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DATA OBTAINED FROM A STUDY OF PARKING IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ARE PRESENTED. AUTOMATIC AND MANUAL TRAFFIC COUNTS WERE CONDUCTED. EIGHTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES WERE PARKED AT THE CURB LEAVING ONLY ONE VEHICLE IN EIGHT WHICH WAS PROVIDED OR USED OFF-STREET FACILITIES. THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES WERE PARKED FOR LESS THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES AND 74.4 PERCENT WERE PARKED LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PARKING DEMAND FOR THE 8 HOURS OF THE STUDY WAS RELATIVELY UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT COMPARED TO THE TOTAL PARKING DEMAND. THE COMMERCIAL DEMAND WAS ONLY 5% OF THE TOTAL DEMAND FOR THE EIGHT HOURS COVERED BY THE STUDY. THE PEAK OF THE TOTAL DEMAND AND THE PEAK OF THE COMMERCIAL DEMAND DO NOT COINCIDE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT SATISFACTORY OFF-STREET PASSENGER VEHICLE PARKING FACILITIES ARE NOT IN ALL CASES SUITABLE FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. IT IS ADVISABLE THAT FACILITIES FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES BE ADJACENT TO THE DESTINATION SERVED IN ORDER THAT LOADING AND UNLOADING BE MADE DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE VEHICLE AND BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT REALISTIC REGULATIONS BE WRITTEN INTO THE ZONING AND BUILDING CODES TO REQUIRE THAT ALL NEW BUILDINGS PROVIDE FOR THE INCLUSION OF OFF- STREET PARKING AND LOADING FACILITIES ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING.

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Central business districts; Commercial vehicles; Manual traffic counts; Off street parking; On street parking; Parking; Traffic counting; Traffic counts; Truck loading facilities; Zoning

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities

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Sep 16 1994 12:00AM

• FRINGE PARKING IN RELATION TO TRANSIT OPERATIONS
• REPORT OF THE PROJECT COMMITTEE ON PARKING
• ZONING REQUIREMENT FOR OFF-STREET TRUCKING AND LOADING FACILITIES