Hong Kong, together with other major cities, has faced severe traffic congestion problem. A wide range of transport management measures have been implemented to tackle such problem. Among these measures, Park-and-Ride facilities have been adopted to curb the number of cars entering urban area, thereby alleviating the problem of traffic congestion. Park-and-Wide facilities have a long history in US and UK, but it was until the 1980s that the first Park-and-Ride facility was introduced in Hong Kong. In other cities, studies on the use of Park-and-Ride facilities have been conducted to understand the characteristics of users and their trips, together with identification of important factors affecting the use of Park-and-Ride facilities. However, few studies of this kind are available in Hong Kong. The last study in early 2000s solely focused in the pilot scheme in Sheung Shui. To fill this research gap, Sai Kung District will be selected as the case study area so as to enrich the understanding of the users and the trips using Park-and-Ride facilities geographically. Questionnaire survey, together with conditional logit model, will be utilized to analyze the data in a qualitative and quantitative manner. Findings could cast some light on existing characteristics of the users and their trips, as well as some recommendations on future provision of Park-and-Ride facilities. / published_or_final_version / Urban Planning and Design / Master / Master of Science in Urban Planning

Thesis (M.S.)--Youngstown State University, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-70). Also available via the World Wide Web in PDF format.

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Also available in print.

Thesis (M. Hous. M.)--University of Hong Kong, 2007.

M. Tech. Civil Engineering / The transport sector accounts for 13% of all greenhouse gas emissions and is one of the few sectors where emissions are still growing. Car use is one of the principal contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector. In this research an optimal park and ride facility that reduces automobile traffic congestion within the Central Business District (CBD) of the City Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality was investigated with a view to reducing greenhouse gases and their impact on climate. The use of park and ride transportation system is expected to reduce over 96.2% carbon emission by cars traveling along the A Re Yeng Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) line. Park and ride may be further researched for the feeder systems of the A Re Yeng BRT and within townships in the city of Tshwane metropolitan Municipality.

published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

Market research is becoming an increasingly important part of an airport's operational strategies as airport managers try to increase customer service and reach operational goals. This research applies conjoint analysis to investigate customer preferences for parking facilities and services at a major Canadian airport. This research will define and determine the relative importance of a set of attributes which influence business travelers' parking choice at the Vancouver International Airport. In addition, market segments for parking services will be identified. Sawtooth Software's Adaptive Conjoint Analysis and Ci2 were used in this study. A questionnaire was administered to a 36 employees among three local companies selected for data collection. Employees of these three companies represented potential local business travelers. This study was limited to the investigation of a subset of traveler (i.e. business traveler) preferences for parking at the Vancouver International Airport. More complete analysis would have to replicate the data collection procedures and target different users under different conditions (i.e. time of day, time of year, duration of stay). Results of the conjoint analysis indicated that price and distance to the terminal building account about equally for the majority of business travelers parking preference ratings (approximately two-thirds). The provision of video camera security was also an important determinant of customer preference. The provision of electronic signage providing guidance to available parking spaces did not contribute significantly to customer preference. In addition, the provision of a parkade rather than a surface lot contributed little to customer preference. Market share estimates were calculated for YVR's proposed Parkade, Main and Economy parking lots. Estimates of market shares suggested that a majority of business travelers taking an overnight journey in August preferred to park in the YVR Parkade. Market share estimates were also calculated for various service alternatives in the parkade. Comparing these additional estimates with the base service option revealed the trade-offs that business travelers were likely to make. Results anticipated approximately a 60 percent market share for the proposed parkade service despite charging a higher price ($6 per day higher than the alternative parking lots). Market share estimates predicted that the provision of video camera security and electronic signage in the parkade was significant in enabling a higher price. The predicted market share falls substantially to 28 percent if security and signage are not provided. Results also suggested that more travelers were willing to pay extra for the provision of video camera security than electronic signage in the parkade.

Market research is becoming an increasingly important part of an airport's operational strategies as airport managers try to increase customer service and reach operational goals. This research applies conjoint analysis to investigate customer preferences for parking facilities and services at a major Canadian airport. This research will define and determine the relative importance of a set of attributes which influence business travelers' parking choice at the Vancouver International Airport. In addition, market segments for parking services will be identified. Sawtooth Software's Adaptive Conjoint Analysis and Ci2 were used in this study. A questionnaire was administered to a 36 employees among three local companies selected for data collection. Employees of these three companies represented potential local business travelers. This study was limited to the investigation of a subset of traveler (i.e. business traveler) preferences for parking at the Vancouver International Airport. More complete analysis would have to replicate the data collection procedures and target different users under different conditions (i.e. time of day, time of year, duration of stay). Results of the conjoint analysis indicated that price and distance to the terminal building account about equally for the majority of business travelers parking preference ratings (approximately two-thirds). The provision of video camera security was also an important determinant of customer preference. The provision of electronic signage providing guidance to available parking spaces did not contribute significantly to customer preference. In addition, the provision of a parkade rather than a surface lot contributed little to customer preference. Market share estimates were calculated for YVR's proposed Parkade, Main and Economy parking lots. Estimates of market shares suggested that a majority of business travelers taking an overnight journey in August preferred to park in the YVR Parkade. Market share estimates were also calculated for various service alternatives in the parkade. Comparing these additional estimates with the base service option revealed the trade-offs that business travelers were likely to make. Results anticipated approximately a 60 percent market share for the proposed parkade service despite charging a higher price ($6 per day higher than the alternative parking lots). Market share estimates predicted that the provision of video camera security and electronic signage in the parkade was significant in enabling a higher price. The predicted market share falls substantially to 28 percent if security and signage are not provided. Results also suggested that more travelers were willing to pay extra for the provision of video camera security than electronic signage in the parkade. / Business, Sauder School of / Operations and Logistics (OPLOG), Division of / Graduate

published_or_final_version / Housing Management / Master / Master of Housing Management

Introdução: Esta dissertação objetivou estudar o trabalho dos agentes de fiscalização do estacionamento rotativo da Companhia de Engenharia de Tráfego da cidade de São Paulo, conhecido como Zona Azul; investigar a relação entre os agentes, os usuários e a população; e identificar e analisar as estratégias operatórias utilizadas pelos trabalhadores para lidar com as adversidades, constrangimentos, conflitos e agressões advindas dessa relação. Métodos: O método utilizado foi o estudo de caso. A pesquisa é do tipo empírica e qualitativa. Foram realizadas dez entrevistas individuais semiestruturadas com agentes de regiões da Zona Azul, com características diferentes, uma comercial e outra mista. A técnica de análise de conteúdo foi utilizada para analisar as entrevistas, elencar as categorias e subcategorias de análise e arrolar as estratégias operatórias utilizadas pelos agentes em cada uma delas. Resultados: Os agentes utilizam, diária e cotidianamente, uma diversidade de estratégias operatórias na relação com usuários e população, primeiramente, para fazer o trabalho acontecer e, posteriormente, para que as regras da Zona Azul sejam cumpridas, seja para autuar, para evitar conflitos e/ou para se protegerem em situações de agressões. Conflitos e agressões entre agentes e usuários são freqüentes; e a principal causa, destes, é a resistência em pagar pelo uso do estacionamento, e a de agressão, é a emissão da autuação, o que obriga os agentes a desenvolverem estratégias, cuja finalidade é a execução do trabalho; se autoprotegerem dos conflitos e das agressões; e o enriquecimento e reconhecimento do trabalho. Conclusão: A fiscalização e regulação do estacionamento público; a emissão de autuações, ante a resistência em se pagar pelo uso do espaço urbano; a restrição ao uso do espaço público; ser anteparo entre a instituição que representam e os usuários tornam o trabalho dos agentes conflituoso, e os agentes têm de utilizar estratégias para lidar com tais adversidades. As estratégias não são compartilhadas entre os agentes, já que a empresa não reconhece a importância da relação entre agentes, usuários e a população, como parte do trabalho da Zona Azul. Não há investimento da Companhia em favorecer espaços de troca, promover reciclagens e treinamentos para esse fim. Os conflitos entre agentes e usuários se potencializam pelo fato de os agentes trabalharem na rua, sozinhos, longe da matriz, sem segurança e suporte desta, e representarem uma empresa com características de instituição pública os leva a não serem reconhecidos nem respeitados como autoridades de trânsito. À empresa caberia repensar as questões relacionadas à organização do trabalho da Zona Azul, especificamente, o aspecto relacional inerente à atuação destes trabalhadores; ao Estado e à sociedade civil, elaborar e implementar políticas públicas específicas para o setor, visando à melhoria das condições de trabalho e à diminuição da violência contra trabalhadores que têm a rua como seu ambiente de trabalho. / Introduction: The objective of this dissertation is to study the work of inspectors of the rotating parking spaces of the Company of Traffic Engineering of the city of São Paulo, known as Blue Zone; to investigate the operations of the workers to handle difficult situations, embarrassments, conflicts, verbal abuse and assaults resulting from this relationship. Methods: The method used was case study. The research is of the empiric and qualitative type. Ten semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with agents of the Blue Zone regions with different characteristics, one commercial and the other, mixed. Content analysis technique was used to analyze the interviews, to list the categories and subcategories of the analysis and to list the operational strategies used by the agents in each one of them. Results: The agents daily and usually use various operational strategies in their relationship with users and the population. Firstly, to do their work and, secondly, to have the Blue Zone rules met by issuing a traffic ticket, and to avoid conflicts and/or to protect themselves in situations of verbal abuse and assault. Conflicts, verbal abuse and assaults between agents and users are frequent. The main cause of conflicts is users resistance to pay for using parking spaces, and of verbal abuse and assaults is the issuance of a parking ticket, which leads agents to develop strategies whose objectives are to do their work, to protect themselves from conflicts, verbal abuse and assaults, to improve their work and to have it acknowledged. Conclusion: Inspecting and regulating public parking spaces; issuing parking tickets facing users resistance to pay for using urban spaces; restrictions to the use of public space and being a shield between the institution they represent and users make agents work full of conflicts and they have to use strategies to handle those situations. Strategies are not shared among agents once the company does not acknowledge the importance of the relationship among agents, users and the population as part of the work at the Blue Zone. The company does not make any investments to favor exchange spaces, to promote recycling and training for this purpose. Conflicts between agents and users can be potentially violent because agents work on the streets, alone, far from the parent company and from its safety and without its support, and because they represent a company with characteristics of a public institution, which entails the fact that they are not acknowledged or respected as traffic authority. The company should rethink the matters related to the organization of the work at the Blue Zone, specifically the relational respect inherent to the performance of those workers; the Government and the civil society should prepare and implement area-specific public policies targeting on improving working conditions and reducing violence against workers who have the streets as their working environment.