Garage Swap
16046
From 2016 to 2019
Municipalities set minimum parking standards in new developments to avoid parking pressure, but expensive underground parking spaces do not solve mobility problems. TML supported Garage Swap projects, in which underground parking spaces are swapped for sustainable mobility solutions, by conducting surveys and analyses of car ownership and parking pressure in specific neighbourhoods.
New housing brings additional car ownership. To avoid passing on the parking pressure to surrounding streets, municipal governments impose minimum parking spaces in construction projects. Underground parking spaces are prohibitively expensive, and while they keep surrounding streets free, they do not address traffic congestion and other mobility problems. How do you solve this? One possibility is to eliminate some expensive underground parking spaces and use part of the cost savings to provide a supply of shared cars, shared bikes, incentives, and guidance. These are necessary interventions for a modal shift in our mobility that - importantly - also prevents parking problems. The balance is invested in renewable energy production or energy saving. Underground car parks are thus exchanged or swapped for sustainable mobility and energy solutions in the neighbourhood.
TML supported the various Garage Swap projects with the design and analysis of large-scale surveys and analyses of mobility and travel behaviour, complemented by traffic engineering interpretations at specific locations. This allowed us to answer specific questions, such as: How high is car ownership in specific neighbourhoods? How many people use cycling/public transport for their trips and how often do they do so? How many people are willing to share their car or get rid of it? What about parking pressure in specific neighbourhoods?
New housing brings additional car ownership. To avoid passing on the parking pressure to surrounding streets, municipal governments impose minimum parking spaces in construction projects. Underground parking spaces are prohibitively expensive, and while they keep surrounding streets free, they do not address traffic congestion and other mobility problems. How do you solve this? One possibility is to eliminate some expensive underground parking spaces and use part of the cost savings to provide a supply of shared cars, shared bikes, incentives, and guidance. These are necessary interventions for a modal shift in our mobility that - importantly - also prevents parking problems. The balance is invested in renewable energy production or energy saving. Underground car parks are thus exchanged or swapped for sustainable mobility and energy solutions in the neighbourhood.
TML supported the various Garage Swap projects with the design and analysis of large-scale surveys and analyses of mobility and travel behaviour, complemented by traffic engineering interpretations at specific locations. This allowed us to answer specific questions, such as: How high is car ownership in specific neighbourhoods? How many people use cycling/public transport for their trips and how often do they do so? How many people are willing to share their car or get rid of it? What about parking pressure in specific neighbourhoods?
