停车与中心商业区(英文)
Parking and Town Centers

这是BPA停车系列论文的第12篇，分析了城市中心商业区停车规划的复杂问题。
随着零售业竞争的加剧，为了给客户提供更多的选择，规划政策出现了一些变化，因此，购物场所的数量和范围在过去二十年都有所扩大。本文主要分析了私人汽车拥有数量和城外购物行为数量的增长，电话和网络购物行为的增长，到市中心的商店去购物的行为，市中心停车位供应的主要调查，以及根据商业区特点定制停车规划的好处。

正文：

This is an edited version of BPA position paper 12 from the BPA's series of parking forum papers.

Changes to planning policies were made in the 1980s with the intention of increasing retail competition and providing consumers with greater choice. As a result, the number and range of shopping destinations has expanded during the past twenty years.

The increase in car ownership over the same period means that a large proportion of consumers are no longer tied to traditional town center shopping destinations.

Recent transport policies aimed to reduce urban traffic congestion together with planning policies that advise reduced levels of parking provision in town center developments may result in car borne consumers shopping elsewhere.

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