@article { , title = {Where to park? A behavioural comparison of bus Park and Ride and city centre car park usage in Bath, UK}, abstract = {Integrating car parking facilities with public transport in Park and Ride (P\&R) facilities has the potential to shorten car trips, contributing to more sustainable mobility. There is an ongoing debate about the actual effects of P\&R on the transport system at the subregional level. A key issue is the relative attractiveness of city centre car parks (CCCP), P\&R and public transport. The paper presents the findings of a comparative empirical case-study based on a field survey of CCCP and P\&R users conducted in the city of Bath, UK. Spatial and statistical analyses are applied. Radial distance to parking, availability of P\&R sites in the direction of travel, gender, age, income and party-size are found to be important factors in a binary logistic regression model, explaining the revealed-preference of parking type. Stated analysis of foregone parking alternatives suggests more use of public transport and walking/cycling would likely occur without first-best parking alternatives. The policy implications and possible planning alternatives to P\&R at the urban fringes for achieving greater sustainability goals are also discussed. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.}, doi = {10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.03.011}, issn = {0966-6923}, journal = {Journal of Transport Geography}, pages = {124-133}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {Elsevier}, url = {https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/818714}, volume = {36}, keyword = {Centre for Transport and Society, transport policy, park and ride, parking, sustainable mobility, travel behaviour, public transport}, year = {2014}, author = {Clayton, William and Ben-Elia, Eran and Parkhurst, Graham and Ricci, Miriam} }