PARKING USE OF THE KERBSIDE IN THE SYDNEY CBD . NATIONAL TRANSPORT CONFERENCE; TRANSPORT FOR THE USERS; MELBOURNE, 23-25 MAY 1989; PREPRINT OF PAPERS
The kerbside lane in city traffic is the main focus of traffic conflicts. In Sydney, there is growing pressure to use more of that lane for traffic movement improvements such as "s lanes" and clearways, as well as to widen footpaths to make a better environment for the pedestrian. Before any of these reallocations can be considered, however, it is necessary to assess the needs of the traditional kerbside user, the short term parker. This in turn will allow the impact of any loss in kerbside parking to be considered before reallocation. There are a wide variety of kerbside parking controls, further complicated by changing period controls in which they apply. Legally, on street parking in central Sydney represents about a third of all the parking supply. This category includes all the meter parking, period restrictions, residential parking schemes, loading zones, and preferential parking allocations. A third of all spaces accommodates 70 per cent of all parking events in the city. Information in the paper mainly comes from surveys done by the traffic authority, in association with the Ministry of Transport and consultants, of city workers, city visitors, and observed kerbside use and interviews with on street parkers about to leave their parking space. The kerbside user is overwhelmingly performing a business related function, the most common being a pick up or delivery trip. A major proportion of all kerbside parking was illegal. The length of stay was very short when compared with off street parking. The commuter rarely used on street parking, the shopper was not a major user, but the trip purposes that dominated were employer's business, pick up or delivery, and personal business. The pick up and delivery trip was the one that had the most user restrictions placed upon off street alternatives, and also the one that could have the greatest impact on the future economics of business travel in the CBD (a). For the covering record of the conference, see IRRD no 814837.
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Institution of Engineers
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Barton, A.C.T., Australia -
Authors:
- Marks, D S
- Publication Date: 1989-5
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 156-164
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Serial:
- Publication of: Australian Road Research Board
- Issue Number: 89/7
- Publisher: ARRB
- ISSN: 1445-4467
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Central business districts; Conferences; Costs; Curb side parking; Data collection; Decision making; Delivery service; Demand; Environment; Highway capacity; Law enforcement; Parking; Policy; Public transit; Strategic planning; Time; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow; Traffic regulations; Transportation modes; Travelers; Trip generation; Work trips
- Uncontrolled Terms: Cbd; Parked vehicles
- Geographic Terms: Australia
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Law; Policy; Public Transportation; Security and Emergencies; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00499485
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- ISBN: 0-85825-461-1
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM