REAL-TIME PARKING MANAGEMENT FOR TRANSIT STATIONS

The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) in Chicago, as part of a larger regional transit ITS effort, has been addressing the feasibility of and requirements for real-time parking management systems that determine parking availability as well as provide current parking status information in advance of the transit station. The Parking Management Systems project is part of a larger effort of developing Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) in the Gary- Chicago-Milwaukee Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Priority Corridor (GCM Corridor)