Evaluation of Parking Characteristics: A case study of Delhi
Janak Parmar, Pritikana Das, Farhat Azad, Sanjay Dave, Ravindra Kumar
Abstract
In major cities, as the development goes on, the parking generation rate increases rapidly which leads to major parking problems. A study has been carried out in Delhi to study the parking characteristics and to measure the adherence to parking guidelines. Parking surveys have been carried out at nine sections, typically at commercial and shopping areas in Delhi. On-street and off-street parking characteristics were analyzed considering the parking statistics which includes parking accumulation, parking occupancy, parking load, average parking duration, parking index/parking efficiency. Some areas, even having sufficient parking capacity suffered from congestion due to improper management and lack of availability of required signs, marking of bays and other smart techniques. As a result of analysis, the peak parking saturation values at P1 and P3 parking at Nehru place came 0.97 and 0.98 respectively which shows optimal utilization of parking. According to total volume study at Nehru place, the peak parking saturation is 3.25 and 6.21 for car and bike respectively which shows high spill over condition. Also, at Bhikaji cama place back side parking and Atta market bike parking shows spill over condition as per study. At Kamla nagar market, parking space is well utilized. Observing the study outcomes, some guidelines has been suggested for optimal utilization of available space. Study outcomes will be helpful for engineers, planners and policy makers.