A Review on "Parking Issues and Challenges in CBD AREA"

Abstract-Due to the escalation in economic and population growth, the Indian Metros and major cities are undergoing a mobility crisis. It is observed that today, urban areas are facing a tremendous pressure about parking spaces. This has lead to rise of transportation issues such as traffic disruption, congestion, inconsistent demand and supply, accidents and a number of environmental problems. The reason can be considered as poor parking management and policies. Due to lack of enforcement, India faces issues like encroachment over footpaths, illegal parking, double parking as well as criminal activities. In Central Business Districts, On street parking is a becoming a major issue due to high demand and lack to parking spaces thus affecting the efficiency of the road and influencing the growth of the business district. In a city’s Central Business District (CBD), much of the economic activity is concentrated in a small area. This leads to the attraction of a large number of people and hence vehicles. In India, the roads are narrow and the population density is high. Also as India being a developing country the concept of parking plazas etc. are yet to be applicable everywhere. Therefore On street parking is a major parking practice on Indian roads. All major cities and their CBD zones face an issue regarding the Ill effects on On street parking. These not only decrease the width of already narrow roads but leads to other problems like congestions, accidents, delays etc. These also cause a bad impact to the environment both to the air and noise index. On street parking. One major reason for On street parking in India is that it is free, even in CBD areas, hence this promotes the user to use his private vehicles rather than public transport. Drivers in CBD areas in order to reduce the walking distance to their destination, prefer On street parking as it is cheap and lack of enforcement, create and environment of congestion, time delays, high emission level and reduction in efficiency of the region. Most cases it has also been seen that there has been availability of parking space, but lack of education and enforcement has lead to On street parking issues. The review paper tries to observe the root cause of the parking problems and come up with appropriate solutions.