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Title:

Carsharing as Parking Management Strategy

Accession Number:

01023492

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper examines how cities, transit agencies, developers and other partner organizations can introduce car-sharing as a parking management strategy. The research reported is based on a new TCRP study: Car-Sharing: Where and How it Succeeds. First, the paper evaluates the impact of car-sharing on vehicle ownership and parking demand. Parking management strategies recognize that providing more parking is not the only way to ensure that spaces are available, and that parking availability can also be maintained through influencing the demand side of the equation. Data from the TCRP study suggest that each car-sharing vehicle replaces 14.9 privately owned vehicles. Reduced vehicle ownership may mean that less residential parking has to be provided, and businesses may be able to lease fewer parking spaces. Parking demand reduction is one of the major goals cited by partner organizations for supporting car-sharing. Second, the paper examines how car-sharing programs have been implemented in various settings. It discusses three supportive actions that specifically link car-sharing to parking demand management: providing parking for car-sharing vehicles; adjusting parking requirements for developments that incorporate car-sharing; and replacing vehicle fleets with car-sharing. Finally, it concludes by arguing that car-sharing needs to be employed as part of a wider policy framework to discourage auto ownership and use, in order for the maximum impacts to be realized. Therefore, while car-sharing is unlikely to be viable in isolation, it makes excellent sense as part of a coordinated parking management strategy.

Monograph Accession #:

01020180

Report/Paper Numbers:

06-0652

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Millard-Ball, Adam
Murray, Gail
ter Schure, Jessica

Pagination:

17p

Publication Date:

2006

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2006-1-22 to 2006-1-26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

CD-ROM

Features:

Figures (1) ; References (17) ; Tables (2)

Subject Areas:

Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2006 Paper #06-0652

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Mar 3 2006 10:25AM