Today we review another “pain” survey facing drivers, the challenges in finding an open parking spot downtown in over 20 cities worldwide- and the shared pain residents of those cities experience in terms of emissions from these vehicles who on average spend 20 minutes in the search and make up 30% of the traffic.
Key Quotes:
“ 8,042 commuters in 20 cities on six continents surveyed”
“over 30 percent of traffic in a city is caused by drivers searching for a parking spot. Not only do inefficient parking systems result in congestion and increased carbon emissions, they also waste commuters’ time, lead to lost productivity and economic opportunities and can lead to inefficient city services”
“The IBM Parking Index is comprised of the following key issues: 1) longest amount of time looking for a parking place; 2) inability to find a parking place; 3) disagreement over parking spots; 4) received a parking ticket for illegal parking and 5) number of parking tickets received.”
“It’s easy to see how this parking ‘pain’ can impact productivity of citizens and economic opportunities in a city. The ability to combine transportation information being collected with a better understanding of their citizens’ parking needs can help cities not only better match parking supply with demand from commuters, but also better anticipate and avoid gridlock and make significant inroads to reduce congestion.”
“Globally, drivers have spent an average of nearly 20 minutes in pursuit of a coveted spot. African drivers averaged both the shortest and longest times -- Johannesburg averaged 12.7 minutes and Nairobi averaged 31.7 minutes”
“Thirteen percent of drivers in Nairobi reported driving around for more than one hour for a parking spot within the last year….citizens in Chicago (28 percent), Montreal (24 percent) and Stockholm (24 percent) fared much better, finding a spot in less than five minutes”
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