reducing congestion and greenhouse gas emissions through parking policy
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Reducing Congestion and Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Parking Policy. Local Government Experience and Perspective. Pasadena Profile. Population - 160,000 Employment - 100,000 Population density: 2,396 persons/square km - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Department of Transportation
Reducing Congestion and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
through Parking Policy
Local Government Experience and Perspective
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Department of Transportation
Pasadena Profile
• Population - 160,000
• Employment - 100,000
• Population density: 2,396 persons/square km
• Six Metro Gold Line light rail stations, 12 regional and local bus lines
• 1,200 metered parking spaces
• 8,000 City Owned off-street parking spaces
• Diverse mix of land uses and historic downtown
• Traversed by 2 major freeways (I-210 and SR 134)
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Department of Transportation
Environmental Stewardship
General Plan Guiding Principle:Pasadena will be a city where people can circulate without cars
• Pasadena Green City Action Plan
• United Nations Green Cities Declaration and Urban Accords
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Department of Transportation
Parking Pricing and Policy• Past
• Old Pasadena and other Parking Meter Districts
• Residential Preferential Parking Districts
• Present• Temporary Overnight Parking
Exemption• Multi-Space Meters• New Parking Meter Districts• Parking Maximums in Transit Oriented
Districts
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Department of Transportation
Parking Policies
• Neighborhood Protection
• Congestion Reduction
• Trip Reduction
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Department of Transportation
Parking Meter Districts
• Old Pasadena Meter rate adjustment $.25 took 14 years
• New Parking Meter Districts in the South Lake and Playhouse
• Monthly rates to move employee parking to outer garages
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Department of Transportation
Transit Oriented Development
• Market is unbundling the cost of the second parking space from residential leases.
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Department of Transportation
Traffic Reduction Strategies
•Charging the Right Price for Meter Parking
•Residential Parking Benefit Districts
•Parking Cash Out
•Unbundling of Parking Cost
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Department of Transportation
Parking Policy and Trip Making
•Need a robust transportation system to support policies to reduce congestion
> Park and Walk> Pedestrian/Bike
Environment> Local Transit
Circulator
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Department of Transportation
Parking Pricing and Policy
• Mark YamaroneTransportation Administrator626 [email protected]
www.cityofpasadena.net/trans