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---1-""-- • v• , i • • • , , PLANNING DEPART~A E N ' LUBBOCK, TEXAS , " , •• •• .,. ~r ." tt • . I • • • , / _ .'~-'-... ~- • • • • , I • \ • • ' -2 ~~ __~ _______ _ I .' PLANNING DEPARTMENT LUBBOCK, TEXAS Co B. Do SURVEY OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK , '. JUNE lI 1960 • • TRAFFIC ENG:rngP:RING DEPARTMH;NT elf! OF LUBBOCK .II TR;XAS CI OF" LUBBOCK TEXAS June 9, 1960 Mro Robert Wo Burr Director of Planning & Traffic City of Lubbock Lubbock, Texas Dear Mro Burr: . We are submitting herewith a report of our survey of the parking and traffic conditions in the Lubbock Central Business District o It is hoped that this information will be useful to the City Commission and citizen's groups now stUdying the problems of the downtown areao . I wish to express my appreciation to the employees of the Traffic Engineering Department who assisted in the preparation of this reporto Sincerely, Bo H. McDaniel City Traffic Engineer BHM:gk • . TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION I = THE SURVEY . SECTI~1 II ~ PARKING SECTION III - TRAFFIC, CONTROLS . SECTION IV - RECOMMHNDATIONS • SECTION I - THE SURVEY PURPOSE The purpose of the parking and traffic survey was planned to obtain the following factsg 1. The existing parking and traffic conditions in the downtown business district of Lubbock o 2. The existing parking and traffic deficiencies in the downtown business districC o 30 Recommendations for meeting the present and future parking and traffic needs in the downtown business districto ARFAOF SURV EY The area of survey was bounded by 7th Street on the north, 16th Street on the south, and Avenue 0 on the west, and Avenue F on the easto All information was gathered on an average weekdayo SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 1. Lubbock has 6,6S6 parking spaces in the Central Business District; 2,S26 are curb spaces; 3,S60 are in off-street facilities. 2. Lubbock provides 52 parking spaces per 1,000 persons o . The average for cities having populations between 100,000 and 250,000 is 3S parking spaces per 1,000 persons. 3. It is estimated that there has been a net increase of 943 parking spaces in the C.B.D. area since 1955. 4. The meter rates in the fringe-area need to be adjusted. Two hours for five cents should be considered. 5. In some locations, one hour meters need to be replaced with two hour meters. 6 0 Of 520 cars·that parked on Broadway, approximately seventy-one percent stayed one hour or less. 7~ The number of courtesy parking tickets issued have increased from 23,917 in 1955 to 25,402 in 1959. - S. Pedestrian signal indications should be installed in the CoBoDo to reduce pedestrian and vehicular conflicts at the intersection. 90 Turn restrictions during peak hours should be considered. 100 Additional studies and surveys need to be conducted to provide better traffic movement in the CoBoDo SECTION II - PARKING In this section on parking, we have assembled some pertinent facts on the current parking conditions in the downtown area, on which we have based recommended changes that should be considered at the present timeo Other studies were also conducted to show what is happening in the downtown area as to the parking situatione This section is not intended to serve as a parking survey in this areao Table I shows the present number of parking spaces available at the curb and in off-street areas. TABLE I SUllmlary of Parking Spaces Available Type Parking NO e Spaces Curb, Unrestricted 1,503 Curb, I-Hour Limit 99 Curb, 10-15 Minute Limit 22 Curb, 12-24 Minute Meters 1$5 Curb, 1-Hour Meters $$2 CUrb, 2-Hour Meters 125 TarAL CURB 2,$26 Off-Street Facilities Public 3,205 Private 362 Public & Private ~93 TOTAL OFF-STRE~ 3,$60 GRAND TOTAL 6,6$6 Table II shows the results of post card survey conducted of vehicles parked at the curb between 10~00 aom. and 12~00 noon o Of the 2,211 cards issued, 763 were returnede TABLE II C-ards Returned Purpose of Trip In Met er Area Total NOe Returned Employed , 93 472 Business III 137 Shopping 58 61 Other Reasons 6 --2.2. • TOTAL 323 763 This survey was conducted in April, 1960. 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