Pocedures for measuring the activity level and the parking demand of the CBD. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board HRB, Washington, D.C., January 1973.

Analytical procedures for evaluating proposed transportation alternatives for the Central Business District (CBD) are focused. Problems on delimitation of the CBD are discussed. Procedures for measuring the activity level and the parking demand with origin-destination studies, cordon count studies, and parking or special studies are included. The importance of trends in travel mode over time is emphasized. Also, several transportation alternatives are suggested as bus improvements and parking innovations.