All major cities are experiencing massive struggles to provide ample parking to residents. People who live in big cities like New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, DC know too well what a long and difficult task is to search and find a parking space.Major cities have always had to deal with the chronic shortage of parking spaces, whether in garages or on the street. Moreover, in most parts of most major cities, you have to pay for on-street parking on weekdays and Saturdays, while Sunday is free parking.Looking for a car is stressful and frustrating. The usual complaints from residents and customers in large cities trying to find parking are
• There are not enough places;
• spaces are too far;
• Parking is too expensive;
• I did not know where to park;
• I could not find parking, so I had to double-park or in an illegal place;
• I thought I found a good place, but it appeared I parked in an illegal place; now I have a parking ticket / my car was towed;
• I could not get a parking permit; and
• the parking staff to the garage is rude.Any city (especially large cities) should provide a convenient and affordable parking for its residents and visitors.
In addition, finding a place in a big city can add about 40% in city traffic. Obviously, offering more space is paramount, and there are several ways to do this.
1. Parking Creating other facilities, whether government or privately owned is a common way to increase supply. These facilities are certainly expensive to build and maintain. The entrance fee and use a parking facility must be justified in the eyes of consumers so that people want to pay to park in a particular institution.Naturally, the construction of more parking spaces not only adds to the cost but also takes the space previously available to build homes or offices or other businesses. City officials need to balance housing needs and business compared to the parking needs of their residents. In addition, officials and companies must carefully weigh whether the new facilities are used efficiently, ie at full capacity.
2. Street Parking Another way to increase supply is to increase on-street parking. Cities and local governments can devise the streets with parking lanes. Alternatively, employees may choose to convert part of the traffic lanes in parking lanes. Finally, employees may choose to minimize restrictions on street parking. Since street parking is convenient, visible, and relatively inexpensive, it can help alleviate some of the concerns parking.Disadvantages of adding more space for parking on the streets are clearly less traffic lanes that could lead to more traffic. Big cities like Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Boston and Washington, DC are already in the top 10 cities heavier traffic in the United States. Therefore, in cities where traffic is already a problem, there must be a proper balance between the potentially adding to traffic by adding more parking.
Every great city should also develop best practices for both the garage and use street parking. In Boston, for example, most of the streets of the city center are equipped with high-tech parking meters, which are expected to have an increase in revenue of about 34%, less than meters have expired.Similarly, in New York City, the price established variable time counters ParkSmart project (higher rates during peak and off-peak rates). This project has led to rising incomes and fewer expired meters. In San Francisco, SFpark, based on the same model variable-pricing schedule or pricing of the application, has proven itself as well.
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