New App: Parking Occupancy Data Management

[atdservicebot]

Name

Joseph A.

What application are you using?

Other / Not Sure

Describe the problem.

Outdated and manual process for parking occupancy data collection. This causes extreme administrative waste, taking 3x the amount of time to complete a parking survey. Manual processes also present more opportunity for transpose errors. Data is being collected in the field and then transposed onto an excel spread sheet.

Describe the solution you have in mind.

The ability to have a custom back office to create data entry for parking surveys that a data collection team can enter into a digital tablet which is automatically linked to an analysis form that can generate automatic reports including spatial analysis and map view.

How will we know that our solution is successful?

When we reduce the time it takes to complete a parking survey, which currently takes: 4 days to create map for surveys for data collection 6 days for actual data collection 7 days+ to input data into excel sheets for analysis Total = 2 weeks 3-days, if not more since we have only one person that makes the maps and inputs data.

Users

Parking Enterprise division staff, Ryan Royal, David Bracken and parking staff conducting data collection.

Sponsorship

Jason R.and Jacob C.

Which Strategic Direction 2023 “Mobility” indicators would this new application impact?

System efficiency and congestion,Condition of transportation-related infrastructure

Which Austin Strategic Mobility Plan goals would this new application support?

Affordability — Lower the cost of traveling in Austin by providing affordable travel options.,Sustainability — Promote integrated designs and quality additions to the built environment while reducing impacts and promoting efficient use of public resources.,Economic Prosperity — Promote economic growth for individuals and the city through strategic investments in transportation networks that meet the needs of the 21st century.,Innovation — Draw inspiration from forward-looking cities around the world, change the way we think about what’s possible, and set an example for the rest of the country.

Describe the outcome you'd like to see when this feature is implemented.

An efficient process that will help ATD staff make better curb management decision in a more reasonable time frame with more accurate results. This coordinated process will give more accurate results both visual/spatial but technical. It will help standardize parking studies taken by ATD .

Describe any workarounds you currently have in place or alternative solutions you've considered.

N/A

Is there anything else we should know?

As soon as data and technology has time to help with this project, but respectfully, as soon as possible.

How have other divisions/departments/cities addressed similar challenges?

Typically through a custom built software program

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Request ID: DTS20-100435

[TracyLinder]

@amenity @JaceDeloney let's do this discovery meeting together. :)

[TracyLinder]

The due date for a discovery meeting is 3/13/2020

[amenity]

Emailed Joseph A. on 3/26/20

Hi Joseph,

I wanted to follow up with you and let you know that we haven't forgotten about your request for a parking occupancy data management solution... We're simply too swamped and shorthanded at the moment to consider new applications.

We will schedule an intake meeting (same format as the one Jace and I had with your team about the upcoming Dockless Operations App) as soon as we have more bandwidth.

Hope y'all are hanging in there. I know Parking is being leaned on heavily these days for ATD's COVID-19 response. As always, don't hesitate to let us know if you need anything.

Best, Amenity

[amenity]

Whoa — this certainly fell off my radar. 😬

@JaceDeloney @moorerst — have either of you heard anything about this request lately?

@johnclary @moorerst - would this be a feature in the PE Reporting Portal?

[johnclary]

i think it's fair to say that we see the parking inventory data migration as a blocker to this work. i wonder if a GIS collector app would solve most of this need. we definitely need to scope it but i'm hopeful we could get it done with Jaime's help and the new GIS analyst on Joseph's team.

[amenity]

@johnclary - thanks. Should @moorerst scope?

[atdservicebot]

yes, please! :)

[amenity]

@moorerst — here ya go! 😎

[amenity]

@moorerst - please check in with Joseph to see if this is still a need and, if so, what priority is.

[moorerst]

8/27 - sent email to Joseph to determine if this is still needed and if so what is the priority.

[moorerst]

9/2 - per email from Joseph You can go ahead and put this on hold until we have staff to complete the scope, but we do still need a solution for this in the future, as we are going to be asked to conduct more parking surveys and we need an efficient way to complete them.

[moorerst]

Since a solution is still needed I will schedule a scoping meeting