ABSTRACT
This chapter endeavours to contribute to our understanding of the consequences of such pricing schemes using a case-study of a central area of Dublin city and examining the consequences of a 50" increase in on-street parking prices. Parking pricing is important with regard to transport demand management and urban traffic congestion for two broad reasons. Firstly, there is the direct demand-level influence of the price of parking. Secondly, there is the indirect influence of parking policy on congestion via associated effects. Thus research has shown the importance of properly managed and price-rationed parking facilities as a component of transport demand management. Stated-preference data for the purposes of this chapter were derived from two face to face parking surveys commissioned in sequential years. The scope of these surveys was quite broad and targeted a wide range of information for parking-policy related studies. Financial support from the Irish Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences and Dublin City Council is greatly appreciated.
