Decision Making Analysis on Parking Meters

this paper examines the use of on-street parking meters to answer questions about parking behavior, violations, enforcement, and revenue.As a case study the City of Stamford was used.It uses two sources of data: (1) historical data about parking meter performance for a period of over twenty years, 1965-1986; (2) a survey of selected on-street parking meter sites in downtown Stamford.It shows that an increased enforcement and penalties reduce illegal parking, while an increase in the value of walking and searching time will increase this activity