PARKING BEHAVIOUR AND SEARCH TRAFFIC: A PILOT STUDY

PARKERINGSBETEENDEN OCH SOEKTRAFIK: EN PILOTSTUDIE

The traffic generated when motorists are searching for parking spaces can account for a large proportion of the traffic in city centres. The aim of this study was to find a method for estimating the volume of search traffic and to investigate motorists search strategies, desires concerning parking facilities, etc. During a number of days in September 1998, about 200 interviews were conducted in the centre of Gothenburg with motorists parking in multi-storey car parks, parking lots and kerbside parking. The questionnaire included a map for marking the route used within a delimited geographic area. Search traffic is defined here as the traffic mileage that occurs when a motorist drives from a full parking facility (or a facility where he or she has chosen not to park for some reason) to the facility finally chosen for parking. The method of describing search traffic and other parking aspects proved to operate well. Only 3 per cent of the motorists interviewed in Gothenburg had found it necessary to visit more than one parking facility in order to find a vacant space, thereby generating search traffic. (A)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

  Linköping,   Sweden  SE-581 95
• Authors:
  • HENRIKSSON, P
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 28p+a p.
• Serial:
  • VTI MEDDELANDE
  • Issue Number: 878
  • Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
  • ISSN: 0347-6049

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Central business districts; Forecasting; Interviewing; Methodology; Multistory structures; Parking; Parking facilities; Parking garages; Traffic control; Trip generation; Volume
• ITRD Terms: 916: Car park; 132: Forecast; 663: Generated traffic; 9147: Interview; 9102: Method; 924: Multi storey parking garage; 955: Parking; 975: Parking place (one veh only); 311: Town centre; 654: Traffic control; 6468: Volume
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00809578
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: May 3 2001 12:00AM