Research Article

A Dynamic Information-Based Parking Guidance for Megacities considering Both Public and Private Parking

Table 2

Parameters and setting value.

 ParameterParameter setting value
Case Case Case

Experiment I
(demand variation)
The number of generated parking requesting cars () (cars/unit time)0~5000~10000~2000
The number of public parking areas (parking facilities)200200200
The maximum number of generated private parking areas (parking spots/unit time)0~300~300~30
Capacity of public parking facility (parking spots)0~1000~1000~100
Initial occupancy rate of public parking (%)0~1000~1000~100

Experiment II
(supply variation)
The number of generated parking requesting cars () (cars/unit time)0~5000~5000~500
The number of public parking areas (parking facilities)200200400
The maximum number of generated private parking areas (parking spots/unit time)0~300~300~60
Capacity of public parking facility (parking spots)0~1000~1000~100
Initial occupancy rate of public parking (%)80~10080~10080~100
Modified downtown areaSmallNormalNormal

Common parameters of experiment I/IISimulation period (unit time)240
Parking searching radius (km)2
Unexpectedly occupied parking spots in parking facility (parking spot/unit time per parking)0~3
The number of leaving cars from parking building (parking spot/unit time per parking)0~3
Parking cost (unit cost)1.2~1.8
Reservation acceptance probability (%)50
Rerequesting probability when parking fails (%)80