ON-STREET PARKING STUDY| DRAFT FINAL REPORT City of El Cerrito, CA On-Street Parking Studies REPORT January 2019 Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates Inc. | i ON-STREET PARKING STUDY| REPORT City of El Cerrito, CA Contents 1. Executive Summary ............................................................................................................ 1 1.1. Key Findings .................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2. Outreach ........................................................................................................................................ 3 1.3. Parking Demand Model .............................................................................................................. 3 1.4. Parking Strategy Recommendations ......................................................................................... 3 2. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 8 2.1. Goals .............................................................................................................................................. 8 3. Study Process ...................................................................................................................... 9 3.1. Outreach Meetings....................................................................................................................... 9 4. Existing Conditions Analysis ............................................................................................ 14 4.1. Uptown Area Existing Conditions ............................................................................................ 14 4.2. Downtown Area Existing Conditions ....................................................................................... 17 4.3. Residential Permit Parking Existing Conditions ..................................................................... 19 5. Parking Demand Model .................................................................................................... 21 6. On-Street Parking Strategies ............................................................................................. 22 6.1. Commercial Parking ................................................................................................................... 22 6.2. Residential Parking Strategies................................................................................................. 31 6.3. Implementation Schedule .......................................................................................................... 42 Appendix A Best Practices in On-Street Parking .................................................................... 45 Best Practices ............................................................................................................................................ 46 On-Street Parking Targets ..................................................................................................................... 46 Shared District Parking ........................................................................................................................... 56 Municipal Facilitation of Shared Parking ............................................................................................ 58 Parking District Expansion and Reform ............................................................................................... 61 Off-Street Parking Requirements ......................................................................................................... 64 Appendix B Existing Conditions: Uptown Del Norte BART Station Area ............................... 70 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 71 Key Findings .............................................................................................................................................. 72 Parking Supply ......................................................................................................................................... 74 Utilization Findings ................................................................................................................................... 76 Parking Duration ...................................................................................................................................... 85 Appendix C Existing Conditions: Downtown Plaza BART Station Area ................................ 90 Key Findings .............................................................................................................................................. 91 Parking Supply ......................................................................................................................................... 92 Utilization Findings ................................................................................................................................... 95 Parking Duration ................................................................................................................................... 104 Appendix D Parking Demand Model ................................................................................... 107 Summary ................................................................................................................................................. 108 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 108 Background ............................................................................................................................................ 108 Modeling Parking Demand ................................................................................................................. 110 Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates Inc. | 1 | Executive Summary ON-STREET PARKING STUDY| DRAFT FINAL REPORT City of El Cerrito, CA Table of Figures Figure 1 Uptown On-Street Parking Count at Peak Occupancy ..................................................... 2 Figure 2 Downtown On-Street Parking Count at Peak Occupancy ................................................ 2 Figure 3 Commercial Parking Recommendations Summary Table .................................................. 4 Figure 4 Residential Parking Recommendations Summary Table .................................................... 5 Figure 5 Uptown Parking Utilization Study Area ............................................................................. 15 Figure 6 Parking Utilization Study Area ............................................................................................ 18 Figure 7 Existing Residential Parking Permit (RPP) Program Elements ......................................... 19 Figure 8 Easy-to-decipher parking signs can improve parking compliance. Source: LADOT ....................................................................................................................................... 27 Figure 9 Conceptual Parking Permit Zones ........................................................................................ 32 Figure 10 San Pablo Area Specific Plan with Proposed Permit Zones .......................................... 33 Figure 11 Thresholds for Implementing Permit Parking ..................................................................... 35 Figure 12 Potential Blocks for Paid BART Commuter Parking .......................................................... 40 Figure 13 Paid Parking Comparison Table .......................................................................................... 42 Figure 14 Parking Recommendations Implementation Schedule ...................................................... 43 Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates Inc. | 2 | Executive Summary ON-STREET PARKING STUDY| REPORT City of El Cerrito, CA 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The El Cerrito Parking Demand and Management Strategy Plan is the result of a two-year effort to study current parking conditions and estimate future parking needs to improve the management of on-street parking in the San Pablo Specific Plan Area plus an opportunity for changes to the City’s Residential Parking Permit (RPP) Program. This report presents a series of strategies to manage parking in ways that achieve the Specific Plan and the City’s goals, including enhanced public realm, environmental responsibility, and economic growth. The recommendations in this report should be implemented over time in response to evolving parking supply and demand. 1.1. KEY FINDINGS Nelson\Nygaard’s mapping and analysis of the parking inventory and occupancy data yielded several key findings. These include: . An on-street parking surplus exists in both Downtown and Uptown. Overall on-street parking occupancy reached 54% in Downtown and 60% in Uptown at the peak hour of demand during the parking survey. Approximately 261 on-street spaces in the combined survey areas sat unused during the busiest time of day. Hot spots of high parking demand occur on weekdays on blocks without time limits that are closest to BART stations, and on a few blocks of San Pablo Avenue with a lot of commercial activity. There is less demand for on-street parking on weekends. On-street occupancy at the peak hour was 49% Downtown and was 47% Uptown. Enforcement of parking time limits is uneven.