Volume 12, Issue 1, November 2014, Pages 315–327
Md. Kamrul Islam1 and Sudipta Chawdhury2
1 Department of urban and Regional Planning, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
2 Department of urban and Regional Planning, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Original language: English
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Transportation engineers and urban planners often report uncertain estimates as precise numbers, and unwarranted trust in the accuracy of these precise numbers can lead to bad transportation and land use policies. This paper presents data on parking and trip generation rates to illustrate the misuse of precise numbers to report statistically insignificant estimates. Beyond the problem of statistical insignificance, parking and trip generation rates typically report the parking demand and vehicle trips observed at suburban sites with ample free parking and no public transit. When decision makers use these parking and trip generation rates for city planning, they create a city where everyone drives to their destinations and parks free when they get there.
Author Keywords: Demand and Supply, Parking, Commercial area.
Md. Kamrul Islam1 and Sudipta Chawdhury2
1 Department of urban and Regional Planning, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
2 Department of urban and Regional Planning, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Transportation engineers and urban planners often report uncertain estimates as precise numbers, and unwarranted trust in the accuracy of these precise numbers can lead to bad transportation and land use policies. This paper presents data on parking and trip generation rates to illustrate the misuse of precise numbers to report statistically insignificant estimates. Beyond the problem of statistical insignificance, parking and trip generation rates typically report the parking demand and vehicle trips observed at suburban sites with ample free parking and no public transit. When decision makers use these parking and trip generation rates for city planning, they create a city where everyone drives to their destinations and parks free when they get there.
Author Keywords: Demand and Supply, Parking, Commercial area.
How to Cite this Article
Md. Kamrul Islam and Sudipta Chawdhury, “Demand and Supply Analysis of parking in commercial Area: A Case Study Probortak More Area, Chittagong,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 315–327, November 2014.
