Author : Keertana Daliparthy and Laxmana Rapol

Civil engineers work on all construction projects which help to solve the problems by facing challenges and shapes the communities, cities. Fundamentally parking is a problem of space. With the growing culture of automobile dependency in Indian cities, the demand for parking spaces are sky rocketed. It has become a call out for the traffic engineers in designing the towns and cities. It is essential to conduct traffic surveys in order to design the facilities. Therefore it is imperative to arrive at the solution that on one hand provides for space for parking while simultaneously managing demand for parking on the other hand. No mater which technologies are developed the well being of community and the town centre demands great thought should be bestowed with parking needs and how best to fulfill them. A systematic study of the parking characteristics and demand and regulatory measures that are possible for controlling parking is of great help to traffic engineer as well as town planner. This paper states a laconic study by understanding, defining the problem which helps to bring out the solutions.

Keywords: Parking effects, parking facilities, smart parking technology, transportation life-cycle assessment(LCA), parking lot design

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.6, No.4 (Aug-2016)