1、 1 中文 4335 字 英文原文： 摘自： IE (I) Journal.CV 中的 Parking Management Strategy for the Walled City of Jaipur Parking Management Strategy for the Walled City of Jaipur Jaipur is a very fast growing metropolitan city which has recorded exponential growth of population in the last four decades. The growth of
2、vehicle population in Jaipur is very alarming. The public transport system is very weak and this is propelling the growth of individual modes of transport. The economic activities are congregating and intensifying in the walled city of Jaipur as a result of which a large number of passenger and good
3、s transport trips originate and end in the walled city. This situation is warranting the need for adequate parking facilities and appropriate management policies, if the activities of walled city are to sustain. This paper presents the surveys carried out to assess the parking demand and supply with
4、in the walled city of Jaipur. The parking demand is projected for the horizon year and the shortfall is estimated. The private sector participation to meet the projected demand by implementing parking management and pricing policies is also illustrated in the paper. Keywords: Parking accumulation； P
5、arking duration； Parking demand； Parking design； Parking policy INTRODUCTION Metropolitan centres in the country are increasing both in number and population. There were 23 such cities in 1991 and these are expected to be 40 by the turn of the century1. Most of these cities have developed from histo
6、rical times. The economic activities like trade, commerce and administration created in the old parts of the cities are getting densified rapidly. In some cities the historic spots of tourist interest are also located in these old parts. Consequently the intensity of journeys to these activity centr
7、es are increasing. The improvement in the economic status of the people coupled with availability of personal modes of transport has contributed to the growth in vehicular traffic to the activity centres. The resulting scenario is that the roads leading to these centres are flooded with vehicles of
8、all types resulting in congestion. Another typical feature of these areas is that the carriageway and foot paths, meant respectively for vehicular and pedestrian traffic, are occupied by hawkers and vendors reducing the capacity of carriageways adding to the problems of 2 crawling traffic and choked
9、 roads. As of today the commercial areas in every city are faced with problems of parking, congestion, accidents and environmental pollution. The planners and administrators, concerned with these problems, are trying to find solutions. The present paper describes one of the attempts of planners in f
10、inding out solution to the parking problems of walled city in Jaipur. The paper includes description of the parking problems in walled city of Jaipur, field studies conducted to assess the characteristics of parking and remedial measures suggested along with a suitable parking policy. PARKING PROBLE
11、MS IN JAIPUR CITY Jaipur is one of the metropolitan cities in the country with a population of over 1.5 million and is observed to be growing at 49% per decade1. Besides being the capital city of Rajasthan, the city of Jaipur is a major tourist centre in the country as well. Major portions of econom
12、ic activities of the city are located in walled city area, spreading over 6.7 km2. This area is, besides having heavily concentrated activities, a very important tourist centre and attracts tourists from all over the globe. The economic activities in the form of wholesale trade, commerce, household
13、industries, administration and tourist spots generate heavy traffic to and from these areas. The limited road space of the area is congested with vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The shopkeepers and vendors also occupy the sidewalks and carriageways. Consequently the traffic in these areas is facin
14、g acute congestion, bottlenecks and hazards. The environmental pollution as well as physical and visual intrusions are also some of the other problems increasingly faced by the residents and the visitors to the area. Parking demand in the walled city area is met mainly by roadside parking along all
15、major roads and there is no major off-street parking facility. With the ever increasing parking demand the vehicles are parked in two rows on carriageways. Footpaths are also filled with parked vehicles. While there is heavy demand for parking, the limited enforcement of regulatory measures fail to
16、control and manage the parking problems. The Jaipur Development Authority ( JDA) concerned with the growing demand for parking and the related problems, (ie, traffic circulation, congestion etc), requested the Central Road Research Institute. New Delhi, to study the parking problems and suggest poli
17、cies and schemes of management. In the light of the resource and time constraints, as well as severity of problems, the scope of the study was restricted to Kishanpole bazaar in the west, Tripolia bazaar in the north, Mirza Ismail Road (M I Road) in the south and Johari bazaar in the east as shown i
18、n Figure 1. 3 Figure 1 Map showing the study area OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY The study was taken up with the following objectives: o to assess the parking demand and characteristics of the study area； o to assess the traffic operating conditions on the major roads within the study area； o to p
19、roject the parking demand of the future； o to explore the possibilities of augmenting the parking spaces； and o to develop parking management schemes and policies to meet the parking demand of the present and future. FIELD STUDIES With a view to assess the existing parking demand, parking supply, tr
20、affic volume and traffic speed on major roads and related data was collected by carrying out field surveys, namely, o traffic volume survey； o speed and delay survey of traffic； o parking duration and accumulation surveys； o users opinion survey； o inventory of regulatory measures of parking； and o inventory of parking spaces. Traffic Volume Survey This survey was carried out between 0900 h and 1300 h and between 1600 h and 2000 h on a normal working day at mid- block locations of the following road sections: o Kishanpole Bazaar； o Chaura Rastha；
