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How Do You Know Whether a Parking Facility Is Doing Its Job?

July 21, 2020

by Okan Gurbuz

When commuting patterns change (as they have amid the COVID-19 pandemic), so do the patterns of land use. With fewer people driving to work or to school, fewer parking spaces are filled, leaving empty reminders of our hefty public and private investment in vehicle storage space. As with any infrastructure asset requiring a large financial outlay, it’s important that we ensure the best return on that investment.

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Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: analysis, C2SMART, commuting, Connected Cities with Smart Transportation, COVID-19, infrastructure, investment, level-of-service, LOS, multi-level garage, operational efficiency, pandemic, parking, parking lot, surface lot

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