A GRAVITY ALLOCATION MODEL FOR PARKING DEMAND

THIS PAPER PROPOSES A MODEL FOR THE ALLOCATION OF UNSATISFIED PRKING DEMAND. THE MODEL IS BASED ON THE GRAVITY ANALOGY SIMILAR TO THAT FOR TRIP DISTRIBUTION. RESIDUAL OR UNSATISFIED DEMAND IN ONE ANALYSIS ZONE IS ALLOCATED TO OTHER ZONES ON THE BASIS OF THE PARKING SUPPLY IN THOSE OTHER ZONES AND THEIR DISTANCE AWAY. THE FINAL, "ADJUSTED" DEMAND IS THE SUM OF FORECAST DEMAND AND DEMAND ALLOCATED "IN" FROM OTHER ZONES LESS THE DEMAND ALLOCATED "OUT" TO OTHER ZONES. AN ITERATIVE PROCEDURE IS FOLLOWED WHEREBY ALTERNATIVE PLANS FOR DESIGN OF PARKING FACILITY LOCATIONS ARE TESTED AND AN OPTIMUM SOLUTION IS SELECTED. THE MODEL IS THEORETICAL AND UNTESTED. IT IS PROPOSED PRIMARILY FOR USE IN SMALL URBAN AREAS WHERE PARKING DECISIONS ARE SIMPLISTIC IN NATURE SO THAT PARKING COSTS ARE CONSISTENT AND WALKING DISTANCE IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PARAMETER. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1972/395/395-001.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Committee on Parking and Terminals. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Bates, John W
• Conference:
  • 51st Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1972-1-17 to 1972-1-21
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: pp 1-4
• Monograph Title: Parking allocation techniques
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 395
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost allocation; Design; Gravity models; Location; Parking; Parking demand
• Uncontrolled Terms: Allocation models
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226429
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 23 1973 12:00AM