Abstract
Identifying Potential Carsharing Locations in Central Florida Using GIS
Track: Transportation
Author(s): Douglas Lynch, GISP, Karen Adamson
Carsharing is so much more than the sharing of vehicles. It has immediate effects on quality of life, transit, development, congestion, and regional sustainability. In the last decade, Central Florida has experienced tremendous growth. Roadway congestion levels have increased so dramatically it has caused some to consider whether they want or even need a personal car for the daily activities.
Carsharing technology has been successful in larger urban cities like Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, and New York City. In Central Florida, FDOT District 5 decided to use GIS technology to assess preferred or priority parking locations for carsharing. By creating a suitability overlay model in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, GIS features such as traffic volume density, landuse, population and employment density, transit proximity, development locations and other factors were criteria ranked and weighted to identify priority parking locations for carsharing in the Central Florida region.
Douglas Lynch, GISP
TranSystems Corporation
101 Southhall Lane
Suite 355
Maitland , Florida 32751
United States
Phone: 407.790.9849
Fax: 407.875.0175
E-mail: dwlynch@transystems.com
Karen Adamson
Florida Department of Transportation
133 South Semoran Boulevard
Orlando , Florida 32807
United States
Phone: 407-482-7861
E-mail: karen.adamson@dot.state.fl.us