SPATIAL ANALYSES AS SUPPORT FOR ROAD REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT PROCESSES – CASE STUDY ON THE PAID PARKING ZONE IN KRAKOW

Abstract

The implementation of paid parking zones is one of the tools used to regulate parking policy in modern cities. This is primarily aimed at increasing vehicle turnover and encouraging residents to use alternative modes of transportation in their daily travels.
The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of extensions to Krakow's paid parking zone on traffic calming in its center, and to see if there is a chance to give back the downtown exclusively to pedestrians and micromobility users. The study was carried out in three stages, using GIS tools, including: an analysis of the widening of Krakow's paid parking zone, an assessment of the degree of traffic calming in the center based on a comparison of available environmental noise immission maps, and an analysis of the Park and Ride system as a tool to support the reduction of vehicular traffic in the city center, along with proposed directions for its development. The final results of this research are maps representing: an analysis of the surface changes of the paid parking zone, the difference in the level of noise immission in 2012 and 2017 in Krakow, as well as time and distance analyses made for existing and designed parking lots in the Park and Ride system