RM3P Commuter Parking Information Services

Project Description: RM3P Commuter Parking Information Services (CPIS) offers one–stop shopping for commuter parking data in order to make modal shifts easier and more palatable. The initiative will advise travelers on real–time parking space availability at commuter lots, ahead of when commuters arrive at those lots.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• ParkZen
• RM3P Collaborative
• RM3P Parking Providers
• VDOT Fredericksburg District
• VDOT NOVA District
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)

Project Service Packages:

• PM04: Regional Parking Management (RM3P CPIS)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
crowd-sourced parking data UD	GoMyWayVA app	RM3P Crowd-Sourced Parking Information	Planned
parking information	Data-Exchange Platform	GoMyWayVA app	Existing
parking information	RM3P Parking Facilities	Data-Exchange Platform	Existing
parking information	VDOT Fredericksburg District Parking Facilities	Data-Exchange Platform	Existing
parking information	VDOT NOVA District Parking Facilities	Data-Exchange Platform	Existing
parking information	WMATA Parking Facilities	Data-Exchange Platform	Existing
parking occupancy information UD	RM3P Crowd-Sourced Parking Information	Data-Exchange Platform	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• Data-Exchange Platform - TIC Data Collection
• 5: The center shall collect, process, and store parking information, including location, availability, and fees.


• GoMyWayVA app - TIC Data Collection
• 5: The center shall collect, process, and store parking information, including location, availability, and fees.


• RM3P Crowd-Sourced Parking Information - Parking Coordination
• 5: The parking element shall distribute parking lot information upon request to traveler information providers to support travel planning.


• RM3P Parking Facilities - Parking Coordination
• 5: The parking element shall distribute parking lot information upon request to traveler information providers to support travel planning.


• VDOT Fredericksburg District Parking Facilities - Parking Coordination
• 5: The parking element shall distribute parking lot information upon request to traveler information providers to support travel planning.


• VDOT NOVA District Parking Facilities - Parking Coordination
• 5: The parking element shall distribute parking lot information upon request to traveler information providers to support travel planning.


• WMATA Parking Facilities - Parking Coordination
• 5: The parking element shall distribute parking lot information upon request to traveler information providers to support travel planning.

Standards:

• US: CDS - Secure Internet (ITS)

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)
• Determine and distribute the dynamic status of individual parking lots (full, open etc)
• Maintain and distribute static information about individual parking facitlies including hours of operations, rates, lot locations, lot entrance locations, capacity, lot type (open, covered, parking) etc


• VDOT Fredericksburg District
• Determine and distribtue dynamic status of individual parking lots (full, open etc)


• VDOT NOVA District
• Determine and distribtue dynamic status of individual parking lots (full, open etc)


• RM3P Collaborative
• Operate and manage the Data-Exchange Platform.
• Operate and manage the GoMyWayVA app.


• RM3P Parking Providers
• Provide parking availability, location, and fee information.


• ParkZen
• Provide crowd-sourced parking information.