Parking Management Strategies
Municipal Implementation Tool #006

Parking Management Strategies

Product No.: MIT006
Date Published: 05/2004

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This brochure is the sixth in a series of "implementation tools" brochures based on the recommendations in Horizons 2025, the region's long-range plan, prepared and adopted by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC). This brochure covers basic strategies to balance the supply and demand of parking. Many cities and towns do not address parking beyond the implementation of minimum parking requirements, and often opt for supplying too much parking over too little. Learning to better manage the existing parking supply, while also adopting strategies to reduce parking demand, can create better communities in the region.

Geographic Area Covered: Nine-county Delaware Valley region, including Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania; and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer counties in New Jersey.

Key Words: Parking supply, parking demand, minimum parking requirements, , maximum parking requirements, transportation demand management strategies, variable pricing, commuter benefits, parking cash-out, transit fare vouchers, on-street parking, real-time information, remote parking, shared parking, reserve parking, transit-oriented development, parking meters, permit parking, overlay zone.

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