Abstract
Parking is one of the key links between the urban planning and transportation operation. However, most studies in this field focus on the parking behavior on workdays, and the holiday parking is seldom investigated. This study analyzes the interaction between the parking choice and travel behavior in the holidays. Data were collected at Fragrant Hills and Beijing Botanical Garden during the Qingming Festival (Tomb-sweeping Days) in 2013. The structural equation modeling was applied to examine the causal effects and quantitative relationships between the parking choice and holiday travel behavior and identify the main influencing factors based on the activity analysis. The results show that the parking choice has a close relationship with holiday travel behavior, which is more than an explanatory variable for the travel behavior. Moreover, the parking space availability, parking charge, and walking distance have significant effects on holiday parking choice. In addition, the personal attributes and household characteristics are significant influencing factors for the parking choice and holiday travel behavior.
Highlights
Metropolis parking difficulty has become a profound social problem in China
Parking choice as an endogenous decision may have an interaction with the spatial–temporal characteristics of holiday travel behavior
This study provides an insight into the interaction between the parking choice and holiday travel behavior based on the activity analysis
Summary
Metropolis parking difficulty has become a profound social problem in China. With the improvement in household income, holiday travel becomes inevitable, and holiday parking problem is getting serious at the same time. Parking has only been considered as an explanatory variable for the analysis of travel mode choice.[4] the parking choice considering the availability of parking facilities may influence the activity–travel scheduling process, such as travel time, activity duration, and activity place.[5] there is a demonstrable link between parking availability, parking charge, and mode choice, and it is a critical issue for policy-makers to manage the parking space in a multi-modal transportation system.[6,7] the parking properties should be taken into account in the interaction analysis of the parking choice and holiday travel behavior. This study takes the car traveler as the study object and investigates the interaction between the parking choice and holiday travel behavior based on the activity analysis. Section ‘‘Conclusion’’ summarizes the important findings and puts forward policy suggestions for the future study
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