Parking at the UC campus: Problems and solutions

This study underscores the importance of adopting integrated parking management policies that ensure not only more rational use of the available parking spaces, evenly balancing supply and demand and bringing in revenues to cover the parking facilities costs, but also the improved attractiveness of alternative transportation modes. Parking supply and demand flows within the UC campus are estimated. The results indicate that the parking facility is underpriced and that there is overcrowding. To reflect critically on these issues and identify research areas to address their socioeconomic implications, a survey regarding the characterization of campus commuters and their travel options is presented. Logistic regression modelling is applied to determine the relative importance of UC campus commuters’ attributes in their level of willingness to pay to have reserved parking on the campus. Finally, some policy proposals are discussed.

► Parking is a central topic in urban transportation and traffic management. ► Parking facilities at the UC campus are overcrowded and underpriced. ► Commuters are willing to pay to have access to conditional parking. ► Commuters are willing to accept a compensation to revise private car mode option. ► Integrated parking management (with public transport) might have positive impacts.