TRENDS IN CBD PARKING CHARACTERISTICS, 1956 TO 1968

RENDS ARE INVESTIGATED AND ANALYZED IN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD) PARKING BY URBAN AREAS SIZE FROM 1956 TO 1968. THE DATA FOR 1968 ARE FROM 99 PARKING STUDIES CONDUCTED IN URBAN AREAS SINCE 1960. THESE STUDIES WERE ASSEMBLED AND THE DATA EXTRACTED, CODIFIED AND TABULATED. THE RESULTS WERE THAN ANALYZED AND SUMMARIZED BY CITY SIZE. THE MAJOR CHANGES IN CBD PARKING CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN 1956 AND 1968 WERE EXAMINED. THE PHYSICAL CHANGES SUCH AS POPULATIONS, TRAFFIC VOLUMES, AND PARKING SUPPLY WERE DISCUSSED. THE MOST NOTED VARIATION WAS THE 50 PERCENT INCREASE IN SPACES PER 1,000 POPULATION IN CITIES OF 100 TO 250 THOUSAND AND THEIR 30 PERCENT INCREASE IN INBOUND TRAFFIC VOLUMES. THE DEMAND SIDE OF PARKING WAS ANALYZED. THE DECLINE OF SHOPPING AND BUSINESS PARKING TRIPS WAS OBSERVED. THE 45 PERCENT AVERAGE INCREASE IN WORK TRIPS TO THE CBD REPRESENTED THE MOST RADICAL CHANGE. THE GREATEST INCREASE IN WORK TRIPS OCCURRED IN CITIES OF ONE-HALF TO ONE MILLION POPULATION. THE REST OF THE DATA VARIED SOMEWHAT FROM 1956. ACCUMULATION, DURATION, AND TURNOVER ALL REFLECTED THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF LONGER DURATION WORK TRIPS. DATA ON WALKING DISTANCE WERE THE MOST DIFFICULT TO CLASSIFY EXCEPT FOR THE SLIGHT TREND TOWARD LONGER AVERAGE WALKING DISTANCE.

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  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1970/317/317-004.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Parking and presented at the 49th Annual Meeting. 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.
• Authors:
  • Stout, R W
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 40-47
• Monograph Title: Parking analyses
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 317
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Central business districts; Parking; Parking demand; Population; Studies; Traffic volume; Urban areas; Walkways
• Old TRIS Terms: Parking studies
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225856
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 9 1970 12:00AM