Carsharing Parking Policy: Review of North American Practices and San Francisco, California, Bay Area Case Study

Carsharing provides users access to a shared vehicle fleet for short-term use throughout the day, reducing the need for private vehicles. The provision of on-street and public off-street parking dedicated to carsharing is an important policy area confronting public agencies. As of July 2009, approximately 377,600 individuals were carsharing members in North America in about 57 metropolitan areas. Seventeen jurisdictions, one state (California), and eight public transit operators in North America have formal and informal carsharing parking policies, pilot projects, and proposed legislation. These policies, projects, and proposals are reviewed in this paper, along with a framework for carsharing parking policy that reflects three levels of government support. In addition, the authors examine carsharing parking policies in three jurisdictions in the San Francisco Bay Area in California that account for an estimated 50,000 carsharing members and 1,100 shared-use vehicles. Supporting this examination is an intercept survey on carsharing parking (n = 425) conducted in the Bay Area. Most people supported the conversion of some type of spaces for carsharing use, and 48% thought that carsharing organizations should compensate the city for on-street spaces. At the same time, converting most types of spaces was opposed by at least 20% of respondents. Neighborhood residents were generally more in favor of parking conversion for carsharing than people visiting the area for work or errands. Finally, a majority (61%) thought that nonprofits should have priority over for-profit organizations for carsharing spaces and should pay less than for-profit organizations.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/2187-19
• Summary URL:
  http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Carsharing+Parking+Policy%3a+Review+of+North+American+Practices+and+San+Francisco%2c+California%2c+Bay+Area+Case+Study&author=S.+Shaheen&author=A.+Cohen&author=E.+Martin&publication_year=2010
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• Authors:
  • Shaheen, Susan A
  • Cohen, Adam P
  • Martin, Elliot
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 146-156
• Monograph Title: Economics, Demand Management, and Parking Policy
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2187
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Off street parking; On street parking; Parking; State of the practice; Surveys; Vehicle sharing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Parking policy
• Geographic Terms: North America; San Francisco Bay Area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01154416
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309160605
• Report/Paper Numbers: 10-2921
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 14 2010 7:14AM