Parking types can be categorised as ‘on-street’, ‘off-street’, ‘multi-storey’,
‘underground’ and ‘illegal’ parking places. Within each type, variations exist
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according to private or public ownership and usage, payment and permit
requirements, times of operation, accessibility, size and other factors. Many
individuals may not state a particular parking type preference; others select
a parking place based initially on a specific type. For instance, Hunt and
Teply (1993) found on-street parking spaces were preferred to off-street
parking facilities due to convenience and easier access, although employerprovided
parking was preferred to on-street parking, possibly due to having
guaranteed space availability. These findings contrasted with Teknomo
and Hokao (1997) who found lowest usage of on-street parking compared
to off-street or multi-storey facilities, although the reason could be higher
availability of spaces in the latter two facilities. A different focus on parking
type was investigated by Nurul-Habib, Morency, and Tre´panier (2012),
who found parking type choice was important to travel activity scheduling