A STATEMENT OF THE PARKING PROBLEM

THE CITY "PARKING PROBLEM" IS DEFINED AND A NUMBER OF PROPOSED SOLUTIONS ARE APPRAISED. ONE IS SELECTED THAT GIVES PROMISE OF BEING A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE UNIVERSAL SOLUTION. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT CITIES ADOPT AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THAT EVERY NEW COMMECRIAL BUILDING REGARDED AS A TRAFFIC GENERATOR PROVIDE ADEQUATE SPACE FOR THE PARKING OF AUTOS AND LOADING AND UNLOADING OF TRUCKS. ADEQUACY WOULD BE DEFINED IN THE LAW BY A SCHEDULE--ONE PARKING OR TRUCK LOADING SPACE FOR SO MANY SQUARE FEET OF INTERIOR BUILDING SPACE, VARYING WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUILDINGS. THIS LAW WOULD ACT AT ONCE AS A STOPPER ON THE FURTHER AGGRAVATION OF THE PROBLEM FROM THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. IF THIS ORDINANCE IS PROVED EFFECTIVE, A SECOND IS SUGGESTED REQUIRING EXISTING BUILDINGS TO MAKE SIMILAR PROVISIONS WITHIN A 5 TO 10-YEAR PERIOD OF GRACE. THIS WOULD IMMEDIATELY INDUCE AMPLE PROVISION FOR PARKING AND TRUCK LOADING SPACE IN BUSINESS DISTRICTS AND AT THE SAME TIME, GENERATE A WHOLESALE REHABILITATION OF CITIES. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/25/25-023.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol, 25, pp 250-268, 6 TAB, 2 APP. 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:
  • Cherniack, N
  • Marsh, B W
  • Harbes, J F
  • Owens, T H
  • Levin, D R
  • Ridge, M E
• Discussers:
  • Williams, L
  • Barnett, J
  • FELD, J
• Publication Date: 1946

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Held at Skirvin Hotel, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, January 25-28, 1946
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 25
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial buildings; Laws; Parking; Parking demand; Truck loading facilities
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225980
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 22 1971 12:00AM