Parking in the City

P. Šebaa,b,c a University of Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic b Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic c Doppler Institute for Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

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Received: 25 05 2007;

We show that the spacing distribution between parked cars can be obtained as a solution of certain linear distributional fixed point equation. The results are compared with the data measured on the streets of Hradec Králové. We also discuss a relation of these results to the random matrix theory.

DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.112.681 PACS numbers: 05.20.-y, 02.50.Cw, 82.20.Mj