PARKING MANAGEMENT IN OUR CITIES AND ITS IMPACT ON URBAN MOBILITY
Abstract
In addition to its primary role of addressing parking issues, parking management has recently been recognized as a powerful instrument for managing urban mobility and achieving the goals of a sustainable transport system, primarily by reducing the car use. Nevertheless, in our experience, these potentials have not been adequately utilized in most of our cities (parking is either unmanaged or managed poorly), which often results in parking remaining a dominant traffic-related problem with pronounced negative impacts on traffic flow, safety, and overall quality of life in cities. This paper, based on a meta-analysis of parking performance indicators conducted on a limited sample of six cities, assesses the effectiveness of parking policy in achieving its direct and general objectives.
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