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Title:

Calculating the Impacts of Alternative Parking Pricing and Enforcement Policies in Urban Areas with Traffic Problems

Accession Number:

01592721

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Called to seek fresh thinking in mobility management, European cities present strong interest in parking management. In contrast with the old paradigm where parking problem was treated as a problem of inadequate parking supply whose solution lies on abundant, free and on a first-come basis parking provision, the rational of parking management is conscripted so as to combat traffic and environmental problems. At the new parking approach, parking policy should reflect and respect the particular needs of each area and should be applied in a flexible way so as to serve an holistic and integrated development plan. However, parking management cannot stand alone without being embedded in a wider framework of mobility management measures. A key point at establishing successful and efficient parking management policies is the development of a well operating enforcement and monitoring mechanism that ensures citizens’ compliance and acceptance. At this framework, the current paper examines the case of Thessaloniki’s Municipality in Greece, that presents severe traffic problems with this of illegal and irrational parking to rank at the top of the list. Making use of a five step approach, the paper tries to evaluate the impacts on traffic and environmental indicators of the implementation of a controlled parking system. The results verify initial considerations; when a parking system becomes controlled and a strong enforcement mechanism applies, the modal split changes in favor of the public transport system providing as a consequence additional environmental benefits.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABE50 Standing Committee on Transportation Demand Management. Alternate title: Calculating Impacts of Alternative Parking Pricing and Enforcement Policies in Urban Areas with Traffic Problems

Monograph Accession #:

01584066

Report/Paper Numbers:

16-2246

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Morfoulaki, Maria
Kotoula, Kornilia Maria
Myrovali, Glykeria
Aifadopoulou, Georgia

Pagination:

14p

Publication Date:

2016

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2016-1-10 to 2016-1-14
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Mobility management

Geographic Terms:

Thessaloniki (Greece)

Subject Areas:

Environment; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2016 Paper #16-2246

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 12 2016 4:59PM