Authors

• Kumara H.S., Associate Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, University of Mysore, Mysuru
• Goutham Konikar S.M., Doctoral Student, DST INSPIRE Fellow, School of Planning and Architecture, University of Mysore, Mysuru
• Gopiprasad S., Director, IDES Consulting Pvt. Ltd. Bengaluru, Karnataka

Parking is an integral component of the urban transportation network that actively supports the working of Central Business Districts (CBD). On-street parking in the CBD assists in the economic viability of commercial developments especially ‘high street’ shopping by providing easy and convenient access to customers. Data monitoring and assessment were carried out in the CBD of Mysuru city with the objective of studying the existing scenario of on-street parking and other parking features, road capacity and traffic congestion, and factors influencing on-street parking in the CBD. To validate and further add information on the end user of on-street parking, an opinion survey was conducted targeting about 55 general public and about 55 shop owners on the six roads converging on the CBD. The adjacent land uses along the roadside parking also generate parking demand, and it is observed that the parking accumulation is varied on the study roads of the CBD. The study finds that factors such as road width, traffic volumes, speed of traffic, parking orientation, speed of entry and exits are identified for friction during parking manoeuvers contributing to the overall congestion. Further, a regression model with the help of SPSSTM is used to analyse and establish a Correlation Matrix among the variables of the selected roads. The parking accumulation factor due to long duration parking is one of the major factors that require better management within the constraints.