THE IMPACTS OF MAXIMUM CAR PARKING STANDARDS INCLUDING INWARD INVESTMENT IMPLICATIONS

The utility of maximum parking standards is recognized as a valuable policy tool for improving access to significant travel generating developments by non-car modes, relieving congestion and as a means to deliver an appropriate non-car modal split. The article reviews research commissioned by the Scottish Executive to deliver guidance to local authorities on the development of maximum parking standards and to establish a national set of maximum parking standards. The research provided: an assessment of the effect of any existing sets of maximum parking standards, set by other local authorities elsewhere; and an assessment of the attitudes of inward investment interests towards the role of maximum car parking standards in locational decision making.