Analiza zasad korzystania ze stref płatnego parkowania jako elementu logistyki miejskiej dla wybranych grup użytkowników w największych miastach Polski
Analysis of Rules of Using Paid Parking Zones as the Element of Municipal Logistics, for Chosen Users’ Groups in the Largest Cities of Poland

Summary/Abstract: The crowd of cities’ centres with vehicles causes the necessity of limitations in accessibility to them. The control of accessibility to paid parking zones as well as the coercion of vehicles’ rotation are an important element of balanced development of transportation in cities. Transport policies of cities assume the reduction of fumes, noise and motor difficulty as well as the introduction of zones of limited movement of vehicles. To end this one has presumed: limitation of accessibility of car parks in centres of cities, limitation of entrance, building of Park and Ride car parks and payment for parking in zones. The assumption mentioned above were formulated many years ago, but in principle none of presented means has not been fully realized or it does not fulfil its aim. The purpose of the article is presenting of the rules of functioning and analysis of using paid parking zones for drivers who - considering their status - have been awarded by some preferences. The investigations were conducted by method of case study, analyses of data, documents and legal deeds concerning the functioning of zones in chosen cities. There have been described results of functioning paid parking zones of 7 the largest cities in Poland: Warszawa, Kraków, Łódź, Gdańsk, Wroclaw, Katowice and Poznań. The executed analysis showed, that in spite of the same product which is a parking place, the approach of different cities to the principles of organization and zones’ division are different, and ways of defining the users entitled to preferential using of paid parking zones, rules and payment for parking are various, too.

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