Parking policies can play a key role within the broader context of managing transport demand. Private vehicles can spend over 90% of the time parked, having considerable impacts on land use and economic activities in urban areas. Furthermore, the process of users’ parking search may have important impacts on traffic congestion, air pollution, and accidents. However, research in the field of user behavior when choosing for parking has been limited, and management policies have been often based on ad hoc criteria instead of theoretically robust models or available empirical evidence. This special issues aims at publishing quality papers contributing to the understanding of users’ choices, both for passenger and for freight, when parking and to the development of parking policies so as to foster more sustainable mobility in urban areas.

This special issue is focused on the behavior of users when choosing parking type and location with special emphasis on the evaluation of different parking policies. It aims at improving both the theoretical knowledge and the definition and deployment of effective parking policies. Thus, all methodological research and relevant case studies are welcome. The first seven of the following topics are related to the methodology, while the last five are related to the policies.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Methodology
  • Econometric and spatial econometric techniques, applied to the simulation of user behavior
  • Support systems for decision making in the field of parking
  • Sustainability indicators in the field of parking
  • Parking demand forecasting systems
  • Cost-benefit assessment in parking systems
  • Smart technologies applied in the field of parking
  • Surveys and travel diaries analysis with parking information
• Policies
  • Assessment of externalities caused by parking
  • Assessment and acceptability evaluation of different parking policies
  • Parking demand management policies
  • Land use and parking policies
  • Park pricing and new pricing forms