Parking policy: The politics and uneven use of residential parking space in Melbourne

Elizabeth Jean Taylor

Land Use Policy, 2020, vol. 91, issue C

Abstract: Pressures on on-street residential parking in intensifying Australian cities are popularly ascribed to new higher density housing with insufficient off-street parking, underscoring calls to strengthen parking requirements in new developments. Despite the potential impacts of conventional minimum parking policies (on housing, land use, and transport patterns), there is no or little evidence of who uses residential on-street parking. Nor is there clear evidence of to what extent off-street parking, or requirements for it, actually offset on-street parking use. This study examines residential parking use in one Australian city, Melbourne, via two complementary sources: an existing travel survey of 8,994 households, and a custom online survey with 307 local responses. Although they have limitations, the two surveys provide new insight into where and by whom the use of on-street parking space around the home is more common.

Keywords: On-street parking; Car parking policy; Housing; Urban containment; Zoning; Australia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.11.011

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