Abstract High-density inner-city residential neighbourhoods are often characterised by serious parking pressure and illegal parking. We study parking choices in a historical neighbourhood in Dortmund, Germany, using a household survey. Specifically, we look at the availability of and distance to private parking, the use of available private and on-street parking, and search duration. Additionally, we look at simple measures of satisfaction with parking and with the neighbourhood in general. Our results show that available private parking is not necessarily used where there is little control of illegal on-street parking. Furthermore, search durations and distance to cars parked on-street suggest that parking pressure is lower than commonly perceived in the neighbourhood. Private parking is under-utilised to the extent that we estimate that illegal parking can be reduced by 28 to 49% if private parking were consistently used by those who have it available. Even more substantial reductions in illegal parking can be achieved by deviating from standard sizes for public parking spaces. From our results we draw conclusions for urban parking policy. These include introducing parking fees, coupled with paid parking permits for residents and, perhaps, employees; defining short-stay parking zones; providing parking spaces of different sizes; and increasing the level of enforcement.

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那车库有什么用？高密度城市住宅区的私人停车场和路边停车场

摘要 高密度的内城住宅区往往存在停车压力大和违规停车的特点。我们使用家庭调查研究了德国多特蒙德历史街区的停车选择。具体而言，我们会查看私人停车位的可用性和距离、可用私人停车位和路边停车位的使用情况以及搜索持续时间。此外，我们还考察了对停车和整个社区的满意度的简单衡量标准。我们的结果表明，在对非法路边停车几乎没有控制的情况下，不一定会使用可用的私人停车位。此外，搜索持续时间和与停在街上的汽车的距离表明停车压力低于附近通常认为的压力。私人停车位未得到充分利用，我们估计如果拥有私人停车位的人持续使用私人停车位，非法停车位可减少 28% 至 49%。通过偏离公共停车位的标准尺寸，可以更大幅度地减少非法停车。从我们的结果中，我们得出了城市停车政策的结论。其中包括引入停车费，以及为居民和员工支付停车许可证；定义短期停车区；提供不同大小的停车位；并提高执法水平。从我们的结果中，我们得出了城市停车政策的结论。其中包括引入停车费，以及为居民和员工支付停车许可证；定义短期停车区；提供不同大小的停车位；并提高执法水平。从我们的结果中，我们得出了城市停车政策的结论。其中包括引入停车费，以及为居民和员工支付停车许可证；定义短期停车区；提供不同大小的停车位；并提高执法水平。