TY  - CHAP
AB  - Purpose This chapter explains the primary factors influencing the growth in parking supply, what the impacts have been in urban areas throughout the United States, efforts that are underway to better manage urban parking supply, and how these findings relate to international cities.Methodology/approach This chapter offers a review of prior research and literature, and further explores the impacts of parking using historical data from six cities and by focusing on two specific case studies. It also includes a discussion of global implications.Findings Parking supply has increased by anywhere from 70% to 160% in urban areas throughout the United States, thereby contributing to considerable land consumption and increases in local automobile use. These increases were driven in large part by minimum parking requirements and perceived market demand. Since 1980, parking growth has slowed considerably in cities that have implemented parking limits and parking management strategies.Practical implications Parking is typically viewed as a valuable amenity that should be provided indiscriminately. This work outlines the consequences associated with this view and highlights isolated cases in which policies have been successfully implemented to address the negative outcomes of conventional policy approaches.Originality/value of paper This chapter offers a comprehensive overview of prior research in parking policy and ties the findings to specific outcomes in urban areas throughout the United States. No other study to date has tracked long-term changes in urban parking supply or its impacts. This work provides a valuable perspective on the magnitude of those impacts and the potential to mitigate those impacts thorough policy reform.
VL  - 5
SN  - 978-1-78350-919-5, 978-1-78350-920-1/2044-9941
DO  - 10.1108/S2044-994120140000005017
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2044-994120140000005017
AU  - McCahill Christopher
AU  - Garrick Norman
PY  - 2014
Y1  - 2014/01/01
TI  - Parking Supply and Urban Impacts
T2  - Parking Issues and Policies
T3  - Transport and Sustainability
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 33
EP  - 55
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -