Parking behavior and the possible impacts on travel alternatives in motorcycle-dominated cities

Abstract

The objectives of this study are to investigate parking behavior and possible impacts of parking management measure on travel alternatives, then giving the recommendation for transport authorities to achieve the sustainable development of urban transport. To achieve these objectives, the following tasks are addressed. The study firstly gives a basic understanding of factors influencing mode choice, parking location selection, and destination choice. It also highlights the significant role of parking pricing on transport demand management based on international experience. Secondly, parking behavior is investigated in terms of parking location preference, illegal parking phenomenon, and parking duration. Finally, multinomial logit models are developed to estimate the probabilities that transport users who currently drive their private vehicles might choose to use their current mode, change to use the bus, or change to walk for work trips under two scenarios of parking fee increase and bus accessibility improvement. The results of the study might be useful for developing effective parking policies in motorcycle-dominated cities.