Concept - NathanNeelis/functional-programming GitHub Wiki

Research Case

Main research question: At which train stations are you able to park your car?

Assumption: I think you can park your care more often at smaller train stations. For the bigger ones you usually have P+R parking places outside the city center to reach it.

Sub question 1: Can you also recharge your parked car?

Assumption: I think there will be at least 4 electric charge parking spots for each parking area. But I also think this number will increase if the total amount of parking spots increases. Let's say 2 electric for each 150 parking spots.

Sub question 2: Are you able to park your car if you are disabled?

Assumption: This has to be a must. But often there are only 2 or 3 disabled parking places. I'm intrigued to find out if there are more on the bigger parking areas.

Sub question 3: Where can you grab an OV-fiets after you parked your car?

Assumption: In The Netherlands, you can rend a bike at train stations, these are called an OV-fiets. I assume if you can park your car there would be 5-10 bikes available to enter the city center from there on out.

(Optional) Sub question 4: Which P+R is the best parking spot for visiting Amsterdam Central station?

Assumption: That depends on price and location with a decent public transport option. I know for a fact that the one in Amsterdam Noord is a decent one, although I don't know much about the other P+R's.

Which data do I need?

mandetory

Parking areas locations
Variables: location
Dataset: [Geo parkeer garages](RDW dataset: GEO Parkeerkarages
Dataset: RDW dataset: Geometrie gebied
Dataset: NS API - P+R locations

Electric charge and disabled parking spaces
Variables: total amount of parking spaces, electric charge parking spaces, disabled parking spaces.
Dataset: RDW dataset: Specificaties parkeergebieden

NS station locations
Variables: location
Dataset: NS API - Places

OV Fiets locations and amount
Variables: Location, amount
Dataset: NS API - Places

Concept

Making a geographical map for parking places near train stations and inform the reader about electric charge spots and the amount of disabled spots.

In the drawing below I visualized my idea for the first time. In my concept, the orange dots are the parking areas where you can park your car. The green ones are free P+R parking places. I'm not 100% sure yet if I want to highlight the difference.