The road safety and multi-modal impacts of on-street parking

There is a lack of aggregated evidence about how on-street parking can impact safety and multi-modal outcomes, particularly applied to the New Zealand transport context, and the potential benefits of changes to parking arrangements. On-street parking provides a core function in some of our streets for servicing various land uses, but its design needs to ensure that people are safe from harm, and it needs to be balanced with the other roles of our streets, particularly when road space is limited. This research focused on urban on-street parking rather than off-street parking, which is subject to different management regimes and types of risk. The research did not examine parking management practices or where parking should or should not be located for economic reasons. The road safety aspects focused on alignment with Road to Zero, New Zealand’s Road Safety Strategy 2020–2030, which sets out a vision for a New Zealand where no one is killed or seriously injured in road crashes. The research also recognised that minor injuries and perceived safety and inconvenience issues (eg, a parked car blocking a footpath) can be barriers to achieving better multi-modal outcomes. Parking activity occurs in the road space, so it is important to understand how parking policy changes may affect Road to Zero targets. Road safety was examined from a perspective of eliminating deaths and serious injuries, and how perceived risk might affect travel behaviour, particularly walking and bicycling activity. A range of regulatory, driver behaviour, safety campaign, design guidance and crash data collection recommendations are made to help address parking-related safety issues and contribute to better multi-modal outcomes.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/research/reports/711/
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

  Wellington,   New Zealand  6141
• Authors:
  • Ward, J
  • Turner, S
  • Mansoor, A F
• Publication Date: 2024

Media Info

• Pagination: 119p
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 711

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cyclists; Highway safety; Improvements; On street parking; Parking; Pedestrians; Planning; Risk assessment; Safety; Streets
• Geographic Terms: New Zealand
• ATRI Terms: Cyclist; Pedestrian; Planning; Risk assessment; Road safety
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01936518
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB Group Limited
• ISBN: 9781991068323
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 11 2024 2:17PM