Parking Study of Congested Area in Vadodara City

With the increase of the number of automobiles, the city parking demand occurred a rapid growth, and the city . This study focused on managing parking demand by collection of parking data, such as parking demand, parking accumulation, rate of turnover, and utilization levels to check the feasibility of paid parking service for the t as well as it response on the mode shift of the two wheeler parkers. In the context of above, Feasibility of pay and park facility on Three busy streets “M.G. Road�, “Gendigate Road�, “Chapanergate Road� have been studied in this research work. The detailed license plate surveying method and fixed period sampling method are used for data collection. This study also includes the personal interview of the people using the on-street parking at these three busy streets. The study revealed that, on-street Parking Demand is very high in the study area particularly on M.G. Road for most part of the day, but Parking Turnover is very poor, which reflects the over occupancy of prime urban space for longer duration. This needs to be addressed for the traffic management as all the three streets are having high commercial potential and high traffic flow. Study also presents information on how travelers will respond to the introduction of parking pricing, and the structure of parking fees.