Pune Urban Land and Parking Audit
The first city-scale measure of how much land parking takes in Pune, what it costs, and what it emits.
A city deciding its future land use
Pune is growing fast, and every decision about roads, buildings and transport is also a decision about land. Yet the city has no ward-level picture of how much space goes to parking, or what that space costs in money, travel and emissions.
This study will build that picture, publish it openly, and turn it into practical recommendations for the city.
In development
We are designing the method and selecting an academic partner. Institutions, city bodies and funders who want to be part of the study can reach us here.
Four questions the study will answer
Land
How much of the land in selected wards is used for parking: on-street, off-street and inside buildings?
Traffic and emissions
How much traffic, and how many emissions, come from vehicles searching for parking?
Cost and carbon
What do current parking requirements in building codes add to construction cost and embodied carbon?
Policy
Which policy changes would free the most land and cut the most emissions?
How we will do it
- Partner with an academic institution for method design and peer review.
- Start with three to five pilot wards that differ in density and land use, then scale.
- Publish everything: the data, the method and a policy brief addressed to the city.
Outputs
- An open dataset and study report for the pilot wards
- A policy brief for the Pune Municipal Corporation
- A replicable audit toolkit other cities can use
- A first training programme for urban local body officials
- A model parking and land-use policy framework for Maharashtra cities
Help us build the evidence
We are inviting academic partners, city departments and funders to join the study.