[sustran] Parking Policy

[Paul Barter]

The question below appeared on the utsg list. Israel is planning to limit
parking in urban areas that are well-served by public transport.  I am
reposting to sustran-discuss because this is an important sustainable
transport measure, much preferable to the common practice of decreeing a
MINIMUM parking requirement for buildings, regardless of location.  Another
interesting question for Asian cities, given our discussion of motorcycles,
is how motorcycle parking might be restrained in transit-oriented areas.

I don't think iitpr subscribes to sustran-discuss so any replies would need
to go directly to them.

Paul.

>Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 16:07:15 +0300
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>Subject: Parking Policy
>From: iitpr <iitpr at netvision.net.il>
>To: utsg at mailbase.ac.uk
........
>
>We are working now on formulating new parking codes for the urban areas
>in Israel, including parking policy. We want to learn from experience in
>other countries.
>
>In general, maximum parking space allowed will be a decreasing function
>of  the distance from a "Transit Corridor" and stations. We have several
>questions regarding this concept:
>
>1. What will be the best definition of a "Public Transport Corridor"
>(including Bus lines).
>
>2. What is "reasonable walking distance" from a station.
>3. How does the walking distance to a station  influences transit usage
>(distance decay curve) ?
>
>Any data and/or references will be most appreciated.
>
>Thank you
>
>Dr. Gadi Kfir
>The Israel Institute of Transportation Planning and Research
>POB 9180, Tel Aviv 61090 Israel
>Iitpr at netvision.net.il
>


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