IMPLEMENTATION OF A REGIONAL PARKING POLICY: INSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Parking policy in most U.S. cities consists of the independent actions of a large number of transportation and parking agencies, each implementing different parking management strategies to achieve a wide variety of urban goals. However, the use of the provision of parking as a policy lever for attaining urban objectives in a comprehensive and consistent manner requires the formulation and implementation of a regional parking policy. This paper examines the institutional issues that affect the formulation of such a policy. Case studies of Alexandria, Virginia; Baltimore; Boston; Evanston, Illinois; Hartford, Connecticut; and Seattle are used to illustrate the complexity of the institutional structure for parking policy. These case studies showed that formulation and implementation of parking policy are influenced by the capability of the lead agencies to adopt and implement parking strategies, the diversity of objectives and constituencies that correspond to these lead agencies, the degree of consensus on the policy objectives, the level of communication among these agencies, and the state of the economy in the metropolitan area. A set of implementation guidelines is provided for formulating a regional parking policy. We conclude that a regional parking policy is essential if parking is to be used as a means of influencing urban objectives. Major effort has to be exerted in two areas to develop such a policy: (a) establishment of the institutional base to support a regional parking policy and (b) identification of a means of measuring the effect of parking management strategies (and combinations thereof) on urban objectives. We recommend that the latter task be the focus of future research in the area of parking policy. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Tanaka, Josué
  • Meyer, Michael D
• Conference:
  • 60th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1981-1-12 to 1981-1-16
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 46-54
• Monograph Title: Transportation system management, parking, enforcement and other issues
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 816
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication; Implementation; Institutional issues; Interagency relations; Parking regulations; Politics; Regional transportation; Transportation planning; Transportation policy
• Old TRIS Terms: Communicating
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Research; Society; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00345949
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309032571
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 27 1982 12:00AM