RESUME OF FRINGE PARKING PRACTICE
A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED OF FRINGE PARKING OPERATIONS IN TEN CITIES. THE STUDY INDICATES THAT ST. LOUIS HAS THE BEST PATTERN OF FRINGE PARKING FACILITIES COORDINATED WITH TRANSIT. THE LOTS ARE ON ALL SIDES OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND SERVICED BY BUSES RUNNING BETWEEN THEM THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN SECTION. DAYTIME CURB PARKING IS PROHIBITED ON A CONSIDERABLE PROPORTION OF DOWNTOWN STREETS. THE LARGER CITIES SEEM TO ACCEPT FRINGE PARKING EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OF SUBSIDIZING TRANSIT SERVICE OR OF FURNISHING THE PARKING FACILITIES. THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS APPEAR TO BE COMMON IN CITIES WHERE THESE FRINGE FACILITIES ARE BEING CONDUCTED: (1) LARGE POPULATION CENTERED IN THE AREA, (2) LARGE STORAGE CAPACITIES IN THE LOTS, (3) LOT LOCATIONS ALONG ARTERIAL STREETS AND AT TERMINI OF EXPRESS OR RAPID TRANSIT SERVICE, AND (4) FREQUENT TRANSIT SERVICE IN RUSH HOURS.
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Supplemental Notes:
- No 19, pp 57-60, 2TAB Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
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Authors:
- Lovejoy, F W
- Publication Date: 1949
Media Info
- Monograph Title: Parking
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Bulletin
- Issue Number: 19
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Central business districts; On street parking; Parking; Parking lots; Parking regulations; Peak hour traffic; Peak periods; Rapid transit; Studies
- Old TRIS Terms: Fringe area; Parking studies
- Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00225399
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Apr 28 1994 12:00AM