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County of San Mateo Garage Smart Parking Pilot Parking Prepared for SMC Labs by Strategy of Things
Updated January 25, 2019
Use Case Deep Dive: Smarter Parking Parking availability for electric vehicles and disabled citizens
Problem#1:Driverswithdisabilitiesmayvoluntarilylimittheirmobilitytocertainareasbecausetheyarenotsureiftheycanparktheircarnearby.Problem#2:Driverswithelectricvehiclesmayleavethosecarsathomeanddrivetheirgasolinepoweredvehiclesbecausetheydon’tknowwheretheEVchargingstationsare,andwhetheritisavailable.
SolutionPilot:• 22ingroundsensors
deployedinSMCgarage• 6publicEV• 4employeeEV• 4disabledpublic• 8disabled
employee• Fybrsmartcity
platform• 2FybrRadiogateways• Alexavoiceintegration
Learningstodate:• Generallysufficientparking
availabilityandturnoverduringcorehours
• Mustdriveawarenessofavailableparkingtoresidentsanddowntownvisitorsduringnon-corehours
• Voiceinterfaceisasafewaytointeract,butvoicecommandneedsmaturing
• CoordinatesharingofparkinginformationwithRedwoodCity
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PilotOverview
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CountyEmployeeEV(4)
PublicEV(6)
PublicDisabled(4)
Notshown–CountyDisabledParkingonlevels2to5
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PilotOverview
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Real-TimeParkingDashboard
ParkingHistoricalAnalyticsDashboard
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PilotOverviewApproachtogeneratingSMCparkingstatistics
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JunetoDec2018rawdatafromFybr(CSVfile)• SessionID• ParkingSpace• Startdate/time• Enddate/time
DataCleanup• Dataintegrityreviewed• Duplicatesidentified• <5minsessionsidentified• Sessionsaggregatedas
needed• Datataggedasvalid/invalid• ConverttoUTCandthen
normalizetoPDTandPST
Validate“clean”data• Invaliddatafilteredout• ValidateagainstFybr
insightsdashboard(smalltestcase)
Analyzeandreport• Createpivottablefrom
cleandata(Excel)• Runvariouscases
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Metric PublicEV CountyEmployeeEV
PublicDisabled
CountyEmployeeDisabled
Parkingsessions(alltimes,alldays) 1874 754 1312 792
Parkingsessions(corehours)-public:MtoF,7a.m.to5p.m.-employee:MtoF,7a.m.to5p.m.
1583 612 1095 613
Busiesttimesduringcorehours?i.e.Mostcarsparking
8–10am1-2pm
7–9amNoon-1pm
7–9amNoon–1pm 7–10am
Averageparkingsessionduringcorehours 2.0hours 3.1hours 3.0hours 5.8hours
Longestparkingsession(Mon–Fri,startedduringcorehoursof7amto5pm) 10.6hours 10.1hours 14.4hours 15.1hours
Averageparkingsessionsperday(M-F,core)Averageparkingsessionsperdayperspace(M-F,core)
11.4/day1.9/space/day
4.4/day1.1/space/day
7.9/day2.3/space/day
4.4/day0.62/space/dy
PublicEV–6spots,Level1CountyemployeeEV–4spots,Level1
PublicDisabled–4spots,Level1CountyemployeeDisabled–8spotstotal,2spotseachonLevel2,3,4,5
SMCCountyGovernmentCenterParkingStatisticsPeriodCovered:June1toDecember22,2018
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Metric PublicEV CountyEmployeeEV
PublicDisabled
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Busiestdaysduringcorehours(7am–5pm),M-FWednesday Tue,Wed,Thur Thur,Fri Tue,Thur
Overnightparkingsessions 42 3 83 2
Overnightparking–averagesession 15.3hours 15.8hours 16.1hours 16.4hours
Overnightparking–longesttime 20.7hours 19.7hours 21.25hours 17.3hours
Whendomostcarsleave? Noonto1pm3to4pm 10to1pm 11am–1pm
3to5pm 2to5pm
Parkingspaceoccupancypercentage(duringcorehoursof7am–5pm)
45%(M-F)8.9%(Sat/Sun)
35%(M-F)2.9%(Sat/Sun)
78%(M-F)11%(Sat/Sun)
32%(M-F)0%(Sat/Sun)
PublicEV–6spots,Level1CountyemployeeEV–4spots,Level1
PublicDisabled–4spots,Level1CountyemployeeDisabled–8spotstotal,2spotseachonLevel2,3,4,5
SMCCountyGovernmentCenterParkingStatisticsPeriodCovered:June1toDecember22,2018
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Parking sessions activity June 1 to Dec 22, 2018
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Whatarethepopulartimestopark? Whendomostpeopleleave?
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Duringtheweekday,twospikesinwhenpeoplewereparking–around8amandat1pm.Thiscoincideswithgettinginthemorning,andgettingbackfromlunch.
Duringtheweekends,thereissignificantlylessactivity.Inaddition,theparkingactivitystartsafter11am.OnFriday,weseepeoplecomingtodowntownandparkingaroundthedinnerhours.
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Public disabled parking activity by time of day Parking sessions (June 1 to Dec 22, 2018)
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Public EV parking – weekdays vs weekends % of a day’s total parking sessions, June 1 to Dec 22, 2018
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Public disabled parking – weekdays vs weekends % of a day’s parking sessions, June 1 to Dec 22, 2018
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Summaryofparkingresults
• PublicEVandDisabledParking• Numberofparkingspotsandchurnappeartobesufficientduringcorehours• TheselevelsmaynotbesufficientasSMCcommunicatestheavailabilityofthesespacesmorebroadly,orasthenumberofelectricvehiclescontinuetoincreaseinthefuture
• Outsideofcorehours,parkingspacesareunderutilized
• CountyEVandDisabledParking• EmployeeownedEVsappeartoparkaboutanhourlongerthanthepublicEVcounterpartsduringcorehours
• ThereislessEVparkingspacechurn.UnknownifthereisdemandforcountyEVparkingthatcannotbemetbecauseofthehigherparkingoccupancyrate
• Numberofcountyemployeedisabledparkingspacesaresufficient
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Summaryofobservations–systemsetup
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• Parkinggarages,withmassiveamountsofconcreteandrebar,willaffectRFsignalpropagation.Groundfloorsensorsrequireasecondgatewaytobelocatedonthegaragegroundfloorlevel.Upperfloorsensorscanbeservicedbyaseparategatewaythatismountedontheroofof455building.
• Inground/undersurfacemountingofparkingsensorsmaynotbeviableduetothepresenceofrebarintheconcretefloors.Parkingsensorsweremountedaboveground/topofsurfacebutadhesionofsensormountstofloorwasproblematic.Wefoundsensormountslooseanddisplaced.Severaltimeswehavetomovethesensorsbacktotheoriginallocation.
• Oneparkingsensor(L3HC01sensorstoppedworkinginAugust),L1HC02wasmissingsometimeinNovember,L1HC04wasnotshowingdatainNovember.Thesewereeitherreplacedandreintegrated,orstartedworkingagain.
• GaragegroundfloorgatewaystoppedworkingonDecember22.ThiswasduetotheGFCIcircuittrippingonthepoweroutlet.TheoutletwasresetinearlyJanuary.
• Alexavoiceintegrationgenerallyworks,butneedtokeepquestionsshorttoincreaseoddsofusersuccess(thelongertherequest,thehigherthelikelihoodofanerror).Alexahasahardtimeunderstandingacronyms.Ittriestospellit.Forexample,ittriestopronounceEVaseff.
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Summaryofobservations–dashboardandapp
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• Analyticsdashboardandmetricsprovideddidnotgiveuswhatweneeded.Wehadtogointotherawdataandcreateourownsetofkeymetrics.ThismeanthatwehadtowaittillmonthendforaCSVfilebeforewecandoanyanalysis.
• Therealtimedashboardmetourbasicneeds,althoughthepresentationanduserinterfaceandengagementneedstoberethought.Beyondtheparking,therealtimedashboardalsoshowedtheAQ,weatherandsoilmoisture.Thedashboardasdesignedforthepilotisnotsomethingwewouldrecommendforoperationalusewithoutsomekindofre-thinking.
• Therewasanotedlatencyinwhattherealtimedashboardindicatedandwhatwastheactualparkingspacesituation.Forexample,thedashboardnotedtheparkingspaceasoccupiedbutinactualitythespacewasavailable.Thiswasattributedtothelocationofthegateway(whichwasontopofthe455building)whichcreatedsignificantlatencyincommunicatingwiththesensors.Thiswasthereasononeofthegatewayswasrelocatedtothegarage.
• Wedidnottestthemobileappinterfaceastherewasnotaneedto.Unlikesmartparkinginastreetlocationwherethespacesarespreadout,thereisonlyonelocationforthegarageparking.Locations/mappingandguidancearenotapplicableotherthantogetyoutothegarage.
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Summaryofobservations–data
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• Publicdisabledparking–thereweresignificantinstanceswhereavehiclewasparkedformorethan12hours.Thisskewedtheresultontheoccupancyrates.Notsureifthiswasanon-disabledcountyvehicleparkinginthatspotandeffectivelyclosedoffthatspace.
• Severalofthesensorscameloosefromtheiroriginalmountinglocations.Sometimestheyendedupattheverytopoftheparkingspot,andsometimesintoanotherspot.Wemovedthembackwhenwesawthem,butnotsurehowthisaffectedtheactualparkingsensing.
• Threesensorsstoppedworkingorstoppedreportingdata.TwowerereplacedandreintegratedintothesysteminDecember.However,thismaybiassomeoftheresults,butpotentiallywehaveenoughdatatoobservegeneraltrends.
• Alltherawdatawasexamined,andfixedpriortoanalysis.Thisincludedthrowingoutbaddata,removingduplicates,andfixing“glitches”.Theseglitchesincludedatathatshowedaparkingsessionastwoseparatesessions(butwereinfact,thesamesession).
• Thecurrentmethodofanalyzingthedataisnotscalableforlargerdatasets.Itisacceptableworkingatapilotlevel,butatsomepoint,shouldbeautomatedorintegratedintoothertools.
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Summaryofobservations-miscellaneous• Fybrwasingeneralagoodvendor.Veryprofessionalandknowledgeable.Theinstallation/
deploymentandsetupprocesswasveryseamless.Theywereveryresponsivetoquestions,requestsandissuesduringtheoperationalphaseofthepilot.
• The“asaService”modelwasn’talwaysseamlessoruneventful.TherewereacoupleofincidentsinwhichFybrinitiatedsomeactionsinthebackend,whichimpactedthepilotandsystematSMC.Twoexamples:
• Fybrupdatedtherealtimemapping/dashboardontheirside.ThiscausedtheSMCdashboardtonotwork(noparkingspaceinformation)
• Fybrinitiatedasoftwareupdatetothegatewaystochangechargingprofiles.Thistookdownthegaragegateway.Weareawaitingareplacementpowersupply.
• Whatthedatadoesn’ttellusisaboutunmetdemand.Forexample,ifall6publicEVspotsare
takenatacertainpointintime,wedon’tknowhowmanyotherEVsarelookingforaplacetoparkbutwereunableto.
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Recommendations• Investigatemethodstobettersecurethesensorstotheparkingspace.Investigatefeasibilityof
mountingthesensorsintothefloor,or“bolting”therubbermountingskirtintothefloor.• Investigatetoseeifitispossibletogetendofchargedatafromthechargingstationsandcorrelate
itwiththeparkinginformation.ThiswaywecandeterminethecorrelationbetweenwhentheEVchargeiscompleteandwhenpeoplemovetheircars.
• WeekendsandweeknightsareunderutilizedforEVspots.Perhapsannouncetoresidentsand
visitorsintheneighborhoodthatthereareEVchargingstationsavailable.
• CoordinatewithRedwoodCityonparkingavailability.PerhapsintegrateSMCgarageparkinginformationwiththeparkinginformationprovidedbyRedwoodCity.ThiscanbedoneviaacommunicationfromthePublicAffairsteam.
• AscountyemployeeelectricvehiclespacesareoccupiedanhourlongerthanthepublicEVparking,communicatetoemployeestheneedtomovetheirvehiclesinatimelymannersoastoallowotherstopark.
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NextSteps• Continuetocollectdata.Onceweaddresstheissueswiththesensorsgettingloose,and
thefaulty/missingsensors,wecancomparetheresultswiththepreviousfivemonths.• Identifyotherpotentialparkinglocationstocollectinformationfrom.WecanhaveFybr
installthoseontheirnextvisit.
• ProvidealinktotherealtimedashboardthatcanbeviewedfromtheSMCLabswebsite.
• Determineifpilotdatashouldbepostedtoopendataportal.Initialrecommendationisnottopostthedatacollectedasthisdataispilotdataandhas“issues”(e.g.sensorsnotworking,etc.).Ifwepost,needtodecidewhatformat,cleansedornot,andwhocleansesmovingforward.
• UpdateSMCLabswebsitewithsomepreliminaryobservationsandprojectupdates.
• Draftcommunicationssharingprogressofpilotthatcanbecommunicatedinternallyandexternallyasappropriate.
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