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Title:

Amenity Versus Necessity: Rethinking Residential Street Width Standard as U.S. Parking Policy

Accession Number:

01473486

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper explores the rationales underlying the use of minimum street width requirements to mandate street parking. A survey of 97 cities reveals that this mandate is not a technical necessity based on safety concerns or an amenity reflecting market demand, two common beliefs held by decision-makers. Many residents are likely unwilling to pay for street parking if it is unbundled from housing. The hidden parking policies should be made transparent and subject to public oversight, the double standard between private and public streets should be eliminated, and parking on residential streets should be optional.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABE50 Transportation Demand Management.

Monograph Accession #:

01470560

Report/Paper Numbers:

13-2776

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Guo, Zhan

Pagination:

24p

Publication Date:

2013

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Parking requirements

Subject Areas:

Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-2776

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 5 2013 12:34PM