Abstract
Regulation and pricing of parking within metropolitan areas can be considered as an effective approach to limit car use in these areas. In The Netherlands these parking policies were in the past developed and implemented by local governments (municipality level), who were strongly focused on the problems within the municipal area. Due to the increased scale of traffic problems the coordination of parking policies of adjacent municipalities becomes more important. The national government therefore tends to emphasize the need for policy development at the regional level. New procedures will be developed to stimulate and facilitate this coordination.