Getting the Parking Right for Transit-Oriented Development

Increasingly metropolitan planning organizations in Texas are incorporating Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) or similar concepts into their long-range plans for the purpose of achieving sustainable transportation. One major challenge to implementing these TOD-type strategies is parking. The conventional parking policies likely produce excessive parking, undermining the expected community benefits of TOD and could even cause the TOD initiative to fail. Getting the parking right is essential to ensure the desirable form and functionality of TOD. There are few studies of the topic on Texas cities. The main objective of this study is to report the state-of-the-knowledge on parking regulations and practice influencing the planning, design, and implementation of TOD. The report first offers a narrative review of the published works on TOD-Parking. Based on the review findings it then presents a matrix of best parking practices for TOD. Finally, the report provides an annotated bibliography of TOD-Parking studies. Appendix 1 assembles parking regulations and practice policies in selected cities in the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area.

• Record URL:
  http://swutc.tamu.edu/publications/technicalreports/161027-1.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Texas, Austin

  Center for Transportation Research, 1616 Guadalupe Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-1255

  Southwest Region University Transportation Center

  Texas A&M University
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Zhang, Ming
  • Mulholland, Katie
  • Zhang, Jane
  • Gomez-Sanchez, Ana J
• Publication Date: 2012-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 154p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Case studies; Metropolitan planning organizations; Parking; Parking regulations; Policy; Transit oriented development
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01376181
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SWUTC/12/161027-1, Report 161027-1
• Contract Numbers: 10727
• Files: UTC, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 24 2012 8:20AM