Title: Car parking and conflicting objectives in the long term vitality of the central city
Abstract: Central city parking is an issue of strategic significance at both local and metropolitan scales. The amount and location of central city parking affects, in particular: the level of service and congestion on access roads and internal city streets; the efficiency, effectiveness and financial performance of public transport; the amenity, safety and environmental integrity of the city and its surrounds; the form and functioning of the metropolitan region as a whole. As a result, car parking policy and practice in the central area are the subject of considerable potential conflict between the sometimes differing objectives of local government, city users, special interest groups such as the owners and managers of office, retail and commercial properties, and state or national governments. This paper discusses some of the major issues relating to central area car parking, including the need to place parking policy and practice within a meaningful, broader context of central city planning and management. The rationale for and means of achieving a balance of objectives in central area parking policy and planning, are discussed with particular reference to the City of Perth, Western Australia.
Publication Year: 1988
Publication Date: 1988-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
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