Where to park? A behavioral comparison of bus Park & Ride and city center car park usage in Bath, UK

Clayton, William; Parkhurst, Graham; Ben-Elia, Eran; Ricci, Miriam

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 on-going debate about the actual effects of P&R on the transport system at the subregional level. A key issue in these systemic effects, 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.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: 17th European Parking Association Congress
• Start Date: Sep 23, 2015
• End Date: Sep 25, 2015
• Acceptance Date: Sep 25, 2015
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 6, 2019
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: park and ride, Bath, buses
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/841356
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : 17th EPA Congress