A look at how parking data is being applied across the county
Arlington County was looking to improve their curb management while providing an exceptional driver experience by offering better availability insights and pricing tools to influence demand for metered curbspace.
To achieve this, the County was looking for a way to collect accurate data that clearly showed how parking was being used in real-time, as well as historically to directly impact parking programs.
Offering guidance and wayfinding through a mobile app and street-level signage
Providing publicly accessible parking information and historical trend data through a public dashboard
Revising pricing and policies based on data-driven decision-making
Understanding parking stall usage, including peak occupancy hours and paid parking trends and patterns
Improving parking compliance across the County, increasing rates from approximately 30% to 50%
“It’s the universe of parking behaviour in actuality, because we have a sensor in every space. We can narrow down to what’s going on in a block if we want to do a micro-analysis, but we also know this whole data set is telling us things, and we can analyze it.”