Studies on On-Street Parking Using License Plate Method In Basavangudi Bangalore

ABSTRACT The transport infrastructure contributes substantially to the state economy. Parking is an essential component of the transportation system. This essential component causes some major problems that are created by the increasing vehicle traffic. Some of the issues related to parking are congestion, delay, accident, pollution etc. It has an impact on transport development. The availability of less space in urban areas has increased demand for parking space especially in central business area. In Bangalore it has been documented that, two wheeler sales were observed to be at 1.5 million with an annual growth rate of 7-10%, while car sales were observed to be close to 5 lakhs units a year in the year 2012 as per siamindia.com. In order to accommodate the large volume of vehicle, cities must develop the affect their infrastructuresroads, flyovers, car parks. The Aim of the study was to analyze the existing condition of parking & Level of Service (LOS), delay in signalized intersection & also collect the behavior response from the commuters. In urban areas parking causes more and more problems which re-quire a goal-oriented and efficient parking policy. In order to implement a policy a study about the parking problem is important. Simple methodology was adopted to study the on street parking; some of the primary survey was carried out like volume count, parking duration, accumulation, demand survey and Willingness to Pay survey (WTP). In WTP survey, questions were asked to the road users, among them only 39% agreed to the implement the new parking policy. Regression model were employed to measure the relationship between parking demand and parking space capacity per activity roads