SHORT TERM ON-STREET PARKING EFFECTS ON TRAFFIC

  • Dr. P. Partheeban, Dr. B. Anuradha, E. Palani kumar, R. K. Naveen Raja

Abstract

Every day the vehicular traffic and traffic congestion on roads are increasing in exponential form
throughout the world. These traffic problems cause a lot of frustration among the road users and there
is disturbance due to parking of vehicles on road users. This on-street parking creates accidents,
reduction in road width, congestion, pollution, wear and tear of vehicle and increase in operating
cost. Hence, this study aims to investigate the effect of the On- Street Parking on road traffic and how
it reduces the efficiency of traffic movement near Educational Institutions. This paper presents traffic
and parking data collected near important schools in and around Chennai. The criteria used for
selection of location, duration of data collection and method used for data analysis. Volume count,
number of vehicles parked, Parking duration, Parking accumulation, legal parking and illegal parking
data were collected. A questionnaire survey is also conducted to know about the problems faced by
the road users. The collected data is analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) and
results are presented

Published
2020-04-13