Sunday, March 30, 2008

Parking Paper Outline

Parking Paper Outline:

  1. Why this is an issue
    1. Current state

i. Garages

ii. Map

iii. Meters

iv. Employer permits

    1. Proposed developments

i. Charles Hotel

ii. Asian Art Museum

    1. Increased car use
    2. Consumer impacts
  1. Considerations in adopting a solution
    1. Wide variety of solutions
    2. Factors that affect parking demand
    3. Policy/pricing factors
    4. Spillover problems
    5. Incidental costs
    6. Transportation and land use objectives
    7. Who bears the costs?
    8. Measure demand Costs
    9. Considerations specific to downtowns
    10. Methods:

i. Copy other cities

ii. Consult data

  1. Possible solutions
    1. Parking Pricing

i. Techniques

ii. Objectives

iii. Getting the right price

iv. Benefits/Costs

1. Efficiency

2. Reduced car use

3. Efficient land use

4. Revenues

5. Transaction costs

6. Financial costs

7. spillover

8. Reduces cruising

v. New technology meters

1. Pay and display

2. Pay by space

3. in vehicle meters

4. mobile phone

vi. Examples:

1. Aspen

    1. Min/max
    2. Increase capacity

i. Increase curb parking

ii. Decrease size

    1. Employer
    2. Subsidize
    3. Remote

i. Example: Chattanooga

    1. Re-design
    2. Car stackers
    3. Information
    4. Residential
    5. Eliminate reserved parking
    6. Reduce demand

i. In lieu

ii. Shared

    1. Freezes
    2. Reduce demand

i. Ex: Portland

    1. Enforcement
  1. Examples
    1. Pasadena
    2. SF
    3. Redwood City

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