ABSTRACT
Every trip by a vehicle results in a parking act at the end of the trip. The importance of parking can perhaps be illustrated by the fact that, on average, a car in the UK is parked for about 23 hours a day. The vehicle may be parked on the street or off-street in a car/lorry/cycle park, or in a private garage. How vehicles arrive and depart from these parking places, how long they stay and under what circumstances define vehicular traffic and indeed some pedestrian traffic on the roads and help to determine what measures are required to meet or manage the demand. Therefore, it is very important to obtain an objective and unbiased understanding of this activity by properly constructed and conducted surveys.
