PARK-AND-RIDE AREAS FOR THE FUTURE OF BOTKYRKA

This master thesis is about traffic planning and in particular it aims to use parking management strategies on a case study area. The project as been conducted from October 2018 to February 2019 (20 weeks). This research ends a Double Degree program in Urban Plannig and has been made in collaboration with the Botkyrka municipality´s environmental dipartment. The overall goal is to achieve an efficient and innovative use of Tumba station’s parking areas through a “Parking Management Proposal”. This thesis studies planning documents, academical articles and public/private analysis to find out how to manage park-and-ride areas around Tumba’s train station (Botkyrka, Stockholm County, Sweden). The research applies parking management strategies to propose innovative solutions and smart space-uses to Botkyrka municipality which collaborates to this study. Research questions are: How Tumba’s park-and-ride areas can become more efficient? What parking fee should be applied? Which parking management strategies (PMS) should be applied? And how can they function together?