City of Carmel Smart Parking

Project Description: City of Carmel is researching and implementing smart parking solutions for on street and parking garages. Phase I is identifying available parking (per space) for usage tracking and display to public for open parking wayfinding. Phase II involves researching solutions for navigation aids in parking garages allowing for autonomous parking.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• City of Carmel
• Travelers

Project Service Packages:

• PM01: Parking Space Management (City of Carmel Smart Parking)
• TI02: Personalized Traveler Information (City of Carmel Smart Parking)
• PM03: Parking Electronic Payment (City of Carmel Smart Parking)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
actuate secure payment	Personal Computing Devices	Carmel Parking Management System	Planned
interactive traveler information	Carmel Engineering Department Operations	Personal Computing Devices	Planned
parking area information	Carmel Parking Area Equipment	Carmel Parking Management System	Planned
parking area management information	Carmel Parking Management System	Carmel Parking Area Equipment	Planned
parking information	Carmel Parking Management System	Carmel Engineering Department Operations	Planned
traveler payment information	Personal Computing Devices	Carmel Parking Management System	Planned
traveler payment request	Carmel Parking Management System	Personal Computing Devices	Planned
traveler request	Personal Computing Devices	Carmel Engineering Department Operations	Planned
user account setup	Personal Computing Devices	Carmel Parking Management System	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• Carmel Engineering Department Operations - TIC Data Collection
• 2: The center shall select real-time information on the state of the regional transportation system including current traffic and road conditions, weather conditions, transit information, parking information, special event and incident information.
• 5: The center shall collect, process, and store parking information, including location, availability, and fees.


• Carmel Engineering Department Operations - TIC Interactive Traveler Information
• 12: The center shall accept requests for parking space information from travelers.
• 4: The center shall disseminate customized parking information to travelers, including location, availability, and fees upon request.


• Carmel Parking Area Equipment - Parking Area Management
• 1: The parking element shall maintain static parking lot information including hours of operation, rates, location, entrance locations, capacity, type, and constraints.
• 3: The parking element shall determine and maintain the number and availability of parking spaces.
• 8: The parking element shall provide precise parking space location information to Centers.


• Carmel Parking Management System - Parking Account and Fee Management
• 1: The center shall support parking electronic fare collection.
• 3: The center shall provide parking pricing and user account information.


• Carmel Parking Management System - Parking Coordination
• 2: The parking element shall provide parking management data to traffic management centers upon request as part of the implementation of demand management programs in the region. This could include changes to hours of operation or pricing.
• 7: The parking facility shall determine availability of parking spaces.


• Carmel Parking Management System - Parking Management
• 1: The center shall monitor parking area current operational status including current parking occupancy and rates.


• Personal Computing Devices - Personal Interactive Traveler Information
• 1: The personal traveler interface shall receive traffic information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
• 8: The personal traveler interface shall support payment for services, such as confirmed trip plans, tolls, transit fares, parking lot charges, map updates, and advanced payment for tolls.
• 9: The personal traveler interface shall provide an interface through which credit identity, stored credit value, or traveler information may be collected from a traveler card being used by a traveler with a personal device.

Standards:

• (None-Data) - Guaranteed Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• (None-Data) - Secure Internet (ITS)
• (None-Data) - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: ATIS - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: ATIS - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Travelers
• Load traveler information application on mobile device.
• Pay parking fees electronically.


• City of Carmel
• Manages parking in the City of Carmel, including dissemination of parking information to travelers.
• Provides parking information to travelers.

Regional Objectives from the Metropolitan Plan:

• 8. To minimize negative impacts of the transportation system on the natural environment.
• 8B. Support projects that improve air quality.

Last Updated: 1/8/2024

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