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Old 06-01-15, 10:45 PM
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Park and Ride

One way to live a little more car-light might be to take advantage of your local Park-and-Ride.

Since we're scattered around the world, tell us about your local Park-and-Ride system ... or perhaps systems in towns you've visited.


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According to this site, Tasmania offers two Park-and-Ride spots ... one in the northern part of Hobart and one in Launceston.
Park and Ride - Metro Tasmania Metro Tasmania

However, I think there's one or two in a suburb south of Hobart as well. Perhaps they aren't official yet. There are changes afoot within the Metro.


Hobart also offers shuttle services from the Regatta Ground to various locations at certain times of the year. Rowan and I have used that service once.
Park & Ride Shuttle Service | Hobart City Council, Tasmania


And there's the free Hobart Hopper Shuttle on Saturdays as well.
Hobart Hopper Shuttle | Hobart City Council, Tasmania

According to the link: "Park at any of Hobart City Council's off-street car parks and take the free Hobart Hopper shuttle. Shuttles connect with Hobart Central, Centrepoint and Argyle Street car parks, where you can park for the first 90 minutes free!"
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Of course, in a bike forum, if the buses have a way to transport bikes, you can ride to the bus terminal, load your bike on the bus, then unload at the other end. No need for paying for parking, and no leaving your car in vulnerable park & ride lots.

There are some commuters who drive halfway, then park the car in a park or something and ride the rest of the way.
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Originally Posted by CliffordK
Of course, in a bike forum, if the buses have a way to transport bikes, you can ride to the bus terminal, load your bike on the bus, then unload at the other end. No need for paying for parking, and no leaving your car in vulnerable park & ride lots.

There are some commuters who drive halfway, then park the car in a park or something and ride the rest of the way.
Unfortunately, not all buses have the capacity to transport bikes.

However, I did notice that the one official park-and-ride here in Hobart has bicycle parking facilities ... so it isn't just park and ride for cars.


I also noticed that in Edmonton when I commuted there. They had all day parking facilities at the station where I caught the train for both cars and bicycles.

And of course that's done a lot in places like The Netherlands.
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Around here the park and rides are mostly informal agreements, able to be cancelled without notice, between the bus district and private property owners. They aren't used much for a couple of reasons:

1. We have a relatively small city (maybe nine miles end to end on the longest axis) adjacent to an even smaller city and have a hub and spoke bus set up. By the time you drive to the parking lot, wait for the bus, ride to the hub, change buses and ride out to your destination, it might have been faster to walk from the parking lot and certainly much faster to just stay in the car.

2. If you own and operate a car, why pay $5/day on top of that to ride the bus?
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The "park-and-ride" parking out where we live appears to be unofficial ... just a couple gravel lots where people park for free.
Parking in the city is somewhat expensive and hard to find, so there are people who live in small communities south of Hobart, with no bus service, who will drive to one of these lots and catch the bus into town.
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CAT's website (Central Arkansas Transit) lists 3 park and ride locations. I know where one should be, but I don't recall seeing anything there, not that I was looking.
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Originally Posted by B. Carfree
1. We have a relatively small city (maybe nine miles end to end on the longest axis) adjacent to an even smaller city and have a hub and spoke bus set up. By the time you drive to the parking lot, wait for the bus, ride to the hub, change buses and ride out to your destination, it might have been faster to walk from the parking lot and certainly much faster to just stay in the car.
I don't get that either. Here in Michigan, even small towns (pop. 1,000) have Park & Ride lots out by the highway. You never see many car in them. I guess the idea is that people can park their cars there and join up with a car pool going to the nearby town or city.

It makes more sense to have these lots in bigger cities like Detroit or Grand Rapids. The big emphasis has been on car pooling rather thaan public transit, although it is starting to be more coordinated.

I don't suppose these lots cost the government very much. They just plow them out when they clear the adjacent highways.
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Originally Posted by Artkansas
CAT's website (Central Arkansas Transit) lists 3 park and ride locations. I know where one should be, but I don't recall seeing anything there, not that I was looking.
That's funny...You have a CAT, we have a CATA. and we're both in capitol cities.

I notice my CATA will match you up with car pools and van pools. They even provide vehicles in some cases. They will even give you a Emergency Ride Home if you have to miss your car pool. That's pretty cool. I wonder if very many carfree/carlight people use car pools or van pools?
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I came across this site when I was looking for Park-and-Ride locations in the Hobart area. It provides the location and price of parking in 52 countries. A person could use it to locate free or inexpensive parking in a location where they could then continue their journey using public transportation or human-powered transportation.

Find Parking, Car Parks, Street Parking, Private Garages - Book Parking - Parkopedia
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Originally Posted by Roody
I don't get that either. Here in Michigan, even small towns (pop. 1,000) have Park & Ride lots out by the highway. You never see many car in them. I guess the idea is that people can park their cars there and join up with a car pool going to the nearby town or city.

It makes more sense to have these lots in bigger cities like Detroit or Grand Rapids. The big emphasis has been on car pooling rather thaan public transit, although it is starting to be more coordinated.

I don't suppose these lots cost the government very much. They just plow them out when they clear the adjacent highways.
This is what I think of when you say "Park and Ride". Here, they are near interstate exchanges. You park and either grab the bus or car pool with someone else and ride the 30-50 miles to Pittsburgh.
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