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PARKING METERS NEED BETTER ENFORCEMENT

A BEFORE AND AFTER STUDY OF THE INSTALLATION OF PARKING METERS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF METERS TO REDUCE OVER-TIME PARKING IS REPORTED. AN ANALYSIS OF THE PARKING HABITS SHOWED THAT: (1) THERE WAS NO APPRECIABLE CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF PARKERS REMAINING ONE-HOUR OR LESS, (2) THERE WAS NO APPRECIABLE CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF SPACE HOURS USED BY PARKERS REMAINING ONE-HOUR OR LESS, (3) SEVEN OUT OF THE TEN CITIES STUDIED SHOWED AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SPACE HOURS USED BY LONG-TIME PARKERS AFTER METERS WERE INSTALLED, (4) TWO OUT OF THE TEN CITIES INDICATED A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SPACE HOURS USED BY LONG-TIME PARKERS, AND ONE CITY SHOWED NO CHANGE AT ALL, (5) THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE PARKING SPACES WAS REDUCED DUE TO THE CREATION OF STALLS OF UNIFORM SIZE ADEQUATE FOR THE LONGEST VEHICLE NECESSARY FOR PARKING METERS, (6) THERE IS A DEFINITE NEED FOR ENFORCEMENT BASED UPON OBSERVATION OF VEHICLES THROUGH TIRE MARKING RATHER THAN UPON EXAMINATION OF PARKING METERS, AND (7) A STUDY MADE IN EVANSTON, ILLINOIS REVEALED THAT AN ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDED TIRE MARKING AND PARKING METER ENFORCEMENT RESULTED IN A LESSER AMOUNT OF LONG-TIME PARKERS.

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    • No 19, pp 48-56, 2 FIG, 6 TAB 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:
    • Sielski, Matthew C
  • Publication Date: 1949

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  • Accession Number: 00225398
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS, TRB
  • Created Date: Apr 28 1994 12:00AM