Where to park? A behavioural comparison of bus Park and Ride and city centre car park usage in Bath, UK

Integrating car parking facilities with public transport in Park and Ride (P&R) facilities has the potential to shorten car trips, contributing to more sustainable mobility. There is an ongoing debate about the actual effects of P&R on the transport system at the subregional level. A key issue is the relative attractiveness of city center car parks (CCCP), P&R and public transport. The paper presents the findings of a comparative empirical case-study based on a field survey of CCCP and P&R users conducted in the city of Bath, UK. Spatial and statistical analysis are applied. Radial distance to parking, availability of P&R sites in the direction of travel, gender, age, income and party-size are found to be important factors in a binary logistic regression model, explaining the revealed-preference of parking type. Stated analysis of foregone parking alternatives suggests more use of public transport and walking/cycling would likely occur without first-best parking alternatives. The policy implications and possible planning alternatives to P&R at the urban fringes for achieving greater sustainability goals are also discussed.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.03.011
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692314000556
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/09666923
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Clayton, William
  • Ben-Elia, Eran
  • Parkhurst, Graham
  • Ricci, Miriam
• Publication Date: 2014-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 124-133
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Geography
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0966-6923
  • Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jtrangeo

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Central business districts; Mobility; Park and ride; Parking; Public transit; Sustainable development; Travel behavior; Trip length
• Geographic Terms: Bath (England)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01528286
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 16 2014 9:54AM