The central business districts of many towns and cities are the subject of quite significant development activity. This can result in difficulties for the Council in monitoring and maintaining accurate assessments of parking supply and demand, and in forecasting parking demand as a result of future developments. This paper describes a simple system for monitoring the parking supply and floorspace within a defined area in order that estimates of demand for long and short stay parking can be easily and consistently derived for past, present and future conditions, leading to more efficient and timely infrastructure planning and financing. The system is based on standard Dbase3+ application software and operates on an IBM compatible 80286 PC. It is menu driven and highly user friendly and can be manipulated and edited by persons with low level computer skills. Outputs can be quickly generated on demand. Costs to set up and maintain the PAL System are modest and depend on the level of detail required (A).
Samenvatting