URBAN CORRIDOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM, MANHATTAN CBD-NORTH JERSEY CORRIDOR. EVALUATION OF FRINGE PARKING

The fringe parking program in New Jersey is used as a means of transferring and diverting auto users to transit on the periphery to the Manhattan CBD. Its effectiveness as a system can be measured in that 5300 parking spaces with occupancy of 77 percent of capacity can reduce commuting vehicle miles of travel by 40 million annually. Over the past 20 years a fringe parking system for auto-bus transfers has grown and expanded away from the CBD following the path of urban emigration. The six park-and-ride facilities examined in this report range from those immediately adjacent to the Manhattan CBD to as far away as 36 miles. The facilities consist of Port Authority Bus Terminal and parking lots in New Jersey at Weehawken, North Bergen, Ridgefield, East Brunswick, and Willowbrook.

• Corporate Authors:

  Tri-State Regional Planning Commission

  100 Church Street
  New York, NY  United States  10007

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Blue, V
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 15 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Central business districts; Commuters; Demonstration projects; Fringe parking; Parking facilities; Passenger terminals; Surveys; Transportation corridors; Travel demand; Urban growth; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: New Jersey; New York (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Central city; Urban corridors
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145537
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-FH-11-7778TS7910Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-7778
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 16 1981 12:00AM