ON-STREET PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS

Factors affecting the demand for parking in residential areas are outlined. Much housing built in UK urban areas prior to the 1970s soes not have adequate space for the parking of vehicles within the curtailage of the property. Many Victorian and pre-1940s properties have no space at all for parking. Demand for parking also increases when houses and converted for multiple occupation, the number of households owning more than one car increases, where larger cars are purchased and when front gardens are converted for parking and kerbside space is lost. The problems with parking permit schemes are outlined. In new developments, the residents' preference for parking adjacent to their individual homes conflicts with the desire of planners to groups parking away from residences for aesthetic reasons. Recommendations for the management of on-street parking include more equitable distribution of parking permits, pricing of parking permits to encourage smaller vehicles, control of commuter parking, careful consideration of parking at the planning stage, containment of parking demand for a street within that street, and secure on-street parking for powered two-wheeled vehicles.

• Corporate Authors:

  TRL

  Crowthorne House, Nine Mile Ride
  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom  RG40 3GA
• Authors:
  • PICKETT, M
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 4 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; City planning; Curb side parking; Parking; Policy; Residential areas
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 977: Kerb side parking (parallel to the kerb); 955: Parking; 173: Policy; 307: Residential area; 354: Town planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00981108
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 3 2004 12:00AM