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Title:

Parking Demand Measures at Campuses: Strategies for the American University of Beirut

Accession Number:

01372664

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

The American University of Beirut (AUB), an urban campus in the city center of Beirut, Lebanon, is seeking solutions to its parking and congestion problems in its neighborhood. This paper examines parking demand measures at other campuses, with a focus on transport service provision for students and employees. Lessons for Beirut are drawn, namely in terms of the feasibility of implementing transit incentives amidst an unorganized, informal public transport sector; the impact of increasing parking supply; and the challenge of influencing mode choice in a high-income campus population. Relevant findings for AUB are highlighted: public transport services to campus don't always stem from existing public transport services; some campuses have successfully initiated their own mass transport systems; designing a mass transport system catered to the target population can be extremely effective; and ridership on mass transport systems is highly correlated with driving disincentives such as limited, priced parking. Accordingly, the authors propose that AUB commuters would best utilize a mass transport system which combines the professionalism and comfort of private taxis with the vehicle occupancy and cost of shared taxis; parking practices are also recommended. Other major institutions in the AUB neighborhood are surveyed and found to be facing parking constraints and show interest in a collaborative mass transport service for their members. Such community-organized public transport arrangements can be a paradigm for expanding ridership in cities like Beirut where top-down transport reform is lacking, public transport is limited to captive riders, and cities are struggling to manage increasing driving trends and their externalities.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABE50 Transportation Demand Management

Monograph Accession #:

01362476

Report/Paper Numbers:

12-3011

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Aoun, Alisar
Abou-Zeid, Maya
Kaysi, Isam
Myntti, Cynthia

Pagination:

16p

Publication Date:

2012

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2012-1-22 to 2012-1-26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Identifier Terms:

American University of Beirut

Geographic Terms:

Beirut (Lebanon)

Subject Areas:

Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2012 Paper #12-3011

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2012 5:13PM