parking management system, taking commercial malls as an
example. This will be discussed in detail in the following two
subsections
A special survey was tailored to fit the scope of this paper,
covering different issues related to the parking problem in Abu
Dhabi. The survey is divided into two parts: background information
and parking data. The background information
collects data about some background or biographical aspect
of the surveyed sample in order to compare groups of respondents.
The parking section of the survey refers to the parking
problem that people in the surveyed sample face when visiting
a mall, restaurant, exhibition, or any other public area. It
reflects the respondent’s lost time taken up in finding a parking
space and the appropriateness of the space available for his/her
vehicle to park.