[sustran] Re: Reading list on Parking Management in Developing Cities - Released

[ashok datar]

dear all,
I was happy to read ADB study on Parking in some asian cities. I find that
the situation in Mumbai is not only alarming but getting worse.
some facts:
no of cars 900,000 and growing at 10% pa
total area is 450 sq km and road length is 2000 km
there are only 6000 at grade parking space costing Rs. 5 eq






On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 6:01 AM, Todd Alexander Litman <litman at vtpi.org>wrote:

> This is an important issue so I am happy to see that GIZ has published this
> document. I have a few suggestions for improving it.
>
> First, every technical document ever produced should have the publication
> date on the cover. Similarly, all references should have publication dates.
> This allows readers to quickly identify its historic context.
>
> It makes me very happy to see that several of my publications were
> referenced in this document. However, they are all cited as "Victoria
> Transport Policy Institute", which is the publisher, not the author. Please
> cite authors when possible.
>
> It would be useful if the documents were organized either by major
> category, such as "Parking Costs," "Management Strategies," and "Examples".
>
> Here are a few to add:
>
> Mikhail Chester, Arpad Horvath and Samer Madanat (2010), “Parking
> Infrastructure: Energy, Emissions, And Automobile Life-Cycle Environmental
> Accounting,” Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 5, No. 3; at
> http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/5/3/034001; project of the UC Berkeley
> Center for Future Urban Transport (www.sustainable-transportation.com).
>
> CNT (2006), Paved Over: Surface Parking Lots or Opportunities for
> Tax-Generating, Sustainable Development?, Center for Neighborhood Technology
> (www.drcog.org/documents/PavedOver-Final.pdf).
>
> CSE (2009), Footfalls: Obstacle Course To Livable Cities, Right To Clean
> Air Campaign, Centre For Science And Environment (www.cseindia.org); at
> www.cseindia.org/campaign/apc/pdf/Walkability.pdf.
>
> Matthew R. Cuddy (2007), A Practical Method For Developing
> Context-Sensitive Residential Parking Standards, Dissertation, Rutgers
> University; at
> http://transportation.northwestern.edu/news/2007/Cuddy_dissertation_final_cv.pdf
> .
>
> Angus Hulme-Moir (2010), Making Way for the Car: Minimum Parking
> Requirements and Porirua City Centre, Thesis, School of Geography,
> Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington (
> http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/1458).
>
> Michael Kodransky and Gabrielle Hermann (2011), Europe’s Parking U-Turn:
> From Accommodation to Regulation, Institute for Transportation and
> Development Policy (www.itdp.org); at
> www.itdp.org/documents/European_Parking_U-Turn.pdf.
>
> Todd Litman (2004), Parking Requirement Impacts on Housing Affordability,
> VTPI (www.vtpi.org); at www.vtpi.org/park-hou.pdf.
>
> Todd Litman (2008), Recommendations for Improving LEED Transportation and
> Parking Credits, VTPI (www.vtpi.org); at www.vtpi.org/leed_rec.pdf.
>
> Todd Litman (2010), Parking Pricing Implementation Guidelines: How More
> Efficient Pricing Can Help Solve Parking Problems, Increase Revenue, And
> Achieve Other Planning Objectives, Victoria Transport Policy Institute (
> www.vtpi.org); at www.vtpi.org/parkpricing.pdf.
>
> Todd Litman, Daniel Carlson, Aaron Blumenthal and John Lee (2010),
> Evaluating Seattle Parking Tax Options, Victoria Transport Policy Institute
> (www.vtpi.org) and the Washington State Transportation Center at the
> University of Washington (www.depts.washington.edu/trac); at
> www.vtpi.org/seattle_parking_tax.pdf.
>
> Eric Vallabh Minikel (2010), Evaluating Whether Curb Parking Is The Highest
> And Best Use Of Land In An Urban Commercial District: A Case Study of
> Harvard Square, Master in City Planning, Massachusetts Institute of
> Technology (http://web.mit.edu); at
> https://sites.google.com/site/ericminikel.
>
> Nelson/Nygaard (2009), Getting More with Less: Managing Residential Parking
> in Urban Developments with Carsharing and Unbundling, City CarShare (
> www.citycarshare.org), funded by the Federal Highway Administration; at
> www.citycarshare.org/download/CityCarShare2009BestPracticesReport.pdf.
>
> PAS (2009), Parking Solutions: Essential Info Packet, Planning Advisory
> Service, American Planning Association (www.planning.org): at
> www.planning.org/pas/infopackets. These packets consist of compilation of
> related documents that provide practical information on various parking
> management strategies, suitable for use by planners and developers.
>
> Tom Rye (2010), Parking Management: A Contribution Towards Livable Cities,
> Module 2C, Sustainable Transportation: A Sourcebook for Policy-Makers in
> Developing Countries, Sustainable Urban Transport Project – Asia (
> www.sutp.org); at link www.sutp.org/dn.php?file=2c-PARKM-EN.pdf.
> San Francisco (2009), On-Street Parking Management and Pricing Study, San
> Francisco County Transportation Authority (www.sfcta.org); at
> www.sfcta.org/content/view/303/149.
>
> Schaller Consulting (2006), Curbing Cars: Shopping, Parking and Pedestrian
> Space in SoHo, Transportation Alternatives (www.transalt.org); at
> www.transalt.org/campaigns/reclaiming/soho_curbing_cars.pdf.
>
> Patrick Siegman (2008), Less Traffic, Better Places: A Step-by-Step Guide
> to Reforming Parking Requirements, San Diego Section of the American
> Planning Association (www.sdapa.org); at
> http://sdapa.org/download/PatrickSiegman_SDParkingSym_7-14-06.pdf.
>
> USEPA (2009), Essential Smart Growth Fixes for Urban and Suburban Zoning
> Codes, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov); at
> www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/pdf/2009_essential_fixes.pdf.
>
> Armin Wagner (2007), Parking Management In Rapidly Emerging Cities, GTZ,
> Transport Policy Advisory Services, Sustainable Urban Transport Project Asia
> (www.sutp.org) and the German Technical Cooperation (www.gtz.de/en); at
> www.sutp.org/dn.php?file=PRES-PARKINGMGMT-AW-PLOCK-2007-EN.pdf.
>
> Rachel Weinberger, Mark Seaman and Carolyn Johnson (2008), Suburbanizing
> the City: How New York City Parking Requirements Lead to More Driving,
> University of Pennsylvania for Transportation Alternatives (
> www.transalt.org); at
> www.transalt.org/files/newsroom/reports/suburbanizing_the_city.pdf.
>
> Rachel Weinberger, John Kaehny and Matthew Rufo (2009), U.S. Parking
> Policies: An Overview of Management Strategies, Institute for Transportation
> and Development Policy (www.itdp.org); at
> www.itdp.org/documents/ITDP_US_Parking_Report.pdf.
>
> UTTIPEC (2009), Pedestrian Design Guidelines: Don’t Drive…Walk, Delhi
> Development Authority, New Delhi (www.uttipec.nic.in); at
> www.uttipec.nic.in/PedestrianGuidelines-30Nov09-UTTPEC-DDA.pdf.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Todd Litman
> Victoria Transport Policy Institute (www.vtpi.org)
> litman at vtpi.org
> Phone & Fax 250-360-1560
> 1250 Rudlin Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, CANADA
> “Efficiency - Equity - Clarity”
>
>
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