Parking Strategy Research Articles

Creating by-product resource exchanges: Strategies for eco-industrial parks

Many industrial ecologists have focused upon industrial ecosystems and eco-industrial parks as a key strategy for implementing industrial ecology. Some researchers have emphasized developing networks of by-product exchange among co-located companies. This is one among many options for the greening of industrial park design. This article reviews a range of methods for supporting the creation of exchange networks in new eco-industrial parks. Development teams working with established parks or industrial regions can adapt many of these approaches to these other settings. In either case, a central recommendation is to respect the self-organizing nature of the process and to focus on setting conditions that enhance that process.

VOUCHER PARKING IN ST. ANDREWS: A WORKABLE SOLUTION?

Keywords FIFE REGIONAL COUNCIL PARKING, TOWNS, VOUCHERS, CARS, TRAFFIC, CONGESTION, CONTROL, MANAGEMENT, STRATEGIES, DEMAND, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORTATION, IMPLEMENTATION, HISTORICAL, PLANNING, CHARGING, PUBLIC, CONSULTATION, KERBS, ROADS, STREETS, CHARGES ST ANDREWS, FIFE, SCOTLAND UK... Show All

Crewe business park – a pioneering business park strategy

Gives background to the conception, siting, marketing and planning of a large business park. Relates how two local authorities (Crewe and Nantwich) achieved a partnership.

Evaluation of signal timing and parking strategies on a signalized urban arterial

A computer model for traffic signal coordination, TRANSYT-7F, was applied to a signalized urban arterial in the city of Thunder Bay. The purpose of this application was to develop an optimal coordinated signal timing for the arterial. The study arterial consisted of five intersections and extended over a distance of 1.2 km. Observed traffic volumes and their direction of movement were collected during an afternoon peak period (4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.) in September 1983. Data on existing physical configuration and signal system characteristics were also collected and modelled for input to TRANSYT-7F. Seven improvement strategies concerning changes in the existing signal system and regulatory conditions were evaluated and compared to existing conditions (do-nothing). Several measures of effectiveness generated by TRANSYT-7F were used as the basis for evaluation, which included travel time in the system, delay, fuel consumption, and a performance index, which is a function of delay encountered in the system and the number of stops.The results showed that the best strategy was to implement a common cycle of 52 s for the entire system. This is opposed to the existing 80 s network-wide cycle length. This strategy optimized the corridor with parking prohibitions on both sides of the arterial, and two phases per cycle at all intersections. The best strategy improved all measures of effectiveness. In particular, a reduction in the magnitude of 36% in the performance index was observed, along with a predicted decrease in fuel consumption of 21%. Key words: signal timing, coordination, arterial, traffic, management, parking, evaluation, computer model, delay, fuel consumption.

Parking Policy and Downtown Economic Development

For many years, the role of parking policy in most U.S. cities was to accommodate the automobile commuter by providing convenient spaces to park. Recently, however, many cities have begun to use parking management strategies as means of achieving a wide variety of community objectives, ranging from improved air quality to increased neighborhood amenity. This paper examines the use and impact of such strategies in fostering downtown economic development. The impact on economic development of four kinds of parking strategies—those that control the aggregate level of parking supply, the access to parking, the spatial distribution of parking supply, and the price are described in detail. Case studies of parking policies in Baltimore and Seattle are used to illustrate the different role of such policies with relation to economic development. An examination of the characteristics of the developer decisionmaking process leads to a conclusion that although the provision by government of parking space does not play a central role in development decisions, it can play a significant supporting role.

Parking policy and urban goals: Linking strategy to needs

Parking management strategies have traditionally been used as a means of accommodating traffic demand, with little or no effort made to identify how such strategies might relate to other urban objectives. In this paper, parking management strategies are classified according to the control they exert over the amount of aggregate parking supply, access to parking, spatial distribution of parking supply, or dollar price of parking. Six general categories of urban policy objectives are identified, and the relationship between parking strategies and these objectives analyzed. The parking program in Baltimore is used to illustrate some of the relationships identified in this analysis. This paper concludes that the linkage between parking and the attainment of some urban objectives is potentially quite strong, and that further empirical research is needed to fully establish this relationship. Several different directions for further research are also identified.

Transportation Strategies for Parks and Recreation

Adequate mobility is essential to both public enjoyment and preservation of recreation resources. Transportation strategies can help insure adequate mobility, improve the recreation experience and enhance the quality of the environment. Low cost, environmentally compatible strategies to insure adequate mobility and resource preservation are described. Actions to insure efficient use of existing facilities are traffic operations improvements to manage and control the flow of motor vehicles and preferential treatment for transit and other high occupancy vehicles. Actions to reduce vehicle use in congested areas are: regulation of visitors into the recreation resource; regulation of the time visitors spend in the recreation resource; transportation demand management; parking management and control; and provision for nonmotorized modes.