DIFFERENCE ANALYSIS BETWEEN URBAN ON-STREET AND OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES

To improve the planning and management of urban parking facilities,the characteristics of on-street and off-street parking facilities with their relationship are investigated based on analysis of parking survey data in this paper. Six aspects of parking including parking duration,turnover,parking time distribution,park purpose,driver's parking behavior and effects of changeable parking fee are used to distinguish the difference between the utility of on-street and off-street park. The results show that firstly the utility of on-street parking facilities is higher than that of off-street parking facilities. Secondly,drivers select different types of parking facilities to park largely depend on their travel purposes. Thirdly,walking distance from the park to destination,parking safety and parking fee are the top factors that can change parking behaviors,and finally the change of on-street park fee can evidently induce drivers to select off-street park.