PARK & RIDE

Park and ride enables travellers to make part of their journey without a car, reducing congestion on urban roads and reducing the requirement for parking in central locations. To be successful, park and ride must be part of an overall travel and parking strategy and should not lead to increased car mileage. Park and ride services may be linked to dedicated buses or to rail services. A few schemes serve rural desinations such as popular upland areas or crowded coastal resorts. Dedicated buses usually run non-stop or with limited stops. Kiss and ride terminals, where the pasenger is set down and picked up by car often occur at railway stations. Many park and ride sites operate daily but some are part time, seasonal (Christmas shopping peak) or temporary (sporting events). Ideally there will always be a bus at the stop and the bus service will take no longer or be quicker than driving a car. Secure parking is important for the success of such schemes. A specialised scheme is the shuttle buses operated from parking to airport terminals. This note considers: the suitability of locations for park and ride schemes; planning the location of terminals; the stakeholders involved in planning, funding and operation; characteristics of successful services; technological aids; essential features of a successful park and ride bus service; marketing; pricing options and policies; selecting tariffs to attract particular customer groups; dos and don'ts; and the future.

• Corporate Authors:

  BRITISH PARKING ASSOCIATION

  STUART HOUSE, 41-43 PERRYMOUNT ROAD
  HAYWARDS HEATH, WEST SUSSEX  United Kingdom  RH16 3BN
• Authors:
  • PICKETT, M
• Publication Date: 2005-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 8 p.
• Serial:
  • BPA PARKING PRACTICE NOTES 2
  • Publisher: BRITISH PARKING ASSOCIATION

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Exhibitions; Financing; Location; Marketing; Park and ride; Parking facilities; Planning; Quality control; Railroad transportation; Recreation; Shopping centers; Tariffs; Tourism; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Quality
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 916: Car park; 9021: Exhibition; 244: Financing; 621: Journey to work; 9061: Location; 277: Marketing; 958: Park and ride; 143: Planning; 9063: Quality; 1173: Rail bound transport; 9142: Recreation; 320: Shopping centre; 241: Tariff; 9143: Tourism
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00988447
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Apr 4 2005 12:00AM