Parking Management - an efficient Transport Demand Management measure. Forecasted impacts in a medium sized city where parking is currently free

Abstract

Parking no doubt represents a central element of the transport systems and the manner in which it's managed directly influences its well-functioning. The present paper is devoted to demonstrating the benefits that a strategic parking management strategy can have over influencing people's travel choices and contributing towards attaining sustainable urban mobility objectives. The debate regarding the impacts of various parking management measures over the efficiency of the transport system is encountered in the first part of the paper, while a more specific application of a parking management strategy and is possible impacts in a medium-sized city from Romania where parking is currently free is discussed in the second part of the paper.