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Park and Ride in Breda: A research on the possibilities of developing P&R in Breda

Author:
C A T van Luik  


Issue Date:
2010


Abstract(summary):

The accessibility of cities is one of the aspects that is important for the competitiveness of cities in order to be attractive for visitors, firms and residents. But transport can also cause problems as congestion and pollution what hurts the quality of life. This thesis will make clear if is possible, and under which conditions, to develop P&R in Breda, serving the inner city and what the target groups are? Developing P&R can have several goals but the most important is to improve the accessibility. To stimulate the use of P&R it is needed that P&R offers the user a higher value than the other non-desired mode does. Besides that, people make their choice between travel modes also because of habits, they don’t choose automatically a transport mode if it offers them a better value. Besides aspects regarding P&R itself, also the municipal policy should be in line with P&R, economically but especially the transport policy. P&R should be combined with a restrictive parking policy that reduces the attractiveness of parking in the inner city compared with using P&R. Research among cities already exploiting P&R shows that most cities started because congestion and problems regarding the quality of life. P&R is mostly used by commuters and visitors. Essential for P&R is a relation with the municipal policy, tariff differences with inner city parking, a fast and frequent public transport connection and a good accessible location. Besides the functions living and working the inner city of Breda is very attractive for visitors and has one of the largest shopping areas of the Netherlands. The modal split of Breda is dominated by cars, around 70% which is high compared to other cities. The high car use increasingly causes congestion, which hurts also public transport, and pollution. Breda offers enough parking capacity but the current capacity is not used efficiently. The municipal policy wants to change the modal split in favour of bike and public transport. It is not possible to facilitate the use of cars in the current amount. The economic policy wants to make Breda more attractive for visitors, and one of the aspects that play a role is accessibility. The municipal policy all named P&R as one of the options to reduce the number of cars in the inner city. Local entrepreneurs are in favour of the development of P&R, but some of them is against the combination with restrictive parking. They see the car as very important and are afraid that a restrictive policy will damage the attractiveness of the city for visitors. The municipality is willing to accept a restrictive parking policy in combination with P&R, P&R fits within their aim to change the modal split. The survey showed that around 50% of the visitors came by car. Bikers and pedestrians visit Breda shorter but more frequent than car users. Around 50% of the visitors are willing to use P&R, not only users of cars but also users of other modes. Unintended use of P&R is thus possible, as it is the case in other cities. Of them that are willing to use P&R a large part is also willing to pay for the use of it. Concluding it can be argued that, although problems are not that large as in the other cities, there is room to develop P&R. But it is needed that P&R met some conditions, related to policies and the design of P&R. P&R will be useful, especially in the beginning, for tourist. A rightly developed P&R can contribute to the change of the modal split in Breda.


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