Data collection and analysis
An accurate and impartial diagnosis is a prerequisite for designing effective solutions; but when these solutions disrupt our habits too much, it's tempting to question it. Its acceptance requires that it be supported by objective and relevant data.
As information sources become more numerous, and as the expectations of the various parking regarding arguments are ever greater, data collection and processing have become a major issue in parking studies.
Parking issues involve various parameters:
- the time spent searching for a place
- the occupancy rate of parking spaces on the road
- the usage rate of each parking lot
- The breakdown by user category: residents, commuters, visitors
- ...
Sareco collects the parameters through:
- expert diagnosis
- the collection of existing data: parking lot usage, surveillance statistics, ...
- Field surveys: parking inventory, time spent searching for a space, occupancy and compliance, census of private and commercial garages, vehicle turnover survey, interviews with residents, interviews with travellers at the station…
- theparking observatory
The processing and synthesis of the collected data are essential for good broadcast providing information to stakeholders:
- objectification of the situation;
- highlighting the main malfunctions (road saturation, lack of vehicle turnover , imbalance between structure and road, etc.);
- putting the results into perspective in relation to target situations (regulated area with good turnover, residential area…) or to values observed in comparable territories (municipality of the same size, municipality having implemented similar regulations…).
