Opportunity Costs of Preserving Coastal Wetlands: A Case Study of a Recreational Housing Development

1985 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra S. Batie ◽  
Carl C. Mabbs-Zeno
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Wetlands ◽  
Housing Development ◽  
Opportunity Costs

Opportunity costs associated with the provision of student services: a case study of web-based lecture technology

2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross H. Taplin ◽  
Rosemary Kerr ◽  
Alistair M. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Student Services ◽  
Opportunity Costs ◽  
Web Based

Parking at Sporting Event Stadiums in Denver, Colorado

2013 ◽  
Vol 2359 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Henao ◽  
Wesley E. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Travel Behavior ◽  
Professional Sports ◽  
The United States ◽  
Opportunity Costs ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Sports Venues ◽  
Parking Demand

Millions of people in the United States travel by personal automobile to attend professional sports matches played at various stadiums. Engineering and planning publications lack information on parking provisions for major sporting events. The results from this paper on parking outcomes suggest that the current parking provisions are not efficient. This case study examines parking supply, parking utilization, event auto occupancy, and event auto modal share at four major professional sports venues in the Denver, Colorado, region. The percentage of parking supply per parking demand was calculated for several surveyed games in terms of the average attendance, and parking utilization was evaluated during nonevent periods. In general, the surveys of the games indicated that more parking was provided than was necessary, even when attendance was higher than typical. For an event with average attendance, parking utilization was as low as 65%, with 2.2 persons per vehicle. In contrast, when parking occupancy was high, auto occupancy increased to 3.0 persons per vehicle. With such different carpool rates, as well as evidence suggesting that spectators who travel to some facilities are willing to park and walk farther than a half-mile, the results suggest that parking supply and travel behavior are endogenous and should not be treated independently. This study also considered parking occupancy at nonevent times and found whole-scale underutilization, even in downtown locations with great opportunity costs.

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