9. A Study of Public’s Perception of Parking Problems in Vadodara

Private vehicle ownership is rapidly increasing in the cities. The increase in the overall population of private vehicles/middle-range vehicles in the city is causing congestion on the roads as well as parking problems. The study is concerned with Vadodara city. Parking facilities in the city are inefficient. “On-street” parking is the norm in almost all the major parts of the city. Commercial plazas are emerging along major routes, but only a few of them have proper parking facilities. It ultimately leads to the illegal occupation of streets for parking, which leads to congestion. Public consensus is required to adopt a suitable parking policy. The work aims to identify and analyze the problems pertaining to parking faced by the public. We aim to understand how the public perceives the problem of urban parking. For this purpose, we have conducted a survey via Google forms of about a hundred residents of the city. The work will focus on identifying current parking planning problems and suggest new or improved parking management strategies.