South Baltimore Gateway Parking Study Parking Authority of Baltimore City Baltimore, Maryland Final Report 2017.09.20 Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 1 Parking Study Purpose .............................................................................................................................. 1 Parking Study Boundaries ......................................................................................................................... 1 Parking Study Methodology ...................................................................................................................... 1 Existing Conditions ........................................................................................................................................ 2 On-Street Parking Regulations .................................................................................................................. 2 Residential Permit Parking .................................................................................................................... 2 Stadium Tow Zones ............................................................................................................................... 4 Paid Parking ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Time Limited Free Parking ..................................................................................................................... 6 Handicapped .......................................................................................................................................... 6 Truck Loading ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Special Use ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Private Parking ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Unrestricted Parking .............................................................................................................................. 7 On-Street Parking Conditions .................................................................................................................... 7 On-Street Parking Occupancy ............................................................................................................... 7 On-Street Parking Occupancy During Events ..................................................................................... 10 Paid Parking Turnover ......................................................................................................................... 11 Paid Parking Violations and Enforcement ........................................................................................... 12 Residential Permit Parking Violations and Enforcement ..................................................................... 13 Off Street Parking .................................................................................................................................... 14 Off-Street Public Parking ..................................................................................................................... 15 Off-Street Private Parking .................................................................................................................... 18 Analysis ....................................................................................................................................................... 21 Census Data Related to Parking Demand .............................................................................................. 21 Numbers of Residential Parking Permits Purchased per Household ...................................................... 24 Numbers of Residential Permits Sold Compared with Available On-Street Spaces ............................... 25 RPP Area Turnover and Occupancy ....................................................................................................... 26 Changes Affecting Future Parking Conditions ............................................................................................ 29 Zoning ...................................................................................................................................................... 29 New Development Projects ..................................................................................................................... 29 Multi-Modal Improvements ...................................................................................................................... 31 Current Parking Authority Initiatives ........................................................................................................ 34 ____________________________________________________________________________________ South Baltimore Gateway Parking Study i Final Report - September 20, 2017 Recommendations ...................................................................................................................................... 36 Demand Management ............................................................................................................................. 36 Enforcement ............................................................................................................................................ 36 Enforcement responsibility ................................................................................................................... 36 Enforcement technologies ................................................................................................................... 37 Fines .................................................................................................................................................... 37 Residential Permit Parking Management ................................................................................................ 37 Paid Parking ............................................................................................................................................ 41 Better Directional Signing to West Street Garage ................................................................................... 43 Additional Supply ..................................................................................................................................... 44 Angle Parking ....................................................................................................................................... 44 West Street Garage ............................................................................................................................. 46 Shared Parking ........................................................................................................................................ 46 Other ........................................................................................................................................................ 49 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: RPP area permit sales and active permits ...................................................................................... 4 Table 2: Number of spaces available in RPP blocks .................................................................................... 4 Table 3: Maximum time limits of paid parking ............................................................................................... 5 Table 4: On-street parking occupancy by neighborhood .............................................................................. 8 Table 5: On-street parking occupancy by permit zone ................................................................................. 9 Table 6: Riverside neighborhood -comparison of RPP Area 19 and area without RPP ............................... 9 Table 7: On-street parking occupancy during events ................................................................................. 10 Table 8: Paid parking turnover .................................................................................................................... 11 Table 9: Occupancy in stand-alone public parking facilities ....................................................................... 15 Table 10: Monthly permits at West Street Garage ...................................................................................... 16 Table 11: Occupancy in commercial site parking facilities ......................................................................... 17 Table 12: Off-street private parking facilities ............................................................................................... 18 Table 13: Change in average vehicles available per household ................................................................ 22 Table 14: Average residential decals per household .................................................................................. 24 Table 15: Residential permits sold compared with available on-street spaces .......................................... 25 Table 16: Turnover and permit usage in RPP areas .................................................................................. 27 Table 17: Comparison of parking occupancy in Riverside