| dc.description.abstract | In Dhaka, a rapidly urbanizing mega city, different private car friendly policies and
infrastructure development encourage more people to own and use private. This large number
of cars require huge parking space. On-street car parking is now creating severe
transportation problems in major roads of Dhaka city, like Mirpur road, which is lined with
numerous office and commercial spaces and shopping centers. This paper aims to explicate
the parking scenario of the major shopping centers of Dhaka through analyzing the parking
and demand supply of New Market, which is a very popular shopping center of this city. The
study tried to explore the possibilities of moderating the present parking problems of this
market, for which a site-specific study was conducted rather than a city-or nationwide
determination of parking characteristics. Required data has been collected from two parking
surveys – parking space inventory and parking usage survey by patrol, conducted on two
separate working days each covering five hour periods. The study found that the average
duration of parking in New Market area is around 45 minutes and a considerable portion of
cars occupy the parking area up to 3 to 5 hours which lessens parking turnover. Through
analyzing the parking demand and supply of a prominent shopping center of Dhaka city, this
study invokes parking characteristics which is a common feature observed in other shopping
centers or even in other land uses. Therefore, the findings can be used to provide targeted
solutions by addressing specific problems in the parking tendencies | en_US |
