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The city of Davis, CA, has a rich history of high bicycling levels, and the city has ambitious transportation policies and goals. However, both the city of Davis and transportation scholars have overlooked the potential importance of a surplus of on-street residential parking. The existing literature on the influence of parking policy and provision has focused primarily on commercial districts and on large metropolises, neglecting parking in more purely residential areas. By counting the number of cars on a transect of residential streets in the early morning and late evening, the authors estimate the average peak parking demand as a percentage of the available arking spaces. The authors note that the over-provision of on-street parking in residential neighborhoods could be a nexus for the city to achieve its sustainable transportation policy goals while addressing its fiscal and housing supply challenges. The authors discuss possible design solutions, including providing ecosystem services, implementing traffic calming measures, and creating accessory dwelling units.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADA20 Standing Committee on Metropolitan Policy, Planning, and Processes. Alternate title: Repurposing the Paving: Case of Surplus Residential Parking in Davis, California

01618707

17-01765

English

18p

2017

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

References; Tables

On street parking; Parking; Parking demand; Residential areas; Sustainable transportation

Surplus

Davis (California)

Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-01765

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 8 2016 10:37AM