Park and ride in London and the South East

Abstract

The opportunities for promoting park and ride are reviewed and the difficulties likely to be encountered are highlighted in various case studies. Athough focusing on rail park and ride, the issues important to all schemes are highlighted. Park and ride is an important source of direct revenue and revenue from increased train travel. Demand exceeds provision at well located car parks, where the pricing should be low and security good to encourage their use. Railheading appears to occur only on a small scale where there is an exceptionally good train service or where there is an acute shortage of parking spaces. Investment in additional surface car parking is likely to be worthwhile at stations beyond London; similar investment within Greater London is only likely to be worthwhile in conjunction with property development. This is particularly true for multi-storey car parks. Subsidies may be appropriate where park and ride reeves the need for additional highway infrastrucutre. Opportunities for bus park and ride in London appear to be limited. There are few opportunities for the construction of completely new park and ride stations as opposed to the expansion of car parks at existing stations. The interaction with other public transport modes must be specified: expansion of use will require additional parking restraints in city centres and in other areas.

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