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While park-and-ride (P&R) facilities often provide an easy way for people to access a transit system, they can often take up valuable space near a transit stop that could otherwise be used for transit-oriented development (TOD). One possible approach to dealing with this conflict is to move the park-and-ride facility some distance away from the station, leaving additional space for TOD near the station. However, this would require that P&R users tolerate longer walking distances. While several studies have addressed the walking tolerance of transit users more generally, none of these studies has focused on P&R users. This study helps to fill this gap by conducting a survey of P&R users exploring their tolerance for walking from the parking facility to the station under a variety of scenarios (i.e., choice experiments). Statistical analysis of the survey results reveals that P&R users have statistically significant presences for short walking distances, but that they also have significant preferences for a good pedestrian environment that can offset some of the disutility of walking distances. More specifically, the marginal utilities of safe intersections, good pedestrian infrastructure, and an attractive building appearance are estimated to be equivalent to reducing walking distance by 0.062, 27 0.067, and 0.047 miles, respectively. In a neighborhood that combines these features, P&R users may be willing to walk an additional 0.18 miles. This suggests that planners may be able to move P&R facilities a few blocks away from a station without losing P&R patrons as long as they are able to create pedestrian-friendly routes between the parking lot and station.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADB10 Standing Committee on Traveler Behavior and Values. Alternate title: Do Park-and-Ride Transit Stations Need to Be Built Adjacent to the Transit Station? Examining the Walking Tolerance of Park-and-Ride Users in the Twin Cities, Minnesota.

18-02233

English

17p

2018

Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Park and ride; Rail transit stations; Statistical analysis; Transit oriented development; Walking

Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (Minnesota)

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-02233

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 8 2018 10:32AM