SPACEPROBE ANALYSIS (RESIDENTIAL PARKING)

This article examines the problem of increasing car ownership in the UK, which is rapidly exceeding available parking spaces in residential areas. Extrapolation of present trends suggests that on-street parking of residents' cars will have doubled by 2025. The Department of Transport (DOT) commissioned a recent Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) project to estimate the nature, scale and distribution of future residential parking problems, and examine the likely effectiveness of various solutions. It analysed the somewhat limited statistics on parking, interviewed officers of representative county councils and district councils, and surveyed a sample of residents in five medium- sized English towns suffering typical parking problems. The survey asked residents various questions. These investigated residents' perceptions of local parking problems, how they might react if conditions became worse, and their views of possible remedies that might be applied by local authorities. Residents in areas with high parking densities were found to experience many problems. Many of them preferred to walk than drive for shorter journeys, but only a minority would use non-car modes for longer journeys. Most car owners viewed the availability of private parking space as important in choosing where to live, but only a minority would consider giving up their cars.

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• Authors:
  • BALCOMBE, R
  • YORK, I
• Publication Date: 1993-9-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 14-5
• Serial:
  • SURVEYOR
  • Volume: 180
  • Issue Number: 5257
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0039-6303

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Parking; Prevention; Residential areas; Traffic congestion; Transportation modes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Selection
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 2267: Attitude (psychol); 632: Congestion (traffic); 955: Parking; 9149: Prevention; 307: Residential area; 9072: Selection; 1145: Transport mode; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00643306
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Mar 10 1994 12:00AM