PARKING POLICY, PARKING LOCATION DECISIONS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF CONGESTION

The paper develops and tests a model which characterizes the parking location decisions of individual tripmakers. The model is designed to offer information concerning the effects of alternative parking policies on parking location decisions and therefore the effects on the distribution of congestion in an urban area. The paper also offers some explanation for the low elasticity of auto use with respect to changes in parking costs found in some modal choice studies.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This report also appeared in Transportation (AMST), Volume 7 Number 1, pp 69-85.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Alberta, Edmonton

  Department of Economics, 89th Avenue and 114th Street
  Edmonton, Alberta  Canada  T6G 2H4
• Authors:
  • Gillen, D W
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 39 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile travel; Elasticity (Mechanics); Mathematical models; Mode choice; Parking regulations; Pay parking; Traffic congestion; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Parking costs
• Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142063
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Report No. 27
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 2003 12:00AM