Parking Demand Study Key Findings

Parking Demand Study Key Findings

Parking Demand Study In response to community concerns, the Thruway Authority undertook an extensive study to determine the total number of parking spaces needed to support visitors to the shared use path. Process Results • Determine average catchment area: 15 miles • Establish percentage of catchment area population Step 1: Collect data from similar bridge and park facilities visiting facility for peak hour (i.e., weekend afternoon): in May and June 2014 (see map below for locations) 0.019%* • Mode of Arrival: - 59% Auto - 21% Walk - 19% Bike - 1% Transit • Auto Occupancy: 1.85 people per car *Based on average hourly visitation divided by the average population in each Hudson Valley catchment areas. • Apply 15-mile catchment area to New NY Bridge location to establish population pool: Step 2: Calculate New NY Bridge “Catchment Area” - East side of bridge: 1,571,893 (area that visiting population would originate from) - West side of bridge; 866,128 - Total: 2,438,021 • Apply 0.019% peak hour visiting population to Step 3: Estimate number of visitors in the peak hour 2,438,021 population: 473 visitors (hourly visitation) to the New NY Bridge • Auto (59%): 279 visitors • Walk (21%): 99 visitors • Bike (19%): 90 visitors Step 4: Determine number of visitors that would arrive via auto, • Transit (1%): 5 visitors bike, or walking from data collected at other sites (modal splits) • TOTAL: 473 visitors • Apply 1.85 person/auto occupancy to the 279 visitors arriving by auto Step 5: Establish number of parking spaces needed • Split spaces based on east side and west side catchment area population (from Step 2) Key Findings: 151 total parking spaces are needed for both counties; 97 spaces in Westchester and 54 spaces in Rockland. Survey Locations National Survey Locations VT 1. George Washington Bridge NY Fort Lee, New Jersey to New York, New York §¨¦ MA Greene 4 Columbia 8" 2. Woodrow Wilson Bridge §¨¦ 8" See CT §¨¦ Alexandria, Virginia to Oxon Hill, Maryland 8" 8" §¨¦ Inset 8" 8" 8" §¨¦ " OH §¨¦ 8 PA 8" 1 3. Cooper River Bridge Charleston, South Carolina to Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina NJ MD Ulster Regional Survey Locations WV Dutchess 4. Rip Van Winkle Bridge 2 DE Hudson, New York to Catskill, New York 5 VA Sullivan 5. Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park Poughkeepsie, New York to Highland, New York 6 ¨¦§I-84 6. Newburgh-Beacon Bridge Orange Putnam Newburgh, New York to Beacon, New York NC 7. Rockland Lake State Park Congers, New York Westchester Rockland 7 8. Nyack Beach State Park SC 8 Upper Nyack, New York ¨¦§I-287 10 9 ¦§¨I-95 Tappan Zee Bridge 9. Raymond G. Esposito Trail 3 NJ South Nyack, New York 10. Westchester RiverWalk Tarrytown, New York.

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