Residential Parking Permit Program Review Stakeholder Report Back: Verbatim Comments April 10, 2019 Verbatim Comments Verbatim comments presented here include all of the suggestions, comments and messages that were collected online and in-person with users of the residential parking permit program. Verbatim comments collected internally, with staff responsible for the program’s development and sustainment have been shared with the project team for incorporation and are not included here due to maintaining privacy within a small network. Offensive words and personally identifying information have been removed and replaced with either, [removed] or [personal information removed]; otherwise, comments here are completely un-edited. Comments that state ‘see above’ or some version of this are referencing the previous survey question that was answered. All comments were reviewed by the question/feature that was asked. Comments are first categorized by perspective (homeowner/renter, visitor to a residence and visitor to a business/organization/institution) and secondly by feature (RPP only zones, other types of RPP restrictions, commercial/residential interface, major generators, in-zone commuting, and on-site parking). Each of these are linked within the document for ease of finding verbatim comments. Homeowner/Renter RPP only zones Other types of RPP restrictions Commercial / residential interface Major generators In-zone commuting On-site Parking Visitor to a residence RPP only zones Other types of RPP restrictions Commercial / residential interface Major generators In-zone commuting On-site Parking Visitor to a business / organization / institution RPP only zones Other types of RPP restrictions 1/227 Residential Parking Permit Program Review Stakeholder Report Back: Verbatim Comments April 10, 2019 Commercial / residential interface Major generators In-zone commuting On-site Parking Other Homeowner/Renter RPP Only Zones People are facing huge issues at Foothills Hospital. Permit-only parking creates problems for the community. Lifestyle has an impact in an area where there is a lot of the same lifestyle patterns i.e. everyone works in the day so not bothered by 1 hr parking. But after 6 pm, when free, everyone's home from work but parking is busier. Maybe bought after church was here so was intentional. A difference if the restriction is right in front of door. Availability of parking - time restrictions. Need to take some responsibility and work around to know RPP times and lack of equality between streets. If it was paid parking, I'm not getting ROI multi-story buildings should also have visitor parking since they have visitors too. Seems unfair. CBZ What happens to parks/green space? I would be happy that I know parking is always available to me/my family 150 m apply to residents. 300 m? Relaxations are problematic. Inconsistent responses to relaxation requests. Good for homeowner but since onsite parking should be provided - on street parking should be required for visitors. This is a problem for having large #s of people over. Call in system isn't working as stated Yes. Only exception to park. All P converted to a permit zone letter. Limit cap on number of permits (3). This restriction eliminates parking from "outsiders". It is a nuisance to have to register vehicles for a short term visit. This is a good choice for those near short term commercial operations like convenience stores or fast food restaurants. Can usually find a parking spot in front or near my house. The new system does not allow a homeowner to know if a car on the street has a visitor permit. This results in wasted calls to enforcement for cars that are allowed to park there. In many instances, the streets are not used and unoccupied 2/227 Residential Parking Permit Program Review Stakeholder Report Back: Verbatim Comments April 10, 2019 concerned about visitor parking (for my visitors). Should be able to get permits for rental cars (e.g. if you don't own a car but rent occasionally). Some of these concerns are more acute in high-density living, less of a problem for houses with garages, parking pads, etc. Highrise owner: Allow for visitor parking to be accessed for the homeowner if they want rental car for themselves. (re: Car2Go) Having workers come to house (i.e service) is a challenge for RPP only zones. People that want permit parking should be required to pay. Not well-used during day. 2 hr. zone would be better. This would help landlords. Street is public space. I don't own it. Maintenance is responsibility of all taxpayers. Street is not private space. Calgarians semm to think they own space on street. Made park side of street 2 hr . Parking but resident side fo street is RPP Should be able to register for longer than one year at a time Very little balance. It's either permitted or not. I chose to live here and knew there was a hospital. Exclusive parking is a form of NIMBY. Why is there a perception that we have an inherent right to park on the street? Disputes develop because people develop an attitude that they own the street in front of their house. Been propagated by an old program. I think RPP zones are a perceived problem. I don't think zones should exist. Exclusive means no public option. Doesn't foster (red) community when restrictions are exclusive. This should not be a resident decision (2 hr) Can we have priority without privilege? Why do people think they own the road in front of their house? We're all paying for roads. It's common property. Would like more rpp options switch from RPP only to 2 hrs (red). More frequent review process. Neighbours move. housekeeper came and used to give her tag. Want the option to not have to log her license plate each time under new system? (red) Need to a max # of permits issued per residence. Not enforced. How often do I have to call to have this enforced? What's the threshold? Constant updating of visitor license plates for short term visitors. Obvious trade vehicle…why register? Residential only parking permit experience: must drive around to find non-resident only parking or pay parking. Inconvenient to re-register driver plates everytime visitors come during day. Hang Tags work best NOT on-line registration. VISITOR Parking Can IT BE ENTERED ONCE AND KEPT ON FILE. THE PLATE NUMBER. MY SON VISITS AND HAVE TO ENTER EVERY TIME. WHY WERE VISITOR PARKING CARDS TAKEN AWAY WANT THEM BACK 3/227 Residential Parking Permit Program Review Stakeholder Report Back: Verbatim Comments April 10, 2019 BRB parking is a problem. As even 4 rooms rented (illegible). How to regulate? Bring hang tags back!!! People that aren’t tech savy. Getting into the sight. Remember pass words ect. Some areas with 'Permit Only' parking are vastly underused - i.e. only 20-30% occupancy Is good for home owners and allows home owners to park in front (1) It would be good to have delineated parking spaces for residents so that parking space is optimized, then people would have more space to park. (1) Before designating restrictions, assess the need i.e. is it crowded, and if so implement restrictions in stages e.g. one side only. (1) People with corp. owned vehicles cannot register (1) People w/o vehicles cannot register visitors (1) City does not respond on how to manage irregular large groups. No reply received from City. (1) Give equal access to residents on BOTH sides of the street. (1) Altho streets are a public amenity, everyone should be able to park on the street by their house s.t.reas. Limits. (1) It is frustrating to register a visitor every time they park. Why isn’t visitor parking integrated with the park plus app? Having to login to separate web based system is dificult on mobile devices. Our street is quiet and there is no reason for permit only parking. Living in the Inner City, I use Car 2 Go to get to and from work quite often, however because my street is permit only, I now have to find 2 hour parking zones to park the Car 2 Go, which there aren't many of in the area and then these section get filled up with Car 2 Go and others cannot park there. Only issue is that parking enforcement only checked our street for the first couple weeks after becoming permitted. Havent been by since. Unauthorized vehicles still park here. It's impossible to know who is authorized since the stickers are no longer used. There is absolutely no reason to have permit parking in my neighbourhood. The Children's Hospital moved from its old location over 10 years ago, and the operations currently running out of the building do not create a high demand for parking. Despite this, it seems impossible for residents along my street to have the parking restrictions removed. If we have more than two visitors, we can't add their license to our permit, to avoid ticketing. Hasn't happened yet (just took a chance and didn't have them on our permit while they were visiting), but in the past we were able to borrow a visitor tag from our neighbours for any extra cars we had parked at our house with lots of visitors. Act as economic exclusionary zones allowing wealthier neighbours to band together and restrict parking. Those who are sharing housing can’t obtain permits. Parking should either all be free or so be paid and permittEd. People parking just outside of the permit only zones and then commuting past the zone I live in the area but can not get a pass for the zone 4/227 Residential Parking Permit Program Review Stakeholder Report Back: Verbatim Comments April 10, 2019 I own a home on a single street with no RPP, but the streets directly around me have RPP, so often my street is very full with visitors to other houses, but then I cannot register my own visitors because I do not have an RPP myself.