IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF PARKING MONITORING SYSTEMS IN JYVÄSKYLÄ, FINLAND : On-street Parking
Mgidange, Vinod (2014)
Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu
2014
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014121519887
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014121519887
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Abstract
Jyväskylä is located in Central Finland and is one of the fastest growing cities with a multicultural population. The city is planned by the city council which acts as the governing body. This includes also managing and monitoring most of the on-street parking lots. Currently, the existing monitoring methods that the council uses are somehow porous and inefficient leading to the lack of their full potential.
This thesis aimed to awaken the monitoring bodies to improve parking monitoring methods to arrive at more effective ways of managing the parking lots. This is to ensure that all the users of the city’s infrastructures benefit and at the same time to improve traffic safety and enhance the city’s image.
In analysing the vitality of the parking monitoring methods, existing control methods were studied and improvements proposed. Also new monitoring methods were studied for implementation. This was conducted through interviews/meetings with parking operators and evaluating their opinions, the use of statistical data of the past three years from the parking operators, field visit to some areas together with the wardens to observe how they work as well as their day to day challenges facing them and getting familiar with the tools and equipment they use.
The study suggests improvements for the existing methods, as well as a few new ones. These include improved fine ticketing machines for easy recording, phone apps, public watch (shifting responsibilities to the public), as well as sensor nodes and readers deployed in the parking lots. The methods will give out several positive results ranging from easing the monitoring exercise, accuracy, to diminishing the rate of cheating, thereafter enhancing an honest society.
Jyväskylä is located in Central Finland and is one of the fastest growing cities with a multicultural population. The city is planned by the city council which acts as the governing body. This includes also managing and monitoring most of the on-street parking lots. Currently, the existing monitoring methods that the council uses are somehow porous and inefficient leading to the lack of their full potential.
This thesis aimed to awaken the monitoring bodies to improve parking monitoring methods to arrive at more effective ways of managing the parking lots. This is to ensure that all the users of the city’s infrastructures benefit and at the same time to improve traffic safety and enhance the city’s image.
In analysing the vitality of the parking monitoring methods, existing control methods were studied and improvements proposed. Also new monitoring methods were studied for implementation. This was conducted through interviews/meetings with parking operators and evaluating their opinions, the use of statistical data of the past three years from the parking operators, field visit to some areas together with the wardens to observe how they work as well as their day to day challenges facing them and getting familiar with the tools and equipment they use.
The study suggests improvements for the existing methods, as well as a few new ones. These include improved fine ticketing machines for easy recording, phone apps, public watch (shifting responsibilities to the public), as well as sensor nodes and readers deployed in the parking lots. The methods will give out several positive results ranging from easing the monitoring exercise, accuracy, to diminishing the rate of cheating, thereafter enhancing an honest society.