Everyone knows the main transport problem of large cities with heavy traffic - traffic jams and congestion. Interceptive parking is a measure that can help kill two birds with one stone: reduce the number of spontaneous clusters of parked cars and encourage people to change to public transport. But here there are two nuances.
First, intercepting parking can reduce the number of cars on the road, mainly due to the so-called pendulum migration, that is, people coming to the city from the area to work. Since riding in electric trains is a dubious pleasure, as a rule, such people are, if possible, moving on cars. In theory, a resident of the region reaches a parking lot, leaves his vehicle there for the whole day and transfers to the subway or bus, which reaches his work, without standing in traffic jams and creating them, and also not searching for a parking space in Walking distance from the place of work. And then comes into effect such a factor as the location of the parking lot. Rarely, who, almost before reaching work, will want to leave the car and change into a bus, it's easier to get to the destination. Therefore, all intercepting parking lots should be located at distant approaches to the central part of the city, but at the same time have the convenience in terms of transfer from personal transport to public.
Secondly, it can be said that public transport, in particular, the underground is already quite heavily loaded, so it is not known whether it will sustain a significant increase in passenger traffic. That is why the development of the public transport network should take place simultaneously with the construction of parking lots.
In both Russian capitals, intercepting parking lots are being actively built . Moscow currently has 15 parking lots near the next metro stations : Volokolamskaya, Strogino, two on Slavyansk Boulevard, Dmitry Donskoy Boulevard , Annino, Vykhino, four on Shipilovskaya and Zyablikovo. The total number of parking spaces exceeds 3,600. Until the end of 2013, it is planned to organize 8 more car parks at 4 metro stations : Izmaylovskaya, Novokosino, Krasnogvardeyskaya and Bulvar, Admiral Ushakov.
In St. Petersburg, too, there are intercepting parking lots. SPb at the moment can
Boasting 9 beautiful parking lots near the metro stations Akademicheskaya, Ladozhskaya, Obukhovo, Prospekt Prosveshcheniya, Alexander Nevsky Square, Leninsky Prospekt, Parnas, Polytechnic. Their total capacity is 1345 parking spaces. During the year, in St. Petersburg, plans to open 4 more parking near the stations Komendantsky Prospekt, Civic Avenue, Pioneer and Kirov Factory.
Interceptive parking should be comfortable and not too expensive. In addition, the number of seats should be sufficient to accommodate all comers, otherwise the initiative will lose its meaning. Interceptive parking will operate both at commercial and reduced rates. You can leave the car in the parking lot free of charge if you make 2 trips by metro.
Since the experience of using such parking facilities is still insufficient, it is too early to judge the effectiveness of such a measure. However, extra parking in busy cities will not interfere, so let's hope that the projects of interchange nodes and new metro stations will further provide parking spaces.