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Smart Parking Primer – Jeffrey Tumlin

Parking is Destiny:A Smart Parking Primer

Rail~VolutionOctober 2011

Jeffrey Tumlin, Principal

Smart Parking Primer – Jeffrey Tumlin

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Parking Wastes Money

Thank you, Don Shoup!

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Parking Wastes Land

If you require more

than 3 spaces per

1,000 sq ft, you’re

requiring more

parking than land

use

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3.40

1.70

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2.22

3.10

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Administrative, Business, and Professional Services  

Shopping Center without Dining

Shopping Center with Dining

Dining Establishments

Dining & Drinking < 2,500 Sq. Ft. Gross Area

Dining & Drinking > 2,500 Sq. Ft. Gross Area, Free-

standing

Dining & Drinking < 2,500 Sq. Ft. Gross Area, Mixed-Use

Day Care Centers  

Elementary & Middle School, no assembly

High School, no assembly

College, no assembly

Automotive Rentals  

Automotive Repair, Bodies  

Group Care  

Medical Services: Medical Care  

Lodging Services: Hotels and Motels  

Boating and Harbor Activities

Recreation Services: Amusement Centers  

Utility or Equipment Substation  

Building Sq.Ft. Parking Sq.Ft.

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Parking Worsens Housing Affordability

• For each parking space required

in a residential unit:

– Price of unit increases 15-

30%

– Number of units that can be

built on typical parcel

decreases 15-25%

• Fannie Mae: Getting rid of a car

= extra $100,000 in mortgage

• At >300 sq ft, each parking

space consumes more space

than an efficiency apartment

Sources: “A Heavy Load: The Combined Housing and Tranasportation

Burdens of Working Families,” Center for Neighborhood Technology, 2006.

“The Affordability Index: A New Tool for Measuring the True Affordability of a

Housing Choice,” Center for Neighborhood Technology, 2008. Sedway Cook

studies of parking and housing costs in San Francisco and Oakland.

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Parking Produces Traffic Congestion

Poorly managed parking

results in motorists circling

for a parking space, from 8

to 74% of traffic in many

downtowns.

Eliminating just 10% of

vehicles from any

congested location makes

traffic free flowing.

Why provide more parking

than you have traffic

capacity to access that

parking?

Sources: “Cruising for Parking,” Don Shoup, 2006.

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Parking will Drive you Crazy

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So what do we do?

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1. Residential Permits

May be necessary to

address fear of spillover

Deed restrict new

buildings from

participating.

Switch to market pricing

when permit becomes a

“hunting license.”

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Source: theexpiredmeter.com

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2. Smart Meters

Are your parking

meters 1947

technology?

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2. Smart Meters

Meters must:

Accept all common forms

of payment

Call you up to ask if you

want more time

Provide data on usage

Allow easy adjustment

Put your customers first.

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3. Smart Technology

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4. Right Price

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5. Right Time

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6. Invest Revenue

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6. Invest Revenue

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7. Replace Minimums with Maximums

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• Portland, OR

• San Francisco, CA

• Stuart, FL

• Seattle, WA

• Spokane, WA

• United Kingdom

(illegal in entire nation)

• Coral Gables, FL

• Eugene, OR

• Fort Myers, FL

• Fort Pierce, FL

• Los Angeles, CA

• Milwaukee, WI

• Olympia, WA

These cities have abolished minimum parking

requirements, citywide or in districts:

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8. Unbundle

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9. Share

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Mixed Use, Park Once District

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Results:

• <½ the parking

• <½ the land area

• ¼ the arterial trips

• 1/6th the arterial turning movements

• <¼ the vehicle miles traveled

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SFpark: Pulling it all Together

Thanks to Jay

Primus, SFpark

manager,

SFMTA

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Coin and card meters

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Parking sensors

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Real-time information

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Pricing at parking meters and lots

Demand responsive to find lowest possible prices

Gradual and periodic changes: $0.25 up or down every

4-6 weeks

Time of day pricing (vary by block + weekday/end)

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Pricing – 1st rate adjustment (July/August)

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Pricing – 2nd rate adjustment (October)

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Enforcement

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Enforcement

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Parking census

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Automatic data collection

Supply data (census, asset management, street closures)

Parking data (from sensors, meters, and citations)

Garage data (usage by hour)

Travel demand data (roadway sensors, highways PEMS,

BART, Muni)

Muni data (travel time data from APCs)

Parking tax

Sales tax

Safety (SWITIRS collision data)

Exogenous (fuel price, CPI, unemployment, precipitation)

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Manual data collection

• Parking search time

• Double parking

• Disabled placard

• Occupancy in residential areas

• Motorcycle occupancy

• Vehicle occupancy

• Intercept surveys (professional survey firm)

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Great USDOT investment

Demonstrating data management tools

Unprecedented data set

Sharing + transparency

Addressing universal urban issue

Easy to replicate

Low cost and (relatively) low tech

Politically feasible (only local approvals required)

No privacy issues

Why these pilot projects matter

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SFpark.org/resources

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For More Information

Contact:

Jeffrey Tumlin, Principal

Nelson\Nygaard

Mobility – Accessibility - Sustainability

116 New Montgomery St, Ste 500

San Francisco, CA 94105

415-284-1544

415-284-1554 (fax)

jtumlin@nelsonnygaard.com

www.nelsonnygaard.com

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