Abstract
In this study, characteristics of the behavior of cars parked on the street with drivers inside were presented using statistical analysis based on a field survey in downtown commercial districts of local cities. Concerning the access function of streets, the Traffic Policy Headquarters formulated several measures in 1988 and 1990. These measures focused on coexistence of several street functions as represented by “promotion of orderly parking on the street.” While this led to the control of cars parked on the street by civilian parking inspectors since 2006, this control with focus on cars parked on the street without drivers inside has resulted in an increase and prolonged hours of parking with drivers in the cars, and caused new problems, such as an increase of the idling of cars parked on the street. Such correlations between parking characteristics were also taken into account in the statistical analysis.
