Parking is Destiny: A Smart Parking Primer Rail~Volution October 2011
Jeffrey Tumlin, Principal
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Parking Wastes Money
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Parking Wastes Land If you require more
than 3 spaces per 1,000 sq ft, you’re requiring more parking than land use
Administrative, Business, and Professional Services
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Shopping Center without Dining Shopping Center with Dining
1.36 3.40
Dining Establishments 1.13
Dining & Drinking < 2,500 Sq. Ft. Gross Area Dining & Drinking > 2,500 Sq. Ft. Gross Area, Freestanding
3.40 1.70
Dining & Drinking < 2,500 Sq. Ft. Gross Area, Mixed-Use 0.44
Day Care Centers Elementary & Middle School, no assembly
0.44
High School, no assembly
2.22 3.10
College, no assembly Automotive Rentals
1.13
Automotive Repair, Bodies
0.68 0.67
Group Care
2.51
Medical Services: Medical Care Lodging Services: Hotels and Motels
0.38
Boating and Harbor Activities
1.13 1.70
Recreation Services: Amusement Centers 1.13
Utility or Equipment Substation 0.0
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Parking Worsens Housing Affordability •
For each parking space required in a residential unit: – Price of unit increases 1530% – Number of units that can be built on typical parcel decreases 15-25%
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Fannie Mae: Getting rid of a car = extra $100,000 in mortgage
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At >300 sq ft, each parking space consumes more space than an efficiency apartment Sources: “A Heavy Load: The Combined Housing and Tranasportation Burdens of Working Families,” Center for Neighborhood Technology, 2006. “The Affordability Index: A New Tool for Measuring the True Affordability of a Housing Choice,” Center for Neighborhood Technology, 2008. Sedway Cook studies of parking and housing costs in San Francisco and Oakland.
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Parking Produces Traffic Congestion Poorly managed parking
results in motorists circling for a parking space, from 8 to 74% of traffic in many downtowns. Eliminating just 10% of vehicles from any congested location makes traffic free flowing. Why provide more parking than you have traffic capacity to access that parking?
Sources: “Cruising for Parking,” Don Shoup, 2006.
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Parking will Drive you Crazy
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So what do we do?
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1. Residential Permits May be necessary to
address fear of spillover Deed restrict new buildings from participating. Switch to market pricing when permit becomes a “hunting license.”
Source: theexpiredmeter.com
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2. Smart Meters Are your parking
meters 1947 technology?
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2. Smart Meters Meters must:
Accept all common forms of payment Call you up to ask if you want more time Provide data on usage Allow easy adjustment
Put your customers first.
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3. Smart Technology
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4. Right Price
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5. Right Time
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6. Invest Revenue
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6. Invest Revenue
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7. Replace Minimums with Maximums These cities have abolished minimum parking requirements, citywide or in districts:
• Coral Gables, FL • Eugene, OR • Fort Myers, FL • Fort Pierce, FL • Los Angeles, CA • Milwaukee, WI • Olympia, WA
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• Portland, OR • San Francisco, CA • Stuart, FL • Seattle, WA • Spokane, WA • United Kingdom (illegal in entire nation)
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8. Unbundle
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9. Share
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9. Park Once Shop
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