On-street parking scheme for the Ermita-Malate area, City of Manila

The presence of commercial and night-life entertainment establishments in an area like the Ermita-Malate attracts customers, thus increasing the demand for parking. However, by allowing on-street parking to address the demand, the flow of traffic slowed causing delays in the delivery of goods and voyage of people. In addition, parking violations in the area further intensify traffic congestion. This study was conducted primarily to address the problem by providing additional on-street parking slots where the streets are not congested and improve vehicular flow where it is too slow. Thus the need to quantify parking demand by estimating the actual seasonal demand for on-street parking during the morning and evening peak hours to be able to redesign the parking scheme. Furthermore, there is a need to review current parking schemes and ordinances to see what sections need to be restated and to be able to recommend solutions for a better implementation. Finally, the expected revenue from the redesigned parking scheme was to be estimated to quantify how much would the local government get. The group gathered parking data during summer and academic period at night and morning to determine the parking demand. In addition a speed study was conducted to find out the effect of an street parking on the flow of traffic through regression analysis. The vehicle flow resulting from the actual and the designed on street parking were compared using the obtained regression equations. In the design, pedestrians and drive ways were excluded from the length of street available for parking. A minimum distance of 6 meters was cleared near the corners of each block for a smoother turning. Moreover, the dimensions of parking slots in the design were patterned after Texas Standards to accommodate even the imported vehicles which usually are big in size. From the results, it shows that some areas have different demands during the summer and academic period. The designed parking would reduce the overall parking capacity of the area in order to improve vehicular flow. On-street parking is not enough for the parking demand, therefore off street parking is required