With one‐third of the average downtown dedicated to parking, the issue of how to store theprivate automobile plays a … dominant role in public policy decisions. Several studies indicate thata well thought out on‐street parking policy can … retail activity,the City of Eugene implemented a free two‐hour parking program in its downtown core. I use asurvey completed …

We examine the eff ect of citywide parking policy on parking and traffic demand. Using a large increase in on …-street parking prices for the city of Amsterdam, we show that the policy caused a substantial drop in on-street parking demand, which … is not off set by an increase in off -street demand. The overall reduction in parking demand implies a 2% - 3% reduction …

We develop a positive theory of pricing car access (by parking fees or cordon tolls) to downtown commercial districts … lobbying contribution schedules than superstores, which induces the government to underprice central roads and parking spaces … higher or lower parking fees, depending on their relative concern for the vitality of the central district. As a consequence …

This paper analyzes the provision of residential parking in a monocentric city, with the ultimate goal of appraising … the desirability and effects of regulations such as a minimum-parking requirement (MPR) per dwelling. The analysis … considers three different regimes for provision of parking space: surface parking, underground parking, and structural parking …

, as road pricing often has high infrastructural costs and faces public opposition. This paper explores the role of parking … taxation in reducing congestion by considering a natural experiment created by the progressive January 1, 2012 Chicago parking … parking tax increase led to a 4-6 percent reduction in total vehicle trips in high-income areas, with the largest response …