AN INQUIRY ON THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IMPACTS OF PARKING AND PRICING POLICIES IN THE MANHATTAN CBD

This study has three objectives: to better understand why automobile drivers who park in the Manhattan Central Business District (CBD) do not use public transportation; to measure the impact on traffic congestion from those who spend time searching for a parking space; and for commercial drivers, to determine the reason they use the curb space, the incidence of double parking, and the duration a service vehicle or pick-up and delivery vehicle stays parked. The study was carried out by interviewing drivers of automobiles and commercial vehicles.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was sponsored by a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University Transportation Research Center

  City College of New York
  Marshak Hall, Suite 910, 160 Convent Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10031
• Authors:
  • Falcocchio, J C
  • Darsin, J
  • Prassas, E
• Publication Date: 1995-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile drivers; Central business districts; Curb side parking; Delivery vehicles; Economic impacts; Interviewing; Parking; Parking duration; Parking garages; Parking meters; Passenger vehicles; Pay parking; Policy; Pricing; Public transit; Questionnaires; Studies; Traffic congestion
• Uncontrolled Terms: Parking costs
• Geographic Terms: New York (New York)
• Old TRIS Terms: Parking studies
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00725828
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 5 1996 12:00AM