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VEHICLE OWNERSHIP RATES:THE UNITED STATES FROM 1900 TO 1996 AND 15 OTHER COUNTRIES IN 1996
(Motor vehicles per 1,000 persons) 800
1996
1990
1975
550 500
1970
450 400 350 300 250 200 150 Mexico (125) 100 Russia (80) 50 China (9) 1915 0 1900 1910 South Korea (208) Argentina (170)
Spain (457)
1960 1955
1965
Denmark (397)
1920
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
YEAR
Vehicles
Trains Airplanes Ships Cars
Rights of way
Train tracks Sky Oceans Roads
Terminal capacity
Train stations Airports Seaports Parking spaces
TABLE 7-4 ANNUAL CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST OF PARKING AND ROADS ($billions per year in 1990-1991) Low High Bundled non-residential parking Bundled residential parking Munic ipal and institutional parking Priced parking Total cost of park ing Total park ing subsidy Total cos t of roads Parking cost as % of road cost $49 $15 $12 $3 $79 $76 $98 81% $162 $41 $20 $3 $226 $223 1% $177 128%
In 2002, the total subsidy for off-street parking was between $135 billion and $386 billion. In 2002, the federal government spent $231 billion for Medicare, and $349 billion for national defense.
Employer-Paid Parking
95% of all automobile commuters park free at work 91% of all commuters drive to work 91% of commuters cars have one occupant Most commuters park free regardless of
age gender income education residence
85 million free parking spaces at work in 1994 Parking subsidy for commuters was $36 billion a year
S o lo d r iv e r s h a r e
100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Driver-paid parking Employer-paid parking 42%
67%
C o m m u te r m o d e s h a r e
$0
$1
$6
80%
76%
63%
60%
40%
23%
20%
14% 6% 9% 2%
3%
.8% .9%
Bicycle
Results
Parking cash out reduced the number of cars driven to work by 11% After parking cash out, employees
traveled 652 fewer vehicle miles per year consumed fewer 26 gallons of fuel per year
Pasadena Playhouse
P r i c e o f o f f - s t r e e t p a r k in g ( $ / h o u r )
Boston
Seattle
Pasadena, San Diego, Baltimore Santa Barbara Cambridge, Santa Monica Los Angeles Buffalo, Philadelphia Long Beach San Francisco, Portland Palo Alto, Berkeley
Year 1927 1927 1960 1965 1965 1965 1977 1984 1985 1993 1993 1993 1997 2001 Average
Location Detroit (1) Detroit (2) New Haven London (1) London (2) London (3) Freiburg Jerusalem Cambridge New York (1) New York (2) New York (3) San Franc isc o Sydney
19% 34% 17% 6.1 3.5 3.6 6.0 9.0 30% 8% 11.5 7.9 10.2 13.9 6.5 6.5 30% 7.7
74%
P a r k - a n d - v is it tim e ( m in u te s )
Park-and-visit times before and after changing the price of curb parking in London
12.7
14 12 10
Before
After
9.8
Quadruple
No change
P a rk -a n d -v is it tim e s (m in u te s )
14 12
Before
After
0.6
0.
Searching
No meters
Meters
Prices quadrupled
Conclusion
Parking is heavily subsidized. The annual subsidy for off-street parking may be about the size of the budget for national defense.
Parking prices have a profound effect on travel choices. Parking subsidies substantially increase vehicle travel.