Abstract: This article examines the criteria for establishing successful park- and-ride schemes in the UK. Over 50 British cities and towns have purpose-designed park-and-ride schemes, operating on weekdays. In addition, many railway stations offer free or subsidised parking for train users. Park-and-ride projects can aim for journeys with any purpose, but usually cater for work and shopping trips. Park-and-ride principles can be applied wherever the physical or environmental capacity of an area is being exceeded by too much demand for access by car, for example for scenic areas as well as urban centres. Park- and-ride will work where drivers are willing to tolerate some inconvenience in transferring to public transport. The author suggests that a city or town, satisfying at least one of the following characteristics, will be suitable for park-and-ride: (1) it is a large city with many miles of congested streets, and with scarce and expensive parking spaces; (2) the destination is attractive, and many people genuinely wish to travel there; and (3) a city or town is isolated from alternative shopping and leisure facilities. London is clearly in class (1). Class (2) includes central London, and historic cities like Oxford and York.
Publication Year: 1995
Publication Date: 1995-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
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