L.A. Launches Demand-Based Pricing System For Parking Spots
A demand-based pricing system has just gone live in Los Angeles, with the intent of relieving traffic congestion, reducing air pollution and improving city transit operations by adjusting the price of a parking spot based on driver demand for spaces and availability.
The pilot program intends to work by increasing rates on high-demand spots (and lowering them in low-demand areas). This will create the potential for more parking spaces to become available on each block, reducing the congestion and pollution generated by drivers hunting for curbside parking.
Here's how the system works.
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
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