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PARKING PROBLEMS IN PUNE AND SOLUTIONS
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ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT
vc of the busiest district in Maharashtra. The places in this district are Mahatma Phule Mandai, Dagdusheth Ganpati Temple, Sarasbaug, Tulasi Bell Baug, Senapati Bapat Road, Shivaji Nagar, Hadapsar, Ganesh Khind Road, M.G.Road Laxmi Road, Satara Road, App BAlwant Chowk, Kondhwa, Kharadi, Magarpatta, Swargate, Katraj, Dhankawadi, Pune Camp, Balewadi, and many of Places. These areas are coming up in 2012 due property prices in this area is still at reasonable rates due to land availability and its proximity to Pune city. The numbers of vehicles are going on increasing at an alarming rate on this area. The commercialization of the area is also happening at a fast rate. The investment on roads and for parking facilities have not kept in pace with these growing traffic leading to congestion and accidents. Though multistoried office complexes and shops are common in Pune, sufficient parking facilities are not provided according to demand for these buildings.
This study was mainly aimed to find the present parking scenario in the area which included parking demand, parking supply and to suggest suitable solutions to meet the parking problems in the Pune Area.
INTRODUCTION
One of the problems created by road traffic is parking. Not only do vehicles require street space to move about, but also do they require space to park where the occupants can be loaded an unloaded. The period over which a car is parked is very great compared with the time it is in motion. The size of average parking space is 14 m2. It is roughly estimated that out of 8760 hours in a year, the car runs on an average for only 400 hours, leaving 8360 hours when it is parked. Every car owner would wish to park the car as closely as possible to his destination so as to minimize his walking. This results in a great demand for parking space in the City and other areas where the activities are concentrated. With the growing population of motor vehicles, the problem of parking has assumed serious proportions.
Parking control has become the chief means available to cities all over the world to limit congestion. It is the enforcement of laws and regulations. Illegally parked cars are seen almost everywhere. Traffic congestion is like a malignant disease and due to lack of car parking facilities in the centre of cities, land values tend to fall. The ideal solution would be to rebuild our cities to the requirements of the motor car age. Such proposals may be included in a long term plan. But motor vehicles must be accommodated urgently otherwise the consequences may be very serious resulting in the loss of business and property values.
The provision and citing of car parks should be related to the future traffic flow of the roads that will be carrying traffic to the city or town. The wise sitting of car parks can make it possible to increase the number of cars that can be parked in a city centre, without causing congestion. When considering the adaptation of city centers to accommodate the motor car, the pedestrians must also be considered. While cars are permitted to circulate our city centers, there must be some regulation control which will give the maximum use of the space available. This will be to the advantage of everyone concerned. Adequate planned and organize car parking is essential to the life of our cities. The local authorities must be strong minded on this subject
NEED FOR THE STUDY
Pune is one of the most congested locations in Maharashtra State. High volume of traffic consisting of both fast and slow moving vehicles is plying through the road. The growth rates are reflected in the growth of traffic volume on the roads, thus leading to congestion and subsequent reduction in speed. So it has become necessary to project the future traffic growth and thereby finding out the requirement of increase in carriage way widths required to carry this traffic. The parking space provided is not sufficient to meet the parking demand. Hence it is necessary to conduct a detailed analysis of the traffic characteristics and parking demand of the area.
PARKING FACILITIES
In shopping centers, public places and localities with offices, there may be shortage of parking facilities. Proper design of parking facilities is essential in such cases. Parking facilities may be broadly divided into two types
Roof of Parks
A very popular method of solving the parking problems adopted in many cities is to park the vehicles on roof tops. Access ramps or mechanical lifts provide the necessary access to roofs. To economies, many roofs may be linked together served by a single access ramp. In addition to the ramp, extra cost is involved in designing the roof tops and the structural elements for the parking lots. An extensive system of linked car parks at roof level, integrated with multi level, integrated with multi storeyed parking garages is in use
5.3.2 Park and Ride
This scheme provide for peripheral parking facilities and public transport side to the destinations in the town centre. This is an attractive scheme and has been tried with success in many towns. Since the motorist voluntarily parks his car at the fringe under these schemes, the scheme should be really appealing to him. For success, the total travel time including parking time, waiting time at the bus stop and travel time by bus should not be excessively high to make him look at it with disfavour and decide to bring the car to the town centre in spite of the high parking charges there. Also, the cost of peripheral parking plus the charges for to and fro journey by bus should be less than the cost of travel by his car plus the charges for parking at the town centre
6.2 Types of Parking Studies
A parking study may be concerned with an individual trip generator or facility, such as a hospital or office building, or with the entire CBD. It should determine not only where motorists can and do park, but also where they would like to park and how there parking practices affect other transportation facilities. Parking studies provide the data essential to develop programs to meet parking needs.
Full scale, comprehensive parking studies involving extensive data collection through parker interviews and other means, and detailed analysis provide a sound basis for estimating parking usage and determining appropriate actions. Comprehensive study generally considered requisite for estimating parking usage and needs on a block by block basis in large cities. However, parking study costs and complexity can be reduced in smaller cities where a familiarity with the area and its principal parking generators will often permit reliable judgments by using a more limited type of study without parking interviews. A limited parking study may rely on measuring parking usage by hourly accumulation counts of parked vehicles or facility occupancy checks
LAND USE SURVEY
Parking mainly depends upon the land-use pattern. According to the land uses, the parking accumulation may vary. So, in order to obtain the parking demand model, different land use variables should be considered. But, these variables vary from place to place.
Shopping centers attract more people towards them than most other land-uses. But, the parking requirements of different Commercial centers are not the same. They vary from one to one. Some Commercial centre attracts more customers to it. Subdivision of Commercial centre and offices were taken for the analysis. Commercial centers are classified into two. They are Customer attractive Commercial centers and Non-customer attractive Commercial centers.
The nature of the Commercial centre was decided by making observations at the particular site for 1 hour. Commercial centre in which more than 5 customers visited within 1 hour was taken as Customer attractive Commercial centre; otherwise it was taken as Non-customer attractive Commercial centre. Shops like textiles attracted more customers whereas in Beauty Parlours, Printing shops etc. customers were less. The table 4.1 shows the types of shops considered for this study
SOLUTIONS FOR PARKING PROBLEMS
Every motorised trip ends in a parking situation. Truly, when one arrives at a destination by any motor vehicle one of the first experiences is of parking. This gives rise to parking problems and solutions.
Particularly in the cities and the big towns there is a problem where the supply-demand ratio makes parking a problem for parking space providers, the motorists or both.
We are here to give a bare summary on the difficult subject of parking problems and solutions. These are just some of the many solutions that are available to thinking parking professionals and their customers/users who are the motoring public
CONCLUSION & REFERENCES
Current parking planning practices are inefficient, resulting in economically excessive parking supply, increased automobile traffic, and more dispersed destinations, contributing to various economic, social and environmental problems. There are many reasons to use management strategies that result in more efficient use of parking resources, in order to address parking problems without expanding supply. Parking facilities that serve multiple destinations and are efficiently regulated or priced to favor higher value users (for example, delivery vehicles and customers over commuters and residents) tend to be efficiently used. On street metered parking and commercial parking are particularly suitable for this type of management, and so should be favored over unpriced, off street parking that serves a single destination. This guide describes more than two dozen management strategies that result in more efficient use of parking resources. These strategies are technically feasible, cost effective, and can provide many benefits to users and communities. Although all of these strategies have been implemented successfully in some situations, they are not being implemented as much as economically justified, due to