Provide fewer car parking spaces
With fewer or no parking spaces in the private or public space, you encourage travel without a car. This frees up space for bicycle sheds, play areas, meeting places or green areas.
You tackle the following challenges:
That's how you do it
As a local government:
- Determine parking standards for your city/municipality. How to do this in Flanders can be found in part 4 of the ' Vademecum Sustainable Parking Policy ';
- Encourage visitors to your city to use a (transfer) parking space outside the city, public transport, shared bicycle or scooter, etc.
- Make payment for a parking permit
- Increase parking prices. Too low a cost for parking leads to overconsumption.
As a school, company, citizen:
- Provide fewer parking spaces so that more people use bicycles or public transport, or use a transfer car park outside the city.
- Also allow shared cars and residents to use company garages at night.
Tips
- If you want to create support for parking measures, it is very important to involve all stakeholders. For example, you can set up a working group for the parking standard for new construction that examines which walking distance is acceptable for users (50 m/100 m/250 m).
- Communication is very important. Schools, local authorities or residents' groups can use their own information channels to point out the advantages of a measure: a quieter school, work and living environment, and more space for other road users. You will find more tips in the Flemish script on participation processes.
More information
- Workbook School environment - — organizing parking differently (measure 3 ) (Roads and Traffic, Flanders)
- Vademecum Sustainable Parking Policy (Department of Mobility & Public Works, Flanders)
- Participation and participation (Department of Mobility & Public Works, Flanders)
