This book adds to the debate with respect to parking covering the issues of supply and demand, the various policy measures, namely economic, regulatory, regional wide or organisational in addition to carefully selected case studies, along with the future direction of parking policy.
Since the invention of the automobile, parking in densely populated urban areas has been an issue. This collection of essays explores the attempt to manage vehicular traffic and urban car ownership through parking policy. Intended for urban planners and transportation policy makers, the authors examine how programs like ride share, road pricing, and parking supply regulation can reduce overall car traffic and pollution in urban areas. As many urban areas try to shift away from car parking to public transportation, many are adopting car free zones and decreasing the availability of parking spaces in highly congested areas. Case studies consider parking policy in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and China and how each has attempted used parking controls to regulate urban traffic movement. Distributed in North
Travel by car invariably involves the use of a car parking space at the start and end of the journey, the provision of which impacts on travel demand and travel behaviour. The presence or absence of parking at the destination also has significant implications for the demand for public transport. The impact of parking on mode share and travel demand more generally thus has implications for transport and sustainability. Parking has been extensively used as a means of managing the demand for car travel, be it by use of parking pricing, regulation or parking supply via polices such as park and ride. Given the ubiquitous nature of parking in our cities, there is a relative lack of research at least when compared to measures such as road pricing of which much has been written but of which there are few schemes in existence world-wide. This book advances the debate with respect to parking; covering the issues of supply and demand, the various policy measures, namely economic, regulatory, regional wide or organisational. Carefully selected case studies highlight specific examples with industry and research implications. It concludes with a piece about the future direction of parking policy.
