TITLE:
Analysis of Illegal Parking Behavior in Jeddah
AUTHORS:
Mohammed Aljoufie
KEYWORDS:
Parking, Illegal Parking, Drivers’ Behavior, Jeddah
JOURNAL NAME:
Current Urban Studies,
Vol.4 No.4,
October
19,
2016
ABSTRACT: Parking spaces play a vital role in the transportation system. Parking policies ensure
the efficient of the transportation system and the management of traffic demand.
Illegal parking practice can hamper sustainability of transportation system. This paper
attempts to analyze the illegal parking behavior in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia. Car
parking in the city of Jeddah is largely uncontrolled and there is a lack of management
of the public parking supply and controlled parking system. Parking survey at
five main locations (roads) at Jeddah city was conducted. Legal and illegal parking
were observed at the five roads. The observations were distributed over three time
periods: 7:00-9:00 am period (morning peak), 12:00-15:00 pm period (afternoon
peak) and 18:00-21:00 pm period (evening peak). The observations were collected,
studied and compared for weekdays and weekend. Results indicate that illegal parking
seems to be common in Jeddah city both on weekdays and weekend hampering
the sustainability of transportation system. It is crucial for Jeddah city to deploy
stringent parking policies in order to reduce the consequences of illegal parking behavior
and to achieve sustainability in transportation.