Method for Evaluating Economic Efficiency of Parking Management Tools

Parking policy determined and carried out in today's cities is based on a system of priorities. The main of them is the formation of a comfortable, favorable, safe and environmentally friendly city space. The goal can be reached if a certain city area is forbidden for cars. This study is aimed at economic evaluation of parking management tools, and analysis of users' behavior with a glance to applied management tools. The study allowed obtaining comparative evaluations of efficiency of paid parking and time constraint by the example of Irkutsk. Besides, the study determined the optimum rate and the way how costs of searching for a parking spot influence the efficiency of management tools.