VALIDATING STATED PARKING DURATION OF DRIVERS IN KOTA CITY

Abstract: The Indian cities are facing the problem of shortage of parking spaces for vehicles. This is happening even in small and medium size cities. The boom in vehicle ownership and the limited spaces available along or off the road network aggravates the problem. This results in the erratic parking behaviour. Therefore, the need is to implement policy measures that would solve the problem not only by satisfying the parking demand but also by not causing an economic loss to the area. In this respect, two studies were conducted in a medium sized city Kota, Rajasthan State in India. This paper presents the outcome of those studies and compares the results of duration analysis performed using stated intention survey data with respect to a parking usage and duration analysis done using conventional methods. The study was carried out in old city area of Kota City. The area attracts all types of trips as it provides opportunities for working, shopping, commercial visits, social visits and housing. The analysis involved computation of parking characteristics, parking accumulations and parking duration under one study and person characteristics, parking characteristics, parking policy examination and preference analysis and parking duration analysis. The comparison was made between the parking duration computed for different categories of vehicles under the two studies. It was observed that the variation in values is acceptable for full-term analysis. The persons understate durations for short-term stays but overstate it for full term stay. A fourth and fifth order polynomial is fitted for the information available