Application of the Queuing Theory in the Planning of Optimal Number of Servers (Ramps) In Closed Parking Systems

Robert Maršanić, Zdenka Zenzerović and Edna Mrnjavac

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, 2011, vol. 24, issue 2, 26-43

Abstract: The principal objective of this scientific paper is to learn how to efficiently organise traffic areas and especially the size of parking capacities and hence how to ensure a quality parking service to local population and tourists as a component of the overall offer in urban and tourist destinations and how to ensure a return of investments in a reasonable period to parties investing in the parking capacity. What is the optimal capacity and how to calculate it in the best possible way by connecting parking supply and demand? This paper presents the application of the queuing theory to the planning of the optimal number of servers (ramps) in closed parking systems, since parking area can be defined as a queuing system. The illustrated model has been tested on the example of the "Delta" parking area in the City of Rijeka and the particular value of the model is its universal application. This approach has shown that by using the queuing theory, the optimal number of servers (ramps) in closed parking systems can be determined.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2011.11517453

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