The provision and pricing of parking are recognized as important tools for achieving transportation demand management (TDM) objectives. Much of the existing literature on the topic concentrates on downtown cores and calls for the application of maximum parking allowances to limit supplies. This thesis presents an analysis of existing suburban parking supplies in order to quantify parking maxima. The total number of spaces provided, footprint required to accommodate the spaces and the employment to which parking is providing are quantified. The totals are separated by different land use categories and quantities of employment are normalized to account for high trip-generating jobs such as retail. Parking supplies are examined as a function of traditional land use market theory and across primary land use categories. The results indicate that employment is a fairly weak indicator of parking supply, while weighted employment that considers the effects of retail is a much stronger indicator. On average, very high and very low land use densities have the lowest parking requirements per employee (0.39 spaces per employee) while moderate land use densities have the least diversity of land use, yet the highest supply of employee parking (4.01 spaces per employee). The methodology applied may be used to produce quantitative maxima to be incorporated into local parking bylaws that are recognized as potentially strong TDM tools. Further research that compares the observed parking supply patterns across a series of mid-sized cities is recommended to make stronger conclusions regarding the range of maximum values.

Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--PlanA (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references.

Illegal Parking has become a serious problem in major cities of China, but the features and causes of illegal parking are seldom studied; hence, no effective solutions have been proposed to solve this problem. This study is a case study on one provincial capital city of China, Hefei, Anhui. With an on-site observation and a self-designed questionnaire survey, this study is able to reveal the general background of the study area where illegal parking is prevalent due to great parking shortage. After analyzing all the data obtained from the surveys, this study also brings to light the main characteristics of illegal-parking participants, including age, gender, income, perception on punishments and parking difficulty, as well as the distributions of illegal-parking activities temporally and spatially. Through these, this study gives a comprehensive picture of what illegal-parking phenomenon is like. The reasons leading to illegal parking vary. This study uses a combination model of PEST and Cause and Effect Diagram (CED) to comprehensively explain the illegal parking causes from four aspects: policy & regulation, economic, social and technique. Aiming at solving illegal parking problem, this study looks deeply into the externalities produced by and the costs of illegal-parking activity. A microeconomic analysis is adopted to compare the external cost, generalized cost and perceived cost of illegal parking. Lastly, a series of recommendations are proposed accordingly. Increasing generalized cost is then considered as an effective and efficient way to solve illegal parking problem by not only reducing illegal parking demand but also internalizing the externality. Besides, carrying out supportive policies, increasing parking supply, educating drivers and updating parking facilities and management methods are also recommended based on the analysis of illegal parking causes. / published_or_final_version / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning

Slow moving cars whose drivers are searching for parking places is common feature in urban road networks. Increases in drivers’ stress, costs and energy consumption are frequent consequences. In order to avoid these adverse effects, drivers need to have computerized parking management system, which must consists of these parts: parking management information system, parking place reservation system and advanced payment system. Main parking management objectives are: To optimize parking facilities; To reduce searching time of parking places; To reduce vehicle costs; To reduce frustration; To control parking time; Such kind of systems belongs to ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) and usability of these systems increased in last years. Modern solutions are the most effective way to solve parking problems in our growing world, where number of cars increase every day, despite parking facilities. Integration such systems with Parking Guidance and Information systems (PGI) are best choice.

The automobiles parking system is designed in this project. This system has to make the automobiles parking payment easier, to save drivers dear time and money, to reduce traffics and pollution in the centre of the city. By implementing our automobiles parking system we will avoid all these problems. Our clients will be all users who has cars and terminal ware (personal computer with connection to the internet, mobile phone which has WAP or GPRS function, laptop). Usage and payment will be very simple. If it is possible, you will received full information how to reach your reserved place.

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.S.)--Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005. / Dobbins, Michael, Committee Member ; Dagenhart, Richard, Committee Chair ; Hsu, Frances, Committee Member. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1991.

Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references.