REPORT OF THE PROJECT COMMITTEE ON PARKING
DATA WERE ANALYZED TO:(1) EVALUATE PARKING HABITS OF DRIVERS, (2) DETERMINE THE DESIRABLE LOCATION OF OFF-STREET FACILITIES, (3) DESIGN THE CAPACITY OF THOSE FACILITIES FOR THE DEMAND, (4) DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF PARKING GENERATED BY THE CREATION OR IMPROVEMENT OF A PARKING FACILITY, (5) THE INTEGRATE TRANSIT OPERATIONS AND THE LOCATION OF PARKING FACILITIES, (6) APPRAISE AND DEVELOP METHODS FOR OBTAINING THESE FACTS, AND (7) APPLY THESE FACTS TO ZONING ORDINANCES, BUILDING CODES, REGULATIONS DEALING WITH PARKING AND TRUCK DELIVERIES AND PICKUPS. A SERIES OF 25-PERCENT SAMPLES WAS TAKEN BY USING THE RECORDS OF ALL SURVEYS OBTAINED IN A COMPLETED STUDY ON CURB PARKING. A STUDY OF THE TRIP PURPOSES AND LENGTHS OF TIME PEOPLE PARKED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA INDICATE A SIZABLE GROUP OF ERRAND PARKERS, WHO PARK LESS THAN ONE-HALF HOUR. IT DOES NOT SEEM POSSIBLE THAT CURB PARKING CAN BE COMPLETELY ELIMINATED. OTHER FACTORS WILL INFLUENCE THE VOLUME OF PARKING GENERATED, SUCH AS IMPROVED TRANSIT SERVICE, IMPROVED EXPRESSWAY AND ARTERIAL ROUTES, AND IMPROVED TRAFFIC CONTROL ON CITY STREETS.
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Authors:
- Hitchcock, S T
- Publication Date: 1948-12
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Pagination: pp 15-17
- Monograph Title: Parking
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Bulletin
- Issue Number: 15
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Building codes; Data analysis; Drivers; Expressways; Mathematical analysis; Off street parking; On street parking; Parking; Parking duration; Parking lots; Parking regulations; Public transit; Reaction time; Studies; Traffic control; Trip generation; Truck loading facilities; Zoning
- Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction
- Old TRIS Terms: Fringe area; Parking studies
- Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00225359
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Sep 16 1994 12:00AM