Empirical Evidence on Cruising for Parking

Jos van Ommeren (), Derk Wentink and Piet Rietveld
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Derk Wentink: VU University Amsterdam

No 10-028/3, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: This discussion paper led to a publication in 'Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment' , 2012, 46(1), 123-130.

The literature on car cruising is dominated by theory. This is the first article thatexamines cruising for parking using a nation-wide random sample of car trips. We excludeemployer-provided and residential parking. We demonstrate that cruising time is, on average, 36seconds per car trip. Car drivers appear to choose their cruising time in line with economictheory: cruising time increases with travel duration as well as with parking duration, but fallswith income. We also find that cruising is more common with shopping and recreation than forwork-related activities. Cruising has a distinctive pattern over the day with a peak in themorning, so the order of arrival is essential to parking.

Keywords: Cruising; for; parking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-03-10
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