Analyzing the parking demand characteristics in cultural activity-oriented city

Abstract

Transportation sector is a backbone for the economic development of any country. The urbanization rapidly increasing and it’s a challenge for the city planners to look into. The United Nations has projected that 67% of the global population lives in urban areas by 2050 compared to 50% in 2010 and a mere 10%-15% in the early 19th century. The factors for urban growth are the migration of the people from the rural areas to urban areas in search of jobs in industries, tourism, services, physical infrastructure facilities etc. Explosive urban growth leads to haphazard expansion of the city. The volume of motorized traffic is increasing in India which is expected to cross 130,000 billion passenger km and has potential in creating energy demand and carbon emissions from transport sector by 2050. The deceleration and acceleration of vehicle in the central business district causes emission and discomfort to the commuters. The width of the road is being occupied by the off-street parking of vehicle results in deceleration and acceleration of vehicle by the commuters which causes more congestion and delay along with emission in the temple city. Our study is to analyze the pattern of demand that arises in traffic dense area of Madurai to park the vehicles without causing any hindrance to the commuters travel in the road.