Georgia Tech Parking and Transportation
Technology Applications Overview
What’s currently going on in Parking
and Transportation?
– Customer Service
• Real Time Trolley/Bus Arrival
Information - AVL
• Automated Parking Management
Information
• Automated Pay Stations
– Management Information
• Automated Passenger Counters
Where are we headed?
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General Overview
Student Population = 18,700
Undergrad = 12,500
Grad = 6,200
Faculty and Staff = 5,400
Acreage = 400 acres
Total Rooms (Beds) on Campus = 8,700
Total Number of Parking Spaces = 13,200
Total Number of Decks = 13
Total Transportation Fleet Size = 21 vehicles
Average Daily Boardings = 15,500
(22) Georgia Tech 45,
(11) Georgia 42
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Customer Service
Where’s the bus?
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AVL
System Overview (Nextbus)
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AVL - Hardware
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AVL – User Map Accessible via Web
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AVL – Vehicle Arrival Information Available
via Signs at Stops, and with Cell Phones
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AVL – Improved Management Reports
Example : Schedule Adherence Reporting
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AVL – Improved Management Reports
Example : Schedule Adherence Reporting – Stop Detail
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Customer Service
In the Fall of 1998
we had a
problem
9 hour line for a
parking permits
Photo courtesy of the Technique – GT Student Newspaper
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Automated Parking Management
• Gate Access – “BuzzCard” /
ScanNet
• Parking Mgt. Software (T2
Flex)
– On-Line Registration
– Appeals
– Citation Payment
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Automated Parking Management
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Automated Parking Management
Example Management Report on Vehicle Entries
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Customer Service
Automated Pay Stations
• Burge Deck, State Street Lot,
and Tech Square surface lot
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Management Information
Number 1 Question people ask How many people use the trolleys and buses?
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One way, is simply to manually count
riders.
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Automated Passenger Counters
Georgia Tech
APC RIDERSHIP STATISTICS
PAGE
1
Weekday
*****************************
APC STOP SUMMARY - DAILY TOTALS
ALL ROUTES
JAN 2009
*****************************
UNIQUE
STOP NO
-------14
37
22
67
11
43
16
53
18
55
48
22
56
50
30
20
6
67
2
29
25
LOCATION
-------FERST DR./ ATLANTIC DR.
RECREATION CENTER
FITTEN HALL
NORTH AVENUE APARTMENTS
CHERRY ST./ FERST DR.
STUDENT CENTER
FERST DR./ HEMPHILL AVE.
TECHWOOD/ 5TH STREET
FERST DR./CHERRY ST.
TECHWOOD/ BOBBY DODD
TECHNOLOGY SQUARE
FITTEN HALL - EOL
TECHWOOD/ NORTH AVE.
TECHWOOD/ 3RD STREET
MCMILLIAN ST./8TH ST.
FERST DR./STATE ST.
8TH ST./ HEMPHILL AVE
NORTH AVENUE APARTMENTS - EOL
5TH ST./ FOWLER
MARTA MIDTOWN
GT COLL. OF MGT.
LATITUDE
----------
LONGITUDE
----------
ON
-----
OFF
-----
TOTAL
------
RANK
----
33.778018
33.775535
33.778273
33.770202
33.772352
33.773420
33.777947
33.776694
33.777297
33.773604
33.776965
33.777987
33.771708
33.773975
33.779658
33.777787
33.779550
33.770043
33.776872
33.780620
33.777019
-84.397637
-84.402348
-84.403811
-84.391854
-84.395327
-84.399071
-84.401553
-84.392129
-84.395925
-84.392524
-84.389800
-84.403710
-84.392332
-84.391970
-84.404133
-84.399288
-84.402703
-84.391763
-84.393975
-84.386634
-84.387702
705
738
1034
1036
564
370
249
243
274
234
286
56
209
269
316
177
232
39
140
232
25
942
827
397
369
798
448
521
392
360
307
205
385
219
130
78
211
90
268
127
29
187
1647
1565
1431
1405
1362
818
770
634
634
541
492
441
428
399
394
388
322
307
267
260
213
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
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Total On/Off Activity by Stop
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Automated Passenger Counters
Georgia Tech
APC RIDERSHIP STATISTICS
*****************************
APC STOP SUMMARY - DAILY TOTALS
RED ROUTE
Weekday
JAN 2009
*****************************
ROUTE
----3
DIRECTION
--------CLOCKWISE
TOTAL
UNIQUE
STOP
NO
------
SEQUENTIAL
STOP NO
----------
67
12
44
38
22
30
6
17
21
15
19
3
54
52
55
57
67
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
130
140
150
160
10
PAGE
1
LOCATION
--------
LATITUDE
---------
LONGITUDE
---------
ON
-----
OFF
-----
TOTAL
-----
NORTH AVENUE APARTMENTS
CHERRY ST./ FERST DR.
STUDENT CENTER
RECREATION CENTER
FITTEN HALL
MCMILLIAN ST./8TH ST.
8TH ST./ HEMPHILL AVE
FERST DR./ HEMPHILL AVE.
FERST DR./STATE ST.
FERST DR./ ATLANTIC DR.
FERST DR./CHERRY ST.
5TH ST./ FOWLER
TECHWOOD/ 5TH STREET
TECHWOOD/ 4TH STREET
TECHWOOD/ BOBBY DODD
TECHWOOD/ NORTH AVE.
NORTH AVENUE APARTMENTS - EOL
33.770279
33.772387
33.773695
33.775785
33.778405
33.779598
33.779630
33.778427
33.778258
33.778223
33.777281
33.776892
33.776677
33.774937
33.773646
33.771531
33.770091
-84.39205
-84.39533
-84.39950
-84.40256
-84.40415
-84.40418
-84.40285
-84.40093
-84.39902
-84.39740
-84.39559
-84.39355
-84.39215
-84.39204
-84.39225
-84.39236
-84.39175
862
526
315
225
637
217
75
86
16
483
160
31
197
39
332
150
0
0
355
258
642
634
61
56
18
12
439
148
54
232
45
353
185
459
862
881
573
867
1271
278
131
104
28
922
308
85
428
83
685
335
459
4350
3951
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Automated Passenger Counters
Red Route
Jan. 2009 Aerage Weekday - On/Off by Stop
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
NORTH AVENUE APARTMENTS
CHERRY ST./ FERST DR.
STUDENT CENTER
RECREATION CENTER
FITTEN HALL
MCMILLIAN ST./8TH ST.
8TH ST./ HEMPHILL AVE
FERST DR./ HEMPHILL AVE.
FERST DR./STATE ST.
FERST DR./ ATLANTIC DR.
FERST DR./CHERRY ST.
5TH ST./ FOWLER
TECHWOOD/ 5TH STREET
TECHWOOD/ 4TH STREET
TECHWOOD/ BOBBY DODD
TECHWOOD/ NORTH AVE.
NORTH AVENUE APARTMENTS - EOL
On's
Off's
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Where are we going?
•
•
•
•
Qoil – Oil condition monitoring system
– Evaluate the pilot program
RideCell – Participate in a pilot program to test and measure the
effectiveness of a more robust rideshare program that allows selected
participants to dynamically form carpools
Gate Access – RFID Technology
Cellular Technology for Payment/Access
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