Managing Parking for Mobility
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Other Latin American cities have also started to reclaim streets for public use. Mexico City has removed approximately 200 of on-street spaces to install the first phase of the largest bike share program in Latin America, called ECOBICI. When the final installation of ECOBICI is completed, a total of approximately 800 on-street parking spaces would have been removed.

Introduction

The City of Niterói, located in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, has begun to acknowledge that while various methods of travel demand management aming at reducing congestion and prolonged commute time are politically sensitive, the common interest is better served by managing parking supply. The City has been prioritizing efficient public transportation, creating bus-only corridors, and removing unnecessary on-street parking spaces to enhance mobility for its citizens.
Managing Parking for Mobility

Reason to Be Selected

Having private cars become more and more common for city families.Millions of cars bring seirous traffic problems into city life.While the policies that directly restrict using and purchasing cars seem produce very little effect cause the convenience and comfort brought by private transpotation easily surpass the high cost for those policies.The case here gives a new and more effective view of handling these problems.

Highlights:

The implemention of removing on-street parking spaces from the view of reducing comfort level for those need parking is actually more powerful.Different from traditional solutions, it takes the reverse of users' psychological needs into account rather than try to improve users’ comfort.

Details

Niterói began removing on-street parking spaces in 2010 and has since removed 390 on-street spaces along 8 streets, with plans to remove an additional 214 on-street parking spaces by 2013. These efforts have been made to prioritize public transportation by creating bus-only corridors and improve mobility. The city recognized that when these dense and mixed-use areas are served by efficient public transportation, they do not require on-street spaces. The areas where spaces have already been removed have not seen ill effects of the removal.

Recommended

For example, in October 2011, a two-day traffic standstill affecting three neighborhoods and an adjacent municipality led the city to limit access to 700 private parking spaces at a popular supermarket. While originally reluctant, the supermarket did not experience a decrease in sales, in part because this area is very well serviced by public transportation.

Other Latin American cities have also started to reclaim streets for public use. Mexico City has removed approximately 200 of on-street spaces to install the first phase of the largest bike share program in Latin America, called ECOBICI. When the final installation of ECOBICI is completed, a total of approximately 800 on-street parking spaces would have been removed.

Conclusions

Congestion and prolonged commute times have become a negative reality of large cities. Various methods of travel demand management, such as congestion pricing, toll roads, and parking reform, have been used to minimize this negative effect. Parking reform, while sometimes contentious, has proven to be effective in minimizing congestion in urban areas by creating mode shifts to public transportation. Furthermore, implementing new policies to eliminate minimum off-street parking requirements and establish maximums as well as removing on-street spaces to allow for better use of the roadway space enables better travel management. In cases of travel demand management, it is important to note that when implementing restrictive parking measures, a city must also provide viable transit alternatives.

 

FULL STORY:

Case Study : Managing Parking for Mobility

Published on December 16, 2012 in C40 Cities

TOPICS | Niterói | Intelligent | Administration

Reference:

https://archive.epa.gov/international/jius/web/html/index.html

https://www.c40.org/case_studies/managing-parking-for-mobility



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Region: SouthAmerica
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Field: Administration
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