Parking Management (PM)

Note: The date in parentheses under the capital cost value and O&M cost value represents the dollar year of the cost values. All costs are in $K.

Unit Cost Element IDAS# Life (years) Capital Cost $K (Year) O&M Cost $K/year (Year) Description
Database and Software for Billing & Pricing 10 10.00 - 15.00 (1995) 1.00 - 2.00 (1995)

Database system contains parking pricing structure and availability. O&M costs based on annual service contract.

Entrance/Exit Ramp Meters 10 2.00 - 5.00 (1995) 0.20 - 0.50 (1995)

Ramp meters are used to detect and count vehicles entering/existing the parking facility. O&M costs based on annual service contract.

Tag Readers 10 2.00 - 5.00 (1995) 0.20 - 0.50 (1995)

Readers support electronic payment scheme. O&M costs based on annual service contract.

Parking Monitoring System 10 14.00 - 46.00 (1998)

Includes installation, detectors, and controllers.

Other Unit Cost Elements -

Summary values under development