Developing Parking Accumulation Levels to Formulate Land-Use Based On-Street Parking Policies in a Indian city - A case study

Abstract

Demand for on-street parking is function of land use and therefore, it becomes imperative to investigate the effect of land-use type on on-street parking characteristics for developing land-use based on-street parking policies. To comprehend the aim, two diverse representative land-use types namely commercial and hospital were selected in the central business district (CBD) area of Rajkot city, India. Microscopic investigation was carried out by collecting demand data at every 10min monitoring interval during peak parking hours using license plate method. Investigation revealed that, land-use type significantly affected on-street parking characteristics and therefore, it becomes necessary to develop land-use based on-street parking policies. Parking index was identified as potential measure to formulate land-use based on-street parking policies, which was outlined into different levels representing parking accumulation levels (PAL). In context to the developed accumulation levels based on land-use type, the study proposes to formulate on-street parking policies based on turnover, if parking index delineates in PAL A and PAL B respectively. However, if parking index encompasses other than PAL A and PAL B, then only accumulation of parking demand should be considered for formulation of paid parking policies. The developed PAL provides a common platform for viewing on-street parking as a land-use based phenomenon.