow flies”)
Maximum tolerable walking distance1000 meters
Request expiration time150 seconds
Reservation expiration time1150 seconds

a definition of these terms, see Appendix .