Downtown Moncton Strategic Parking Study
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City of Moncton DOWNTOWN MONCTON STRATEGIC PARKING STUDY TECHNICAL APPENDIX SEPTEMBER, 2006 in association with and PGB Parking Solutions IBI GROUP TECHNICAL APPENDIX TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................1 1.1 Study Overview and Objectives........................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Outline of Report................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Study Area ............................................................................................................................................. 2 2. STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION.........................................................................................3 2.1 Stakeholder Interviews ......................................................................................................................... 3 2.1.1 Overall Impressions of the Parking Situation in Downtown Moncton .............. 3 2.1.2 Specific Parking Needs............................................................................... 4 2.1.3 Specific Parking Problems .......................................................................... 4 2.1.4 Role of City in Providing parking ................................................................ 5 2.1.5 Future Needs ............................................................................................. 5 2.1.6 Potential for Reducing Parking Demand ....................................................... 5 2.1.7 Potential Short Term Solutions ................................................................... 6 2.1.8 Cost of Parking .......................................................................................... 6 2.1.9 Other Issues .............................................................................................. 6 2.2 Downtown Development Vision Symposium...................................................................................... 7 3. EXISTING AND FUTURE CONDITIONS.................................................................................7 3.1 Policy Context ....................................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 Management of Parking........................................................................................................................ 8 3.3 Existing Parking Supply ....................................................................................................................... 8 3.4 Existing Parking Demand ................................................................................................................... 11 3.4.1 On-Street Parking......................................................................................11 3.4.2 Off-Street Parking .....................................................................................12 3.4.3 Parking Users ...........................................................................................13 3.5 Future Needs ....................................................................................................................................... 14 4. STRATEGIC ALTERNATIVES ..............................................................................................16 4.1 Strategies That Increase Parking Capacity and Efficiency.............................................................. 16 September, 2006 Page i. IBI GROUP TECHNICAL APPENDIX TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT’D) 4.1.1 Strategy A.1: Expand Parking Supply..........................................................16 4.1.2 Strategy A.2: Make Better Use of Existing parking.......................................19 4.1.3 Strategy A.3: Optimize On-street Parking Supply and Pricing.......................19 4.1.4 Strategy A.4: Develop Guidelines Minimum and Maximum Parking Standards .................................................................................................20 4.1.5 Strategy A.5: Improve User Information ......................................................21 4.2 Strategies that Reduce Commuter Parking Demand ....................................................................... 22 4.2.1 Strategy B.1 Promote Active Transportation................................................22 4.2.2 Strategy B.2: Improve Transit Options ........................................................23 4.2.3 Strategy B.3: Encourage Ridesharing and TDM............................................25 4.2.4 Strategy B.4 Parking Pricing ......................................................................26 4.3 Supporting Strategies......................................................................................................................... 27 4.3.1 Strategy C.1: Enforce Design STandards for Parking Facilities.....................27 4.3.2 Strategy C.2: Parking Payment Technologies ..............................................29 4.3.3 Strategy C.3: Consider Changes to Management of Parking..........................29 5. RECOMMENDED PLAN ........................................................................................................32 5.1 Guiding Philosophy ............................................................................................................................ 32 5.2 Summary of Strategies and Related Actions.................................................................................... 32 5.3 Financial Impacts ................................................................................................................................ 35 5.3.1 Potential Funding Sources.........................................................................36 5.4 Roles and Responsibilities................................................................................................................. 36 September, 2006 Page ii. IBI GROUP TECHNICAL APPENDIX LIST OF EXHIBITS Exhibit 1.1: Study Area........................................................................................................................2 Exhibit 3.1: Summary of Downtown Parking Supply...........................................................................9 Exhibit 3.2: Off-street Parking Supply ...............................................................................................10 Exhibit 3.3: On-Street Parking Supply and Characteristics ..............................................................11 Exhibit 3.4: On-Street Parking Demand Characteristics...................................................................12 Exhibit 3.5: Off-Street Parking Occupancy .......................................................................................13 Exhibit 3.6: Distribution of Users of Public Parking Facilities............................................................13 Exhibit 4.1: Potential Areas for New Publically Accessible Parking Supply .....................................17 Exhibit 4.2: Suggested Downtown Parking Ratio Guidelines ...........................................................21 Exhibit 4.3: Existing Transit Routes and Proposed Future Shuttle Service......................................24 Exhibit 4.4: Cost of Parking Supply ($/space)...................................................................................27 Exhibit 4.5: Examples of Parking Structure Designs ........................................................................28 Exhibit 5.1: Summary of Strategies and Related Actions .................................................................33 September, 2006 Page i. IBI GROUP TECHNICAL APPENDIX City of Moncton DOWNTOWN MONCTON STRATEGIC PARKING STUDY 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Study Overview and Objectives Downtown Moncton is currently going through a period of change with a number of significant developments about to start construction. The City is also in the process of finalizing a Development Vision for Downtown Moncton following a series of consultation events. Both of these will result in changes to parking demand and to the existing parking supply. Accordingly, the City of Moncton, in conjunction with Downtown Moncton Inc., has identified the need for a comprehensive strategic parking plan to accommodate future development in the downtown over the next 20 years. This need is also driven by a long-standing perception that there is a lack of parking options in the downtown for commuters, business visitors, retail patrons and tourists. The primary objective of this study is to quantify existing parking needs and issues and to propose strategies to deal with existing and future parking requirements. It is intended that the recommendations of the study be strategic in nature and provide a blueprint for all future planning decisions related to parking. The recommendations of the study also addresses factors that influence parking demand, including the role of transit, carpooling and active transportation. Policies that affect the creation and management of parking supply, including the specification of by-laws governing parking requirements, are also reviewed. 1.2 Outline of Report This report presents a draft set of recommended strategies addressing all aspects of parking supply, parking demand and parking management in Downtown Moncton. The report includes five sections as follows: • The remainder of Section 1 provides a description of the study area and definition of