Muenster, Germany: An example of promoting cycling in cities - Components of a high quality bicycle infrastructure. A short survey

Case studies in sustainable urban transport #2
GIZ SUTP
March 2011

GIZ SUTP released its next document in the case study series. The document is titled "An Example of Promoting Cycling in Cities – Components of a High Quality Bicycle Infrastructure". This study introduces Muenster’s initiatives to promote cycling and outlines specifications and essentials of its bicycle infrastructure. It provides a case study and orientation for transport planners and policy makers who want to develop similar bicycle-based sustainable urban transport systems in their cities. The document is 22 pages long, full colour pictures.

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Parking Measures and Policies Research Review

Transport Research Laboratory
May 2010

This project investigated the evidence about the impact of different types of parking measures and policies on road traffic, congestion and transport safety, car ownership, on the level of carbon emissions from transport, on the activity of businesses, and on townscapes. The focus was mainly though not wholly, on urban areas. It has involved a Systematic Review of evidence from original and relevant studies.

*Good bibliography

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Parking policy in Asian cities

Asian Development Bank
July 2011

Most Asian cities are facing an acute parking crisis as a result of rapid urbanization and motorization, and high urban densities. Parking policy is an important component of a holistic approach to sustainable urban transport across the region. The report provides an international comparative perspective on parking policy in Asian cities, while highlighting the nature of the policy choices available. It is a step in building a knowledge base to address the knowledge gap on parking and the lack of adequate guidance for parking policy in Asia.

Contents

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Approaches to Parking Supply Policy
• Minimum Parking Requirements and Parking Built with Buildings
• Parking Policy in Streets and Lanes
• Government Resources Devoted to Off-Street Parking Supply
• Policy toward Public Parking as a Business
• Parking as a Mobility Management Tool
• Car Parking Outcomes in Asian Cities
• Motorcycle Parking
• Parking Policy Trajectories?
• Policy Lessons and Conclusions
• References
• Appendixes

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Gestión de estacionamientos: Una contribución hacia ciudades más amables

Tom Rye
Módulo 2c
Transporte sostenible: Texto de referencia para formuladores de políticas públicas de ciudades en desarrollo
Proyecto de Transporte Urbano Sostenible
Mayo 2011

Cada auto que sale a la calle necesita un lugar para ser estacionado: Este es un tema principal en casi todas las áreas urbanas. La disponibilidad y costo de un estacionamiento es determinante para la decisión de conducir o no conducir hasta un destino particular o inclusive para decidir si tener o no tener auto.

Este módulo de GIZ fue hecho con la colaboración del Instituto del Aire Limpio y fue lanzado en la conferencia de transporte sostenible, calidad del aire y cambio climático para América Latina y el Caribe.

En sus páginas discute los desafíos operacionales, de planeamiento, institucionales y sociales que giran alrededor de las políticas de gestión de estacionamientos en ciudades y como se pueden superar. El módulo también discute acerca de temas como marcado, demanda de estacionamientos y mitos comunes asociados con los estacionamientos de vehículos

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World Transport, Policy & Practice Vol 17

Eco-logica
Volume 17
May-June 2011

Vol 17.1

• Editorial - John Whitelegg
• Interventions to Reduce Car Use in Towns and Cities
• Call for Evidence: House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee - Eric Britton
• Too True To Be Good? A response to Morton and Mees (2010)- Ian Ker
• Road Traffic Congestion Management and Parking Infrastructural Planning in Metropolitan Lagos: The Linkage - Joshua A. Odeleye, PhD

Vol 17.2

• Editorial - John Whitelegg
• Street Conflict, Power and Promise: Livable Streets: Humanising the Auto-Mobility Paradigm
• A New Foreword for the Second Edition of Livable Streets - Bruce S. Appleyard, PhD

• Driven To Excess: Impacts of Motor Vehicles on the Quality of Life of Residents of Three Streets in Bristol UK - Joshua Hart and Prof. Graham Parkhurst
• ‘Peak Car Use’: Understanding the Demise of Automobile Dependence - Peter Newman and Jeff Kenworthy

Criterios de movilidad en zonas urbanas

RACC Automóvil Club

Criterios de movilidad urbana: el primer paso hacia una movilidad racional

La ciudad es la auténtica cuna de todas las virtudes, defectos y rutinas de la circulación de vehículos y personas. Las ciudades, sufren en la actualidad un alto grado de indisciplina en el tráfico y en el aparcamiento, y en general no tienen suficiente transporte público para ofrecer una alternativa real y eficiente al uso del transporte privado.

En la última encuesta elaborada por la Fundación RACC, centrada en la circulación urbana, un 22,3% de los entrevistados admitían abiertamente cruzar las vías urbanas sin utilizar los pasos de peatones, lo cual quiere decir que 7 millones de españoles tienen una alta probabilidad de sufrir un accidente en el ámbito urbano. De otro lado, un 16% de los entrevistados “confesaban” no respetar los límites de velocidad en ciudad cuando se ponían al volante. Unos datos que en números absolutos equivalen a 1.900.000 conductores: cifras que invitan a la reflexión.

Ante esta realidad, resulta imprescindible la aplicación de unos criterios de movilidad urbana básicos que sean el pilar para propiciar un cambio de actitudes en la movilidad diaria de las personas. De igual modo, es necesario reivindicar que el Código de Circulación considere los criterios de circulación urbana más allá de la actual regulación, centrada exclusivamente en la circulación en carretera. Desde hace años, la Fundación RACC participa juntamente con diferentes administraciones en la elaboración de los criterios para fijar objetivos de movilidad urbana, audita la gestión a petición de los interesados, les ayuda a conocer la opinión de la ciudadanía y, todo ello, manteniendo siempre la libertad de crítica.

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Parking rates

Parking Rates Show Surprising Resilience – Around the Globe
By Ross J. Moore, Executive Vice President, Market and Economic Research
Colliers International
September 2009



Colliers' second global parking rate survey now tracks 140 downtown parking districts from around the globe. The intent of this survey is to provide corporate real estate executives with the relative cost of parking, both on a daily and monthly basis. Readers will be able determine the relative cost to park a car both within countries and across borders. With data for both 2008 and 2009 year-over-year pricing trends are now available and something that will be a key feature of reports going forward. The survey methodology varies by country but in almost all cases Colliers' researchers have surveyed the majority of parking garages with the central business district (CBD).

Whether to park for a day or to have access to parking anytime during the month, the world's top financial centers are amongst the most expensive in the world. No one region dominates with a smattering of cities from North America, Europe and Asia Pacific all represented in the top 10. Regions such as Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, while relatively inexpensive, all show signs of becoming more expensive as demand appears to be hold ing steady despite the global downturn.

Leading the list of most expensive cities to park a car is London; both The City and West End. Monthly parking rates in The City topped the list at $1,020 (630) with the West End in second place at $956 (590). Highlighting how parking appears to be somewhat immune to the economic downturn, in local currency terms, both London markets registered a modest increase from 2008 levels. In third spot is Amsterdam $805 (569). Interestingly three Australian cities again made the top ten; Sydney at number five, Brisbane at number seven and Perth at number nine. The highest daily park ing costs were dominated by European cities with Amsterdam in the top spot at $71 (50) followed by London's City submarket, Vienna, The Hague and Oslo rounding out the top five. The cheapest city to park in this year's survey is Chennai at $0.96 for the day.

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Spatial organization, transport, and climate change: Comparing instruments of spatial planning and policy

Fabio Grazi and Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh
Ecological Economics
Volume 67, Issue 4
November 2008

Approaching the analysis of climate policies from a spatial organization perspective is necessary for realizing both efficient and effective mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In particular, it allows assessing the potential contribution of specific mechanisms of spatial organization and related spatial planning and policy to climate policy goals. So far, this spatial organization angle of climate policy has hardly received attention in the literature. The main sector significantly contributing to GHG emissions and sensitive to spatial organization and planning is urban transport. A qualitative evaluation of the available spatial organization policy options is provided, on the basis of four standard ‘E criteria’ and a decomposition of CO2 emissions.

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Manual técnico de accesibilidad

Secretaria de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda - SEDUVI
2007

Entre los propósitos del actual Gobierno del Distrito Federal resalta la importancia de eliminar gradualmente los obstáculos del entorno físico para facilitar el acceso y uso de los espacios para personas con discapacidad, así como los servicios urbanos a los habitantes de esta gran ciudad.

El Manual Técnico de Accesibilidad está diseñado para apoyar a los proyectos con criterios, especificaciones, gráficos para las adecuaciones de los espacios, que las personas con discapacidad, adultos mayores, personas con movilidad limitada, con alguna limitación temporal y personas de talla baja requieren. Además, apoya gráficamente a las Normas Técnicas Complementarias de Accesibilidad, que forman parte del Reglamento de Construcciones para el Distrito Federal. Éstas, a su vez, darán la pauta técnica en el diseño arquitectónico.

El diseño de este manual se basa en las medidas antropométricas y en las ayudas técnicas que hacen posible el adecuado desplazamiento y las actividades de las personas con discapacidad.

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Optimising price and location of parking in cities under a sustainability constraint "SUSTAPARK"

Transport & Mobility Leuven
April 2009

The main result of the SUSTAPARK project is an integrated model for city parking, intended for policy support. The overall model design and underlying principles are described in this report. It provides detailed information on the inputs and outputs of the various components of the integrated model and on the calculation methods and algorithms. It also includes information on the data necessary for the implementation of the model and a description of the model estimation method.

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Buses for Scotland: Park and ride for Buses - A National Framework

Scottish Government Publications
June 2009

The aim of this Framework is to assist Authorities and bus operators on approaches to the development of Park & Ride facilities.

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Is Curitiba, Brazil the model city for parking management?

Christopher Ziemann
District of Columbia Department of Transportation
November 2008

This paper examines parking supply, price, and policies in Curitiba, Brazil, the original model city for BRT. The goal of this exploratory paper is to expand the current body of literature on Curitiba?Ts transportation and land use connections and to bring attention to how policy impacts parking, and how parking influences mode choice. This paper provides a review of parking literature, concluding that restricting parking reduces vehicle mode share, and gives examples of policies other cities have implemented such as maximum parking allowances. Then, from interviews, this paper explains the history of parking policy in Curitiba and examines five case studies to determine how this has affected supply, demand, and price. The paper also compares this data with socio-economic statistics and data on urban form. The result is that Curitiba adopted minimum parking requirements similar to most U.S. cities, even along the BRT lines. There is high supply and in all five cases, and high demand where income and density are highest. The lessons from this paper are especially relevant to poor countries battling congestion and pollution and seeking low-cost solutions and can help define what a model city for parking management would look like.

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