[sustran] Don't miss GTZ's latest Module 2c on “Parking Management: A contribution towards Liveable Cities”

[SUTP Team]

Every car that is on the road needs a place to be parked: it is a key 
issue in almost all urban areas.In many towns and cities parking is not 
managed at all, mismanaged or managed only in very limited areas. The 
availability and cost of a parking space is an important determinant of 
whether or not people choose to drive to a particular destination, and 
also whether they choose to own a car at all.

Poor parking management or unregulated parking results in traffic 
congestion, disruption of the usability and aesthetics of urban spaces, 
corruption,  hindrance of pedestrian access and movement, safety 
concerns, inequitable usage of road space, etc.

Parking controls and pricing are transport demand management measures 
implemented frequently by local authorities, yet little of the academic 
literature deals with experience of this policy, preferring instead to 
concentrate on the politically “more lucrative” topic of congestion 
charging. This module attempts to redress that balance a little. It 
discusses the various definitional, operational, planning, institutional 
and social challenges around parking practices in cities, and how these 
could be overcome. The module also discusses topics like types of 
marking, parking demand and common myths associated with vehicle 
parking. The publication contains 50 fully illustrated pages and 
provides further reading and links on additional aspects of parking 
management.

This new GTZ Sourcebook module on parking management is authored by Tom 
Rye, Professor of Transport Policy & Mobility Management in the School 
of Engineering and the Built Environment at Edinburgh Napier. This 
module offers measures to address parking problems in developing cities 
and is aimed primarily at stakeholders in local, regional or national 
governments and anybody with an interest in this issue. This includes 
not only traffic engineers but also  policy makers, land use planners, 
transport planners, urban designers and in general anyone who has an 
interest in making parking more efficient and more sustainable.

More information: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2471&Itemid=1&lang=en

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