PARKING : WHEN LESS IS MORE

A recent study of parking lot usage and design in Connecticut compared actual use with supply to determine if there were too many surface parking lots, which have the potential of creating excessive runoff and damaging water quality. The survey found that most lots were larger than necessary. The second phase of the study examined how the size of the lots was determined. Parking standards appear to have come from two paths of thinking, the technical analyses of such groups as the Institute of Transportation Engineers, which tend to overstate demand by using the busiest shopping days of the year as the minimum measure of demand. The second path is by word-of-mouth and emulation of other locales' policies, but without any empirical evidence. The author argues that as well as worrying about having enough parking, policies should be wary of creating too much. In addition, policies should support development of parking structures that do not contribute excess runoff.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/33242332
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Winter 2003; Page Range : pp 3, 11
• Corporate Authors:

  American Planning Association

  Transportation Planning Division, 122 S Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600
  Chicago,   United States  60603-6107
• Authors:
  • GOULD, C
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • Transportation Planning
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Planning Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Parking demand; Parking facilities; Zoning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00941513
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 2003 12:00AM