CONCENTRIC ZONE PRICING POLICY AT DOWNTOWN PARKING METERS

BALTIMORE'S PRESENT PARKING METER PRICING POLICY IS BASED ON CONCENTRIC PRICE ZONES, ADOPTED AS THE RESULT OF A SERIES OF PRICING EXPERIMENTS CARRIED OUT DURING A 10 YEAR PERIOD. IN THE CENTER OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA, METERS ARE NOW PEGGED AT 40 CENTS PER HOUR (10 CENTS FOR 15 MINUTES). SURROUNDING THIS AREA ARE CONCENTRIC ZONES PRICED AT 20 CENTS, 10 CENTS AND 5 CENTS PER HOUR RESPECTIVELY. SINCE ADOPTION OF THIS PRICING POLICY IN BALTIMORE IN NOVEMBER 1968, THE PRACTICE OF "METER FEEDING" HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY CURTAILED AND THE RATE OF TURNOVER (THE NUMBER OF CARS UTILIZING EACH SPACE IN A DAY) HAS INCREASED SHARPLY. METER RECEIPTS HAVE INCREASED BY 20% OVERALL AND THE PARKING PROBLEM IN THE DOWNTOWN SECTION OF BALTIMORE HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY ALLEVIATED. /AUTHOR/

• Authors:
  • Liem, H O
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Forum Proceedings
  • Publisher: Cross (Richard B) Company

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Central business districts; Circles; Parking meters; Parking turnover rate; Prices
• Uncontrolled Terms: Zone
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225899
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: pp 417-423
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 25 1971 12:00AM