停车、交通和土地使用之间的关系(英文)
Parking, Transportation and Land Use: What is the True Relationship?

尽管停车只是交通系统的被动部分，但是它对出行目的地、土地使用、城市设计和城市形态起着相当重要的影响。停车行业不只是停车费的交易，因此，作为停车专业人士，我们有必要建立并加强停车的广义概念，不仅要增加个人在停车技术层面的知识，还要让人们了解与土地使用和交通之间的关系。这是一个非常复杂的问题，取决于你的居住地，你的工作地，你的娱乐消遣地，你的家庭责任，因此必须分不同社区和不同地区探讨。
显然，停车是汽车文化的关键要素，因而它也成为影响土地使用和整个交通系统的重要因素。所有目的地都要考虑大多数人会开车去这一事实，甚至在设计行人友好社区和园区时也要考虑这一点，虽然公共交通和步行也许会起到更重要的作用，但是汽车始终是使用最频繁的交通工具。可以确定的是：在下一个重大的交通技术到来之前，汽车仍会是国王，而停车场则是他的宫殿。

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My career in the parking industry actually began within a transportation system working at Walt Disney World in Florida. While I spent a considerable amount of time in the parking department there, I began my tenure working in watercraft transportation. I also worked in bus transportation and cross-trained in monorail transportation. Even within the parking department there was a significant transportation element with the tram systems that carried guests from the 125 acre, 13000 space Magic Kingdom parking lots to the ticketing and transportation center (it should be noted that while Disney employs a significant internal mass transit system, a vast majority of people arrive on the Disney world property by automobile). ……
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So then, "what is the true relationship between parking, transportation and land use?" it depends on where you live, where you work, where you go for entertainment and recreation, your family responsibilities, so on and so forth. It is a very complex issue that must be addressed community-by-community and region-by-region. One thing is certain: until the next big transportation technology comes along, the automobile is king and parking is its palace.