Parking in Urban Centers: Policies, Supplies, and Implications in Six Cities
Most U.S. cities specify minimum parking requirements in local zoning codes, even in areas served by a variety of travel options. Little work has been done to understand how aggregate parking supplies compare with requirements in urban areas or to evaluate the potential impacts of parking requirements met in such places. The research reported here tracked changes in parking supplies and the built environment in six urban business districts between 1960 and 2000. The work also summarized parking requirements in each city and compared those requirements with actual supplies. This research demonstrated that parking requirements could be met only through a combination of costly parking infrastructure and considerable commitments of land. In half of the cities studied (i.e., those with the more stringent parking requirements) off-street parking supply ratios increased by 150% to 300%; the increase required comparable amounts of land but still fell short of areawide parking requirements. Through quantification of existing parking supplies in urban areas and evaluation of the potential impacts of increases in those supplies, this work offers guidance and justification for the establishment of parking standards that conform to long-term transportation and development goals.
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Authors:
- McCahill, Christopher
- Haerter-Ratchford, Jessica
- Garrick, Norman
- Atkinson-Palombo, Carol
- Publication Date: 2014
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 49–56
- Monograph Title: Demand Management, Parking, Taxis, and Accessible Transportation and Mobility
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
- Issue Number: 2469
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Parking; Parking demand; Parking facilities; Parking regulations; Standards; Urban areas; Zoning
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Public Transportation; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01515431
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780309295642
- Report/Paper Numbers: 14-5353
- Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 24 2014 8:42AM