Host: The City Planning Institute of Japan
After the amendments to the Road Traffic Law regarding the enforcement of illegal on-street parking, the number of illegally parked vehicles decreased dramatically. We conducted the before/after questionnaire surveys by which we asked the driver's perception of institutional change for enforcement as well as behavioral change in response to the amendments. According to the results, the driver's perception of enforcement changed slightly; however, the changes happened in terms of the possibility of being enforced rather than the level of law-abiding attitude. We estimated parking location choice models that incorporated walking distance to final destination, parking fee, and some attitudinal variables toward the law. The results also supported that the changes of the driver's perception happened in relation to the likelihood of being enforced.
