Parking is an important determinant of modal use. Appropriate parking policies require good background information on the subject. For these reasons, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments studied the average market rates being charged in the Washington, DC, region for commuter parking, the number of employees who either pay for parking or receive a free space, and the total dollar value of both paid and free parking. Research techniques included a parking rate survey, telephone surveys of employers, and estimates of totalcommuters and automobiles from regional planning data bases. (A)
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