IRFAN AHMED MEMON

A HYPOTHETICAL REVIEW ON SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION APPROACHES: THE ROLE OF PARK-AND-RIDE SERVICE TO ENCOURAGE MODAL SHIFT TOWARDS PUBLIC TRANSPORT

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

• Introduction

• Why Park-and-Ride

• Park-and-Ride Success in Developed World

• Park-and-Ride Success Study of U.K.

• Park-and-Ride Success in Singapore

• Park-and-Ride Success in Canada

• Conclusion

• References

INTRODUCTION

WHY PARK-AND-RIDE

Park-and-Ride Success in Developed World

Fairfax (Washington D.C.), St Louis in U.S. and Oxford in U.K., Vancouver in Canada, Singapore and many other cities have proved successful (Qin, et al., 2013).

Figure 1: The improvement in reduction in Traffic, air quality, economic growth, improve accessibility and other factors in areas of U.K. (CPRE 1998)

Success Story of Singapore

Table 3: Sales of park-and-ride tickets from August 1990 to October 1996

The entire number of P&RS sets sold in 1996 was 6864 (Pharoah, 1992).

users in 1996 found that cost saving were a major reason for participating in the service (Seik, 1997).

Sales Period Average monthly sets soldAugust 1990 - June 1991

15

July 1991 - May 1992

16

June 1992 - September 1993

29

October 1993 - June 1994

192

July 1994 - March 1995

275

April 1995 - December 1995

353

January 1996 – October 1996*

572

Success Story of Canada

P&RS is measured to be one of the most cost-effective transportation demand management (TDM) strategies in Canada cities (Morrall and Bolger 1997).

Table 4: Inventory of all park-and-ride facilities in Canadian cities (1995)

Transit System Capacity

(Number of

Parking Stalls)

Maximum Number of Vehicles

on an average Weekday

Percentage

Usage

Urban transit 32,457 24,015 74%

Commuter rail

and Bus

36,542 26,405 72%

All Systems 68,999 50,420 73%

CONCLUSION

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