COST 342 – an EU programme for recording and reviewing the effects of European parking concepts on mobility and the economy.
With the COST 342 action programme set up in 1999 the European Union aims to create a kind of user’s manual for a pragmatic parking policy in European cities. It is a joint action by transport scientists, politicians and urban planners. The EPA is represented by two board members. The findings of COST 342 will provide EPA members with: crucial indications of future transport policy developments in a unified Europe; start up and integration help for internationalising their business activity; and backup for arguing their case in the dialogue with politicians and planners.
Fourteen countries have joined in this initiative:
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, The Nether-lands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
A management committee is preparing an overview of the various parking concepts in Europe on the basis of a market research study. It will evaluate the data obtained, analyse it and then draw up guidelines for a practical parking policy.
