On the Optimal Target Curbside Parking Occupancy Rate

46 Pages Posted: 3 Oct 2013

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Richard J. Arnott

Boston College; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Date Written: September 30, 2013

Abstract

For many years, Donald Shoup has been advocating cashing out free and underpriced curbside parking. How should this be implemented in practice, taking into account the stochasticity of curbside parking vacancies? Shoup has proposed setting neighborhood/period of the day-specific meter rates such that a common target (average) curbside parking occupancy rate is achieved. Taking as given how the average occupancy rate affects expected cruising-for-parking time and expected walking time (between parking space and destination), this paper investigates the optimal (surplus-maximizing) target curbside parking occupancy rate. The principal result is that the rate should be higher, the higher is the level of demand.

Keywords: parking, curbside parking, occupancy rate, vacancy rate, pricing

JEL Classification: D600, H200, J600, N700, R400

Suggested Citation

Arnott, Richard J., On the Optimal Target Curbside Parking Occupancy Rate (September 30, 2013). CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4416, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2334730 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2334730

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