Parking Management Best Practices / Edition 2

by Todd Litman

Overview

This book is a blueprint for developing an integrated parking plan. It explains how to determine parking supply and affect parking demand, as well as how to calculate parking facility costs. It also offers information about shared parking, parking maximums, financial incentives, tax reform, pricing methods, and other management techniques. What types of locations benefit from parking management? Places with perceived parking problems. Areas with rapidly expanding population, business activity, or traffic. Commercial districts and other places with compact land-use patterns. Urban areas in need of redevelopment and infill. Places with high levels of walking or public transit or places that want to encourage those modes. Districts where parking problems hinder economic development. Areas with high land values Neighborhoods concerned with equity, including fairness to nondrivers. Places with environmental concerns. Unique landscapes or historic districts in need of preservation,"

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781932364057
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/14/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 10.40(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. How Much is Optimal? 3. Factors Affecting Parking Demand and Requirements 4. Parking Facility Costs 5. Parking Management Strategies 6. Developing an Integrated Parking Plan Your Parking Lot 7. Evaluating Individual Parking Facilities 8. Examples