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6C

IRC

ULA

TIO

N A

ND

PA

RK

ING

IN T

HIS

CH

AP

TE

R

6.1

Ove

rarc

hing

Tra

nsp

ort

atio

n an

d P

arki

ng P

olic

ies

6.2

Exi

stin

g R

oad

way

Sys

tem

6.3

Ro

adw

ay S

yste

m Im

pro

vem

ents

6.4

Tra

nsp

ort

atio

n Sy

stem

s an

d D

eman

d M

anag

emen

t

6.5

Pub

lic T

rans

it Sy

stem

6.6

Ped

estr

ian

and

Bic

ycle

Circ

ulat

ion

6.7

Par

king

Sup

ply

and

Dem

and

/ P

arki

ng M

anag

emen

t Pl

an

Do

wnt

ow

n N

apa

pro

vid

es a

str

ong

foun

dat

ion

for

a ro

bus

t, w

alka

ble

env

ironm

ent.

It

s sy

stem

of s

tree

ts, s

idew

alks

, tra

ils a

nd p

laza

s co

ntrib

utes

to

Do

wnt

ow

n’s

ped

estr

ian-

orie

nted

cha

ract

er, w

hich

is fu

rthe

r en

hanc

ed b

y hi

sto

rical

ele

men

ts,

gat

herin

g s

po

ts a

nd u

rban

feat

ures

. Thi

s ch

apte

r p

rovi

des

gui

dan

ce t

o im

pro

ve a

ll fo

rms

of t

rans

po

rtat

ion

(i.e.

, mul

ti-m

od

al s

yste

m) s

ervi

ng D

ow

nto

wn.

An

inte

gra

ted

ci

rcul

atio

n ne

two

rk w

ill fa

cilit

ate

pub

lic t

rans

it, b

icyc

ling

, and

veh

icle

circ

ulat

ion

and

ac

cess

in D

ow

nto

wn,

whi

le e

nhan

cing

the

ped

estr

ian

exp

erie

nce.

The

tran

spo

rtat

ion

syst

em p

rop

ose

d in

thi

s Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an s

upp

ort

s th

e b

uild

out

o

f Do

wnt

ow

n, c

ons

iste

nt w

ith t

he p

refe

rred

des

ign

elem

ents

, lan

d u

ses

and

d

ensi

ties.

The

dev

elo

pm

ent

and

tra

nsp

ort

atio

n st

rate

gie

s in

Nap

a’s

pas

t p

lann

ing

ef

fort

s le

d t

o a

gg

reg

ated

do

wnt

ow

n b

lock

s th

at w

ere

des

igne

d t

o a

cco

mm

od

ate

then

-mo

der

n re

tail

mal

ls a

nd la

rge-

foo

tprin

t d

evel

op

men

ts. T

hese

str

ateg

ies

also

se

par

ated

str

eets

into

one

-way

co

uple

ts (o

r p

airs

of p

aral

lel o

ne-w

ay s

tree

ts) t

o

emp

hasi

ze t

he m

ove

men

t o

f aut

om

ob

iles,

mai

ntai

ning

effi

cien

t, t

houg

h o

ften

co

nfus

ing

, tra

vel f

or

cars

. The

po

licie

s an

d re

com

men

dat

ions

in t

his

Spec

ifi c

Plan

bui

ld u

po

n th

e m

ulti-

mo

dal

tra

nsp

ort

atio

n im

pro

vem

ents

ad

op

ted

in t

he

City

of N

apa

Gen

eral

Pla

n an

d s

eek

to re

sto

re t

he D

ow

nto

wn’

s hi

sto

ric w

alka

ble

b

lock

pat

tern

to

sup

po

rt t

he v

isio

n. T

hey

also

aim

to

retu

rn t

he s

tree

ts t

o t

heir

orig

inal

func

tion

of p

rovi

din

g a

cces

s an

d m

ob

ility

for

tran

sit

user

s, b

icyc

lists

an

d p

edes

tria

ns, w

hile

bal

anci

ng t

he n

eed

s o

f mo

toris

ts, g

oo

ds

mo

vem

ent

and

em

erg

ency

acc

ess.

MA

Y

20

12

CH

AP

TER

6

134

This

sec

tion

esta

blis

hes

ove

rarc

hing

po

licie

s th

at

sup

po

rt t

he S

pec

ifi c

Plan

’s vi

sio

n fo

r D

ow

nto

wn

to

crea

te a

n at

trac

tive,

effi

cien

t an

d fu

nctio

nal m

ulti-

mo

dal

tra

nsp

ort

atio

n an

d p

arki

ng s

yste

m w

ith a

w

ide

rang

e o

f op

tions

for

trav

el. T

he fo

llow

ing

p

olic

ies

brid

ge

the

gap

bet

wee

n th

e b

road

er

imp

lem

enta

tion

po

licie

s o

f the

Gen

eral

Pla

n an

d

the

fi ner

reso

lutio

n ne

eded

to

suc

cess

fully

gui

de

dev

elo

pm

ent

in D

ow

nto

wn

ove

r th

e lif

e o

f the

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an.

1.

Ens

ure

the

Do

wnt

ow

n’s

tran

spo

rtat

ion

syst

em is

des

igne

d t

o e

nab

le c

om

pre

hens

ive,

in

teg

rate

d, s

afe

acce

ss fo

r us

ers

of a

ll ag

es

and

ab

ilitie

s in

clud

ing

ped

estr

ians

, bic

yclis

ts,

mo

toris

ts, t

rans

it rid

ers

and

op

erat

ors

, em

erg

ency

per

sonn

el, a

nd t

ruck

op

erat

ors

.

2.

Re-

esta

blis

h th

e D

ow

nto

wn’

s hi

sto

ric b

lock

p

atte

rn a

nd s

tree

t g

rid b

y re

-op

enin

g

stre

et c

losu

res

whe

n la

rge

blo

cks

und

erg

o

red

evel

op

men

t.

3.

Co

nver

t ex

istin

g o

ne-w

ay c

oup

lets

of F

irst

and

Sec

ond

str

eets

, and

Thi

rd a

nd F

our

th

stre

ets,

to

tw

o-w

ay t

rave

l. E

stab

lish

the

conv

ersi

on

amo

ng t

he fi

rst

cap

ital p

roje

cts

imp

lem

ente

d.

6.1

OV

ER

AR

CH

ING

TR

AN

SPO

RTA

TIO

N A

ND

PA

RK

ING

PO

LIC

IES

4.

Re-

esta

blis

h ve

hicu

lar

trav

el o

n C

oo

mb

s St

reet

by

conv

ertin

g t

he e

xist

ing

Co

om

bs

Stre

et P

laza

to

a o

ne-w

ay, n

ort

hbo

und

str

eet

in t

he s

hort

ter

m, t

wo

-way

s in

the

long

ter

m,

for

vehi

cula

r tr

avel

bet

wee

n Fi

rst

Stre

et a

nd

Pear

l Str

eet.

Thi

s im

pro

vem

ent

sig

nifi c

antly

en

hanc

es v

ehic

ular

circ

ulat

ion

thro

ugh

Do

wnt

ow

n an

d im

pro

ves

acce

ss t

o t

he P

earl

Stre

et p

arki

ng s

truc

ture

fro

m F

irst

Stre

et.

5.

Mai

ntai

n al

l str

eets

with

in D

ow

nto

wn

at

thei

r cu

rren

t nu

mb

er o

f lan

es, o

r fe

wer

. A

llow

min

or

wid

enin

g o

f rig

ht-o

f-w

ay o

nly

to fa

cilit

ate

ped

estr

ian

and

oth

er n

on-

auto

-o

rient

ed m

ob

ility

effo

rts,

or

as n

eces

sary

to

saf

ely

acco

mm

od

ate

the

app

rop

riate

em

erg

ency

veh

icle

s, t

ruck

s o

r b

uses

.

6.

Mai

ntai

n th

e ec

ono

mic

vita

lity

of t

he

do

wnt

ow

n re

tail

and

ent

erta

inm

ent

uses

by

mai

ntai

ning

suf

fi cie

nt a

cces

s an

d lo

adin

g

area

s fo

r co

mm

erci

al d

eliv

ery

vehi

cles

.

7.

Util

ize

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Syst

ems

Man

agem

ent

stra

teg

ies

and

tec

hno

log

y ap

plic

atio

ns

(i.e.

, tra

ffi c

sig

nal s

ynch

roni

zatio

n) w

ithin

D

ow

nto

wn

to m

axim

ize

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s o

f ex

istin

g t

rans

po

rtat

ion

faci

litie

s ra

ther

tha

n w

iden

ing

road

way

s o

r o

ther

exp

ansi

on

of

faci

litie

s.

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

SP

EC

IF

IC

P

LA

N

CIR

CU

LATI

ON

AN

D P

AR

KIN

G

135

8.

Util

ize

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Dem

and

Man

agem

ent

stra

teg

ies

to re

duc

e d

rive-

alo

ne a

uto

mo

bile

tr

affi c

by

enco

urag

ing

tra

vel b

y ca

rpo

ol,

tran

sit,

bic

yclin

g o

r w

alki

ng. T

rans

po

rtat

ion

Dem

and

Man

agem

ent

pro

gra

ms

app

ly t

o

com

mer

cial

and

resi

den

tial u

ses

and

incl

ude

ince

ntiv

es a

nd s

trat

egie

s fo

r p

rom

otin

g

carp

oo

ling

, tra

nsit

use,

bic

yclin

g a

nd o

ther

al

tern

ativ

e tr

avel

mo

des

.

9.

Incr

ease

tra

nsit

rider

ship

and

red

uce

auto

mo

bile

tra

vel t

hro

ugh

app

rop

riate

land

us

e p

lann

ing

, im

pro

ved

acc

ess

to t

rans

it an

d

exp

lora

tion

of n

ew t

rans

it te

chno

log

ies.

10.

Imp

rove

ped

estr

ian

and

bic

ycle

link

ages

an

d s

afet

y th

roug

hout

Do

wnt

ow

n, a

nd

exp

and

the

sys

tem

for

recr

eatio

n an

d

tran

spo

rtat

ion

for

all a

ges

by

imp

lem

entin

g

a ne

two

rk o

f mul

ti-us

e tr

ails

and

on-

stre

et

bic

ycle

co

nnec

tions

with

in D

ow

nto

wn’

s g

reen

bel

ts a

nd w

ater

way

s, a

nd c

onn

ectin

g

to t

he re

gio

nal/

city

wid

e ne

two

rk. E

nsur

e th

at e

ast-

wes

t an

d n

ort

h-so

uth

rout

es a

re

pro

vid

ed t

hro

ugh

Do

wnt

ow

n to

faci

litat

e ac

cess

to

key

des

tinat

ions

for

ped

estr

ians

an

d b

icyc

lists

of a

ll ab

ilitie

s.

11.

Util

ize

pub

lic a

nd p

rivat

e d

evel

op

men

t o

pp

ort

uniti

es t

o im

ple

men

t p

ublic

st

reet

scap

e an

d o

pen

sp

ace

imp

rove

men

ts

to e

xpan

d a

nd c

onn

ect

to t

he n

etw

ork

of

ped

estr

ian-

frie

ndly

sid

ewal

ks, p

rom

enad

es,

pla

zas,

pas

eos

and

co

urty

ard

s in

to a

nd

thro

ugh

dev

elo

pm

ent

pro

ject

s.

12.

Man

age

par

king

reso

urce

s in

Do

wnt

ow

n to

ens

ure

effi c

ienc

y, e

nco

urag

e p

edes

tria

n ac

tivity

, red

uce

dev

elo

pm

ent

cost

s an

d

imp

rove

the

feas

ibili

ty o

f dev

elo

pin

g

smal

ler

pro

per

ties.

Man

agem

ent

of

par

king

reso

urce

s sh

oul

d b

e m

axim

ized

p

rior

to c

ons

truc

tion

of n

ew p

arki

ng

faci

litie

s.

13.

Enc

our

age

a “p

ark

onc

e” p

hilo

sop

hy,

whe

re e

mp

loye

es a

nd c

usto

mer

s ca

n p

ark

in o

ne lo

catio

n an

d v

isit

man

y d

estin

atio

ns

with

in a

wal

kab

le d

ista

nce,

to

red

uce

vehi

cle

trip

s w

ithin

Do

wnt

ow

n. E

nsur

e th

is a

pp

roac

h is

pra

ctic

al a

nd c

onv

enie

nt

thro

ugh

hig

h-q

ualit

y p

edes

tria

n fa

cilit

ies

and

am

eniti

es.

MA

Y

20

12

CH

AP

TER

6

136

This

sec

tion

des

crib

es t

he e

xist

ing

road

way

sys

tem

w

ithin

Do

wnt

ow

n an

d t

he m

ajo

r hi

ghw

ays

and

st

reet

s th

at p

rovi

de

reg

iona

l acc

ess

to D

ow

nto

wn.

Th

e ro

adw

ay s

yste

m e

stab

lishe

s th

e fr

amew

ork

for

near

ly e

very

mo

de

of t

rans

po

rtat

ion.

The

refo

re, a

s a

gen

eral

prin

cip

le, t

he ro

adw

ay s

yste

m n

eed

s to

allo

w

for

a ne

two

rk t

hat

is b

road

eno

ugh

to a

cco

mm

od

ate

the

need

s o

f lo

nger

dis

tanc

e re

gio

nal t

rave

l and

fi ne

en

oug

h to

cre

ate

dire

ct a

nd c

onv

enie

nt ro

utes

for

ped

estr

ians

.

EX

IST

ING

RO

AD

WA

YS

AN

D

CLA

SS

IFIC

AT

ION

SY

ST

EM

The

exis

ting

road

way

cla

ssifi

catio

n sy

stem

with

in

and

acc

essi

ng D

ow

nto

wn

is a

co

mb

inat

ion

of S

tate

H

ighw

ays,

art

eria

ls, c

olle

cto

rs a

nd lo

cal s

tree

ts.

Fig

ure

6.1:

Exi

stin

g C

ircul

atio

n Sy

stem

illu

stra

tes

the

Do

wnt

ow

n’s

Exi

stin

g C

ircul

atio

n Sy

stem

.

The

City

of N

apa

Gen

eral

Pla

n d

efi n

es s

tree

t cl

assi

fi cat

ions

, whi

ch g

ove

rn e

ngin

eerin

g d

esig

n st

and

ard

s, t

raffi

c o

per

atio

n p

erfo

rman

ce s

tand

ard

s,

and

the

uni

que

func

tion

and

cha

ract

eris

tics

of

each

str

eet.

Nap

a’s

stre

et c

lass

ifi ca

tion

syst

em is

b

ased

on

the

func

tiona

l cla

ssifi

catio

n hi

erar

chy

whi

ch o

rder

s st

reet

s in

ter

ms

of t

heir

mo

bili

ty a

nd

acce

ss fu

nctio

ns. K

ey ro

adw

ays

with

in t

he v

icin

ity o

f D

ow

nto

wn

incl

ude:

Stat

e H

ighw

ays

SR-2

9 is

a fo

ur-la

ne, m

edia

n-d

ivid

ed S

tate

Hig

hway

th

at p

rimar

ily r

uns

nort

h-so

uth

conn

ectin

g N

apa

to

reg

iona

l des

tinat

ions

suc

h as

Val

lejo

to

the

so

uth

and

Cal

isto

ga

and

St.

Hel

ena

to t

he n

ort

h. S

R-2

9 is

loca

ted

wes

t o

f Do

wnt

ow

n N

apa,

and

can

be

acce

ssed

via

the

Firs

t St

reet

inte

rcha

nge.

SR-1

21 is

a t

wo

- to

four

-lane

Sta

te H

ighw

ay t

hat

exte

nds

fro

m S

ono

ma

Co

unty

in t

he s

out

hwes

t, e

ast

thro

ugh

the

City

of N

apa,

the

n no

rthe

ast

bey

ond

th

e N

apa

city

lim

its. W

ithin

the

vic

inity

of D

ow

nto

wn,

SR

-121

prim

arily

run

s no

rth-

sout

h as

So

sco

l Ave

nue

fro

m Im

ola

Ave

nue

to S

ilver

ado

Tra

il, a

nd t

hen

as

Silv

erad

o T

rail

nort

h to

Mo

ntic

ello

Ro

ad.

SR-2

21/N

apa-

Valle

jo H

ighw

ay (S

R-2

21) i

s a

nort

h-so

uth

Stat

e H

ighw

ay t

hat

bec

om

es S

R-1

21/S

osc

ol

Ave

nue

at it

s in

ters

ectio

n w

ith Im

ola

Ave

nue.

The

re

are

two

lane

s in

eac

h d

irect

ion

div

ided

by

a

rais

ed m

edia

n.

Art

eria

lsFi

rst

Stre

et is

a t

wo

-lane

, und

ivid

ed w

est-

east

ar

teria

l tha

t ex

tend

s as

a c

ont

inua

tion

of B

row

ns

Valle

y R

oad

to

its

term

inus

just

eas

t o

f Silv

erad

o

Trai

l. In

the

Do

wnt

ow

n ar

ea, b

etw

een

Mai

n St

reet

an

d C

alifo

rnia

Bo

ulev

ard

, Firs

t St

reet

is o

ne-w

ay in

th

e w

estb

oun

d d

irect

ion,

form

ing

a o

ne-w

ay c

oup

let

with

the

co

rres

po

ndin

g e

astb

oun

d s

egm

ent

of

Seco

nd S

tree

t.

Seco

nd S

tree

t is

a t

wo

-lane

, eas

t-w

est

arte

rial t

hat

exte

nds

fro

m C

alifo

rnia

Bo

ulev

ard

to

Mai

n St

reet

. Se

cond

Str

eet

is a

one

-way

str

eet

in t

he e

astb

oun

d

dire

ctio

n, fo

rmin

g a

one

-way

co

uple

t w

ith t

he

corr

esp

ond

ing

wes

tbo

und

seg

men

t o

f Firs

t St

reet

.

6.2

EX

ISTI

NG

RO

AD

WA

Y S

YST

EM

Stat

e Hig

hway

s inc

ludi

ng S

R-12

1 br

ing

peop

le fro

m

arou

nd th

e reg

ion

to D

ownt

own

Nap

a.

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NA

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:

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is

ti

ng

C

ir

cu

la

ti

on

S

ys

te

m

Nap

a Ri

ver

Napa Creek

SOSCOL AVE

SILVERADO TRAIL

FIRS

T ST

FIR

ST S

T

THIR

D S

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D S

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e R

out

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Art

eria

l

Co

llect

or

Min

or

Art

eria

l

Cru

cial

Co

rrid

or

Ro

ute

Truc

k R

out

e

MA

Y

20

12

CH

AP

TER

6

138

Third

Str

eet

is a

tw

o-la

ne, e

ast-

wes

t ar

teria

l ro

adw

ay t

hat

exte

nds

fro

m C

alifo

rnia

Bo

ulev

ard

to

C

oo

mb

svill

e R

oad

. With

in D

ow

nto

wn,

Thi

rd S

tree

t is

one

-way

in t

he w

estb

oun

d d

irect

ion

bet

wee

n R

and

olp

h St

reet

and

Chu

rch

Stre

et, f

orm

ing

a o

ne-

way

co

uple

t w

ith t

he c

orr

esp

ond

ing

eas

tbo

und

se

gm

ent

of F

our

th S

tree

t w

hich

ext

end

s fr

om

C

hurc

h St

reet

to

Co

om

bs

Stre

et.

Sosc

ol A

venu

e ex

tend

s fr

om

Tra

ncas

Str

eet

to

Imo

la A

venu

e an

d is

a fo

ur-la

ne, n

ort

h-so

uth

arte

rial r

oad

way

with

in D

ow

nto

wn.

The

re is

a

rais

ed m

edia

n b

etw

een

Map

lew

oo

d A

venu

e (ju

st

nort

h o

f Lin

coln

Ave

nue)

and

the

So

sco

l rai

lroad

cr

oss

ing

. So

uth

of D

ow

nto

wn

whe

re t

he S

ilver

ado

Tr

ail m

erg

es w

ith S

osc

ol A

venu

e to

Imo

la A

venu

e,

Sosc

ol A

venu

e is

als

o re

ferr

ed t

o a

s SR

-121

.

Co

llect

ors

Mai

n St

reet

is a

tw

o-la

ne c

olle

cto

r th

at r

uns

nort

h-so

uth

fro

m F

ifth

Stre

et t

o P

ueb

lo A

venu

e. N

ort

h o

f Pe

arl S

tree

t it

is d

esig

nate

d a

s a

colle

cto

r.

Coo

mb

s St

reet

is a

tw

o-la

ne, n

ort

h-so

uth

road

way

th

at is

dis

cont

inuo

us b

etw

een

Firs

t St

reet

and

Pea

rl St

reet

. The

so

uthe

rn s

egm

ent

exte

nds

fro

m Im

ola

A

venu

e to

Firs

t St

reet

and

op

erat

es a

s a

colle

cto

r. Th

e no

rthe

rn s

egm

ent

exte

nds

fro

m P

earl

Stre

et

nort

h to

Clin

ton

Stre

et a

nd o

per

ates

as

a lo

cal

stre

et.

Pear

l Str

eet

is a

tw

o-la

ne, e

ast-

wes

t co

llect

or

that

co

nnec

ts F

rank

lin S

tree

t to

So

sco

l Ave

nue.

Pea

rl St

reet

cro

sses

the

Nap

a C

reek

just

eas

t o

f

Co

om

bs

Stre

et.

Sem

inar

y St

reet

Sem

inar

y St

reet

is a

tw

o-la

ne,

nort

h-so

uth

colle

cto

r ro

adw

ay t

hat

exte

nds

fro

m

Pine

Str

eet

to H

ayes

Str

eet.

The

seg

men

t b

etw

een

Laur

el S

tree

t an

d H

ayes

Str

eet

is c

lass

ifi ed

as

a co

llect

or

stre

et, w

hile

the

rem

aini

ng s

egm

ent

is

clas

sifi e

d a

s a

loca

l str

eet.

Cru

cial

Co

rrid

ors

The

City

of N

apa

Gen

eral

Pla

n id

entifi

es

seve

ral

rout

es t

hat

serv

e a

par

ticul

arly

vita

l ro

le in

co

mm

unity

-wid

e ci

rcul

atio

n an

d in

pro

vid

ing

ac

cess

ibili

ty t

o k

ey c

om

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

as C

ruci

al

Co

rrid

ors

. The

City

’s ke

y ci

rcul

atio

n p

olic

ies

have

bee

n es

tab

lishe

d t

o re

serv

e tr

affi c

cap

acity

w

ithin

the

se m

ajo

r th

oro

ughf

ares

for

com

mun

ity-

wid

e ci

rcul

atio

n. T

he fo

llow

ing

road

s ha

ve b

een

des

igna

ted

as

Cru

cial

Co

rrid

ors

:

• So

sco

l Ave

nue

fro

m Im

ola

Ave

nue

to

Tran

cas

Stre

et;

• Si

lver

ado

Tra

il fr

om

So

sco

l Ave

nue

to

Tran

cas

Stre

et;

• Je

ffers

on

Stre

et fr

om

Imo

la A

venu

e to

Tr

anca

s St

reet

;

• Im

ola

Ave

nue

fro

m J

effe

rso

n St

reet

to

So

sco

l Ave

nue;

• Li

nco

ln A

venu

e fr

om

Jef

fers

on

Stre

et t

o

Silv

erad

o T

rail;

and

• Tr

anca

s St

reet

fro

m S

R-2

9 to

So

sco

l A

venu

e.

Mai

n St

reet

pro

vide

s nor

th-so

uth

acce

ss to

and

thro

ugh

the

Dow

ntow

n ar

ea.

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

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IC

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139

VE

HIC

ULA

R C

IRC

ULA

TIO

N W

ITH

IN

DO

WN

TO

WN

Acc

essi

ng t

he D

ow

nto

wn

Are

aR

egio

nal a

cces

s to

Do

wnt

ow

n N

apa

is p

rovi

ded

b

y se

vera

l Sta

te H

ighw

ays

incl

udin

g S

tate

Ro

ute

12 (S

R-1

2), S

R-2

9, S

R-1

21 a

nd S

R-2

21. T

hese

hi

ghw

ays

conn

ect

Do

wnt

ow

n w

ith g

reat

er N

apa

Co

unty

and

the

Bay

Are

a. T

he p

rimar

y lo

cal a

cces

s g

atew

ays

into

Do

wnt

ow

n fr

om

the

sur

roun

din

g

neig

hbo

rho

od

s an

d S

tate

Hig

hway

sys

tem

are

Firs

t St

reet

, Sec

ond

Str

eet,

So

sco

l Ave

nue

and

Jef

fers

on

Stre

et. A

cces

s fr

om

the

eas

t si

de

of D

ow

nto

wn

is c

ons

trai

ned

by

the

Nap

a R

iver

and

the

lim

ited

b

ridg

e cr

oss

ing

s at

Firs

t an

d T

hird

str

eets

.

Do

wnt

ow

n N

apa

One

-Way

Co

uple

t Sy

stem

An

imp

ort

ant

feat

ure

in D

ow

nto

wn,

and

a fo

cus

for

chan

ge,

is t

he s

yste

m o

f one

-way

str

eets

hi

ghl

ight

ed b

y p

airs

cre

atin

g o

ne-w

ay c

oup

lets

. O

ne p

air

of a

rter

ials

, Firs

t an

d S

eco

nd s

tree

ts,

conn

ects

SR

-29

and

cen

tral

Do

wnt

ow

n. A

sho

rter

p

air

of a

rter

ials

, Thi

rd a

nd F

our

th s

tree

ts, r

uns

alo

ng t

he s

out

hern

bo

und

ary

of t

he P

lann

ing

Are

a.

GE

NE

RA

L P

LAN

RO

AD

WA

Y

IMP

RO

VE

ME

NT

S

The

Gen

eral

Pla

n id

entifi

es

seve

ral t

rans

po

rtat

ion

cap

ital i

mp

rove

men

ts t

hat,

whe

n im

ple

men

ted

, will

af

fect

tra

vel p

atte

rns

and

acc

ess

to D

ow

nto

wn.

The

tr

ansp

ort

atio

n p

roje

cts

iden

tifi e

d in

the

Gen

eral

Pl

an’s

Circ

ulat

ion

Ele

men

t ar

e an

ticip

ated

to

be

imp

lem

ente

d o

ver

the

life

of t

he S

pec

ifi c

Plan

or

as m

itig

atio

n fo

r im

pac

ts o

f new

dev

elo

pm

ent

in

the

City

and

Co

unty

of N

apa.

The

Gen

eral

Pla

n p

roje

cts

in t

he v

icin

ity o

f Do

wnt

ow

n ar

e id

entifi

ed

b

elo

w:

• E

xten

d S

ola

no A

venu

e to

the

so

uth

and

co

nnec

t w

ith F

irst

Stre

et;

• W

iden

the

Firs

t St

reet

Brid

ge

ove

r SR

-29

to fo

ur la

nes;

• Im

ple

men

t m

ino

r w

iden

ing

of S

osc

ol

Ave

nue

bet

wee

n Si

lver

ado

Tra

il an

d

Linc

oln

Ave

nue

to p

rovi

de

four

thr

oug

h la

nes

with

a c

ente

r m

edia

n, t

urn

lane

s an

d la

ndsc

apin

g. R

eser

ve r

ight

-of-

way

to

pro

vid

e fo

r si

x la

nes

bet

wee

n Im

ola

A

venu

e an

d S

ilver

ado

Tra

il;

• W

iden

the

so

uthb

oun

d a

pp

roac

h o

f the

in

ters

ectio

n o

f Silv

erad

o T

rail

at S

osc

ol

Ave

nue

to p

rovi

de

one

thr

oug

h-la

ne a

nd

two

left

tur

n la

nes;

• E

xten

d S

arat

og

a D

rive

wes

t to

inte

rsec

t w

ith S

ilver

ado

Tra

il;

• C

om

ple

te t

he m

issi

ng s

egm

ent

of T

erra

ce

Driv

e o

ver

Cay

etan

o C

reek

;

Th e F

irst a

nd Th

ird

stre

ets b

ridge

s ser

ve a

s key

gat

eway

s to

Dow

ntow

n.

6.3

RO

AD

WA

Y S

YST

EM

IM

PR

OV

EM

EN

TS

MA

Y

20

12

CH

AP

TER

6

140

• E

xten

d G

asse

r D

rive

nort

h to

So

sco

l A

venu

e to

co

nnec

t w

ith a

new

inte

rsec

tion

nort

h o

f the

inte

rsec

tion

of S

osc

ol A

venu

e/Si

lver

ado

Tra

il;

• W

iden

Silv

erad

o T

rail

to p

rovi

de

left

tur

n la

ne im

pro

vem

ents

and

mo

dify

bik

e la

nes

and

sho

uld

er b

etw

een

Sosc

ol A

venu

e an

d

Third

Str

eet;

and

• Im

pro

ve t

he fi

ve-le

gg

ed in

ters

ectio

n o

f Th

ird S

tree

t/E

ast

Ave

nue/

Co

om

bsv

ille

Ro

ad/S

ilver

ado

Tra

il to

imp

rove

saf

ety

and

in

crea

se v

ehic

ular

cap

acity

.

CO

NV

ER

T O

NE

-WA

Y C

OU

PLE

TS

TO

TW

O-W

AY

ST

RE

ET

S

One

-way

pai

rs o

f str

eets

, or

coup

lets

, wer

e fa

vore

d

in t

he 1

950s

and

196

0s t

o im

pro

ve a

uto

mo

bile

tr

affi c

fl o

w a

nd re

duc

e co

nfl ic

ts a

t in

ters

ectio

ns.

Mo

st o

ne-w

ay c

oup

lets

, inc

lud

ing

the

Firs

t an

d

Seco

nd s

tree

ts a

nd T

hird

and

Fo

urth

str

eets

co

uple

ts in

Do

wnt

ow

n, w

ere

orig

inal

ly c

ons

truc

ted

as

tw

o-w

ay s

tree

ts, b

ut c

onv

erte

d t

o p

airs

of o

ne-

way

str

eets

in t

he 1

960s

as

a st

rate

gy

to in

crea

se

vehi

cula

r tr

affi c

cap

acity

. Whi

le t

he e

xist

ing

co

uple

t sy

stem

favo

rs v

ehic

ular

tra

vel i

nto

and

out

of

Do

wnt

ow

n, t

he o

ne-w

ay s

tree

ts c

an b

e co

nfus

ing

fo

r so

me

driv

ers

and

may

imp

ede

acce

ss t

o s

om

e p

arki

ng fa

cilit

ies,

bus

ines

ses

and

oth

er D

ow

nto

wn

des

tinat

ions

. Ad

diti

ona

lly, t

he e

xist

ing

one

-way

co

uple

t ci

rcul

atio

n cr

eate

s a

circ

uito

us ro

ute

to a

cces

s th

e d

ow

nto

wn

cent

er, w

hich

can

be

conf

usin

g fo

r th

ose

no

t fa

mili

ar w

ith t

he ro

adw

ay

syst

em.

In s

upp

ort

of t

he o

vera

rchi

ng g

oal

s o

f the

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an t

o re

sto

re t

he h

isto

ric D

ow

nto

wn

stre

et g

rid

and

imp

rove

circ

ulat

ion

and

acc

ess

for

all u

sers

, th

e Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an in

clud

es t

he re

com

men

dat

ion

to c

onv

ert

the

one

-way

str

eets

with

in D

ow

nto

wn

to t

wo

-way

tra

vel.

Co

nver

sio

n to

tw

o-w

ay t

rave

l w

as id

entifi

ed

by

the

Spec

ifi c

Plan

infr

astr

uctu

re

sub

com

mitt

ee a

s a

hig

h p

riorit

y im

pro

vem

ent

esse

ntia

l to

the

revi

taliz

atio

n o

f Do

wnt

ow

n. T

he

stre

et s

egm

ents

iden

tifi e

d fo

r tw

o-w

ay c

onv

ersi

on

incl

ude

Firs

t an

d S

eco

nd s

tree

ts w

ithin

the

Pl

anni

ng A

rea,

and

the

full

exte

nt o

f the

exi

stin

g

one

-way

seg

men

ts o

f Thi

rd a

nd F

our

th s

tree

ts.

Fig

ure

6.2:

Pro

po

sed

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an C

ircul

atio

n Sy

stem

sho

ws

the

stre

et s

egm

ents

whe

re t

wo

-w

ay c

onv

ersi

on

is p

rop

ose

d a

nd F

igur

e 6.

3: S

tree

t C

ross

Sec

tions

with

Tw

o-W

ay S

tree

t C

onv

ersi

on

illus

trat

es t

he e

xist

ing

and

pro

po

sed

str

eet

sect

ions

.

The

adva

ntag

es o

f co

nver

ting

Nap

a’s

one

-way

st

reet

s b

ack

to t

wo

-way

tra

vel i

nclu

de:

• C

reat

ing

a le

ss c

onf

usin

g c

ircul

atio

n p

atte

rn t

hat

is m

ore

intu

itive

to

all

user

s;

• Pr

ovi

din

g d

irect

rout

es t

o D

ow

nto

wn

des

tinat

ions

, whi

ch m

ay re

duc

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rove

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estr

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ptio

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str

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arrie

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d

pro

vid

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mo

re c

om

fort

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env

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for

ped

estr

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bic

yclis

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crea

sing

exp

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f ad

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ses

to p

assi

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oto

rists

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pro

per

ties

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ays;

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pro

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pro

ving

the

eas

e o

f tra

nsfe

rs b

etw

een

bus

rout

es fo

r tr

ansi

t rid

ers;

and

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crea

sing

rid

er re

cog

nitio

n an

d v

isib

ility

o

f ro

utes

for

the

Nap

a V

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sys

tem

tra

nsit

op

erat

or.

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e so

me

po

tent

ial d

isad

vant

ages

to

co

nver

ting

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one

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str

eets

bac

k to

tw

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trav

el, i

nclu

din

g t

he fo

llow

ing

:

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ters

ectio

n m

od

ifi ca

tions

to

ac

com

mo

dat

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raffi

c m

ay

elim

inat

e so

me

on-

stre

et p

arki

ng s

pac

es;

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o-w

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tree

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crea

se t

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umb

er o

f co

nfl ic

t p

oin

ts a

t in

ters

ectio

ns fo

r ve

hicl

es

and

ped

estr

ians

, and

may

incr

ease

cer

tain

ty

pes

of a

ccid

ents

;

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onv

ersi

on

red

uces

the

op

po

rtun

ity t

o

incr

ease

tra

ffi c

cap

acity

, if e

ver

need

ed;

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o-w

ay s

tree

ts m

ay b

e m

ay b

e m

ore

d

iffi c

ult

for

larg

e ve

hicl

es a

nd fi

re

app

arat

us t

o n

ego

tiate

and

may

req

uire

lo

nger

red

zo

nes,

min

or

loss

of p

arki

ng,

and

em

erg

ency

veh

icle

s m

ay n

eed

to

en

cro

ach

into

a p

ort

ion

of t

he o

pp

osi

ng

trav

el la

ne t

o p

ass

oth

er v

ehic

les;

• W

ith o

nly

one

lane

eac

h d

irect

ion,

po

lice

cont

rol m

ay b

e re

qui

red

dur

ing

inci

den

ts

or

emer

gen

cies

;

• N

arro

wer

tw

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tree

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ay re

qui

re

elim

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nes,

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iver

t tu

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les

to u

se o

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str

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;

• Tw

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ake

it m

ore

diffi

cul

t to

sy

nchr

oni

ze t

raffi

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gna

ls, a

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po

rtan

t Tr

ansp

ort

atio

n Sy

stem

s M

anag

emen

t st

rate

gy

in D

ow

nto

wn;

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educ

ed fu

el c

ons

ump

tion

and

em

issi

ons

co

nnec

ted

with

mo

re d

irect

rout

es m

ay

be

offs

et b

y ad

diti

ona

l co

nges

tion

at

inte

rsec

tions

; and

• Tw

o-w

ay s

tree

ts m

ay in

crea

se c

halle

nges

fo

r th

roug

h tr

affi c

to

pas

s ve

hicl

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hat

are

illeg

ally

do

uble

-par

ked

or

del

iver

y ve

hicl

es

that

use

the

tra

vel l

ane

for

load

ing

inst

ead

o

f des

igna

ted

load

ing

are

as.

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le t

he p

ote

ntia

l dis

adva

ntag

es o

f tw

o-

way

str

eet

conv

ersi

on

are

imp

ort

ant

po

ints

to

co

nsid

er, u

ltim

atel

y th

e ad

vant

ages

of r

esto

ring

tw

o-w

ay c

ircul

atio

n w

ithin

Do

wnt

ow

n o

utw

eig

h th

e d

isad

vant

ages

and

bet

ter

sup

po

rt t

he k

ey

circ

ulat

ion

go

als

of t

he S

pec

ifi c

Plan

. Co

nver

ting

D

ow

nto

wn’

s o

ne-w

ay s

tree

ts t

o t

wo

-way

tra

vel

is e

xpec

ted

to

req

uire

min

or

reco

nstr

uctio

n o

f so

me

inte

rsec

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corn

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road

way

str

ipin

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nd

sig

ning

imp

rove

men

ts, t

raffi

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gna

l eq

uip

men

t m

od

ifi ca

tions

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me

imp

rove

men

ts t

o t

he

exis

ting

med

ian

at t

he in

ters

ectio

n o

f Jef

fers

on

Stre

et a

nd F

irst

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et. H

ow

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, the

tw

o-w

ay

conv

ersi

on

is n

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exp

ecte

d t

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qui

re e

xten

sive

re

cons

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of t

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tree

ts.

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ntow

n N

apa’s

one

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emen

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in

the p

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crea

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lar c

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146

Futu

re O

per

atin

g C

ond

itio

nsTh

e tr

affi c

ana

lysi

s p

rep

ared

for

the

Spec

ifi c

Plan

E

nviro

nmen

tal I

mp

act

Rep

ort

(EIR

) ass

esse

d t

he

pro

po

sed

one

-way

to

tw

o-w

ay c

onv

ersi

on

of F

irst,

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cond

, Thi

rd a

nd F

our

th s

tree

ts u

nder

exi

stin

g

and

yea

r 20

30 c

umul

ativ

e co

nditi

ons

with

bui

ld-

out

of t

he S

pec

ifi c

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’s d

evel

op

men

t p

rog

ram

. Tr

affi c

vo

lum

es w

ere

adju

sted

to

refl e

ct t

he

pro

po

sed

tw

o-w

ay c

ircul

atio

n an

d in

ters

ectio

ns

wer

e an

alyz

ed w

ith a

ssum

ed t

wo

-way

op

erat

iona

l m

od

ifi ca

tions

to

sig

nal p

hasi

ng a

nd t

imin

g. W

ith

full

bui

ld-o

ut a

nd im

ple

men

tatio

n o

f the

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an re

com

men

dat

ions

, all

of t

he in

ters

ectio

ns o

n th

e st

reet

s co

nver

ted

to

tw

o-w

ay w

ere

pro

ject

ed

to o

per

ate

at a

ccep

tab

le le

vels

of c

ong

estio

n (a

lso

re

ferr

ed t

o a

s Le

vel o

f Ser

vice

(LO

S)),

as d

efi n

ed b

y C

ity s

tand

ard

s.

CO

OM

BS

ST

RE

ET

PLA

ZA

CO

NV

ER

SIO

N

TO

ON

E-W

AY

ST

RE

ET

The

Co

om

bs

Stre

et P

laza

was

cre

ated

with

the

d

evel

op

men

t o

f the

Nap

a To

wn

Cen

ter

sho

pp

ing

ce

nter

. Co

om

bs

Stre

et w

as n

arro

wed

and

clo

sed

to

ve

hicu

lar

trav

el t

o p

rovi

de

a p

edes

tria

n p

laza

and

en

tran

ces

to th

e ce

nter

’s re

tail

anch

ors

. Thi

s cl

osu

re

limits

veh

icul

ar a

cces

s to

cer

tain

tim

es o

f day

, and

b

lock

s ac

cess

to

the

no

rthe

rn p

art

of D

ow

nto

wn

and

the

City

’s Pe

arl S

tree

t p

arki

ng s

truc

ture

fro

m

Firs

t St

reet

. Fu

rthe

r, it

limits

veh

icul

ar a

cces

s to

b

usin

esse

s al

ong

the

so

uthe

rn p

ort

ion

of C

oo

mb

s St

reet

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za. F

or

visi

tors

unf

amili

ar w

ith t

he

Do

wnt

ow

n ci

rcul

atio

n sy

stem

, the

clo

sure

mak

es

it ch

alle

ngin

g t

o lo

cate

the

prim

ary

pub

lic p

arki

ng

for

the

Nap

a To

wn

Cen

ter,

whi

ch n

ow

req

uire

s a

circ

uito

us ro

ute

of b

ack

stre

ets

to a

cces

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e Pe

arl S

tree

t G

arag

e. F

urth

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ore

, the

one

-way

o

rient

atio

n o

f Firs

t an

d S

eco

nd s

tree

ts c

an c

onf

use

visi

tors

if t

hey

mis

s Fr

ankl

in S

tree

t an

d t

he ro

ute

to

the

Pear

l and

Cla

y st

reet

s g

arag

es.

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esta

blis

hing

veh

icul

ar t

rave

l on

Co

om

bs

Stre

et b

etw

een

Firs

t St

reet

and

Pea

rl St

reet

is

reco

mm

end

ed t

o re

inst

ate

the

stre

et’s

orig

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co

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r a

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d b

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ple

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ajo

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ons

iste

nt w

ith t

he

visi

on

pre

sent

ed in

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Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an. F

igur

e 6.

4:

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po

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Co

om

bs

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et C

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to o

ne-w

ay

nort

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illu

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tes

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po

tent

ial c

onfi

gur

atio

n o

f the

Co

om

bs

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et P

laza

co

nver

sio

n.

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the

pro

po

sed

re-e

stab

lishm

ent

of v

ehic

ular

tr

avel

thr

oug

h th

e C

oo

mb

s St

reet

Pla

za, t

here

is

an o

pp

ort

unity

to

imp

rove

do

wnt

ow

n ci

rcul

atio

n b

y fo

rmin

g a

no

rth-

sout

h co

uple

t w

ith t

he o

ne-

way

seg

men

ts o

f Co

om

bs

and

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nklin

str

eets

. Fr

ankl

in S

tree

t ru

ns p

aral

lel w

ith C

oo

mb

s St

reet

, an

d c

urre

ntly

incl

udes

a n

arro

w n

ort

hbo

und

st

reet

sec

tion

bet

wee

n Fi

rst

and

Cla

y st

reet

s.

With

the

po

tent

ial o

pen

ing

of C

oo

mb

s St

reet

to

au

tom

ob

ile t

raffi

c—w

hich

wo

uld

mo

st li

kely

be

one

-way

no

rthb

oun

d in

the

nea

r te

rm fo

r b

ette

r ac

cess

to

the

Pea

rl St

reet

Gar

age—

it w

oul

d b

e lo

gic

al t

o c

om

ple

te t

he n

ort

h-so

uth

coup

let

by

reve

rsin

g t

he d

irect

ion

of F

rank

lin S

tree

t to

one

-w

ay s

out

hbo

und

bet

wee

n C

lay

and

Firs

t st

reet

s.

Alte

rnat

ivel

y, t

he n

ort

h-so

uth

coup

let

coul

d

invo

lve

Fran

klin

Str

eet

rem

aini

ng n

ort

hbo

und

and

C

oo

mb

s St

reet

run

ning

so

uthb

oun

d. H

ow

ever

, th

is d

oes

no

t im

pro

ve a

cces

s to

the

Pea

rl St

reet

G

arag

e. E

ngin

eerin

g w

ill b

e co

mp

lete

d p

rior

to

inst

alla

tion

to d

eter

min

e th

e ap

pro

pria

te d

irect

ion

of t

he p

ote

ntia

l co

uple

t. U

ltim

atel

y, a

t th

e tim

e a

maj

or

dev

elo

pm

ent

pro

ject

is p

rop

ose

d in

the

area

, the

City

sho

uld

eva

luat

e o

pen

ing

Co

om

bs

Stre

et t

o t

wo

-way

circ

ulat

ion

bet

wee

n Fi

rst

and

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arl s

tree

ts t

o a

chie

ve o

ptim

al a

uto

mo

bile

, p

edes

tria

n an

d b

icyc

le c

ircul

atio

n b

ased

on

the

pro

po

sed

dev

elo

pm

ent’s

ant

icip

ated

imp

act

to

thes

e m

od

es a

nd fu

nctio

nalit

y o

f the

str

eet

sect

ion.

Th

e co

nfi g

urat

ion

of F

rank

lin S

tree

t sh

oul

d a

lso

b

e ev

alua

ted

. Th

e C

ity s

houl

d a

cqui

re t

he r

ight

-o

f-w

ay fo

r tw

o-w

ay c

ircul

atio

n if

war

rant

ed b

y th

is

eval

uatio

n.

ST

RA

TE

GIE

S F

OR

AC

CO

MM

OD

AT

ING

D

ELI

VE

RY

VE

HIC

LES

DO

WN

TO

WN

Ap

pro

ach

to B

alan

cing

Mul

ti-m

od

al N

eed

s an

d D

eliv

ery

Veh

icle

sD

eliv

ery

vehi

cle

acce

ss fo

r th

e d

eliv

ery

of g

oo

ds

and

ser

vice

s is

ess

entia

l to

the

func

tion

of

Do

wnt

ow

n co

mm

erce

. Ho

wev

er, a

cco

mm

od

atin

g

the

need

s o

f del

iver

y ve

hicl

es c

an b

e p

artic

ular

ly

chal

leng

ing

in a

do

wnt

ow

n en

viro

nmen

t w

here

th

e co

mp

act

ped

estr

ian-

orie

nted

str

eets

mak

e it

diffi

cul

t fo

r d

eliv

ery

vehi

cles

to

man

euve

r an

d

acce

ss lo

adin

g s

ites.

Des

igna

ted

del

iver

y ve

hicl

e ro

utes

or

non-

des

igna

ted

rout

es w

ith fr

eque

nt d

eliv

ery

vehi

cles

em

plo

y d

iffer

ent

des

igns

for

cert

ain

elem

ents

of

the

stre

et a

nd in

ters

ectio

ns s

o t

here

is a

deq

uate

cl

eara

nce

pro

vid

ed t

o a

cco

mm

od

ate

the

dim

ensi

ons

of d

eliv

ery

vehi

cles

and

the

ir tu

rnin

g

req

uire

men

ts. T

he G

ener

al P

lan

des

igna

tes

the

follo

win

g d

eliv

ery

vehi

cle

rout

es in

the

Do

wnt

ow

n:

Deli

very

veh

icle c

ircul

atio

n m

ust b

e con

sider

ed a

nd

acco

mm

odat

ed o

n de

signa

ted

deliv

ery v

ehicl

e rou

tes a

nd

stree

ts w

ith fr

eque

nt co

mm

ercia

l deli

verie

s.

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

SP

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149

Sosc

ol A

venu

e fr

om

Imo

la A

venu

e to

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ncas

St

reet

; Thi

rd S

tree

t fr

om

So

sco

l Ave

nue

to

Silv

erad

o T

rail;

and

Co

om

bsv

ille

Ro

ad e

ast

of

Silv

erad

o T

rail.

Stre

ets

with

in D

ow

nto

wn

mus

t b

alan

ce t

he

need

s o

f del

iver

y ve

hicl

es, p

edes

tria

ns, b

icyc

lists

, tr

ansi

t p

asse

nger

s an

d b

uses

. Dep

end

ing

on

the

volu

me

and

typ

e o

f del

iver

y ve

hicl

es u

sing

the

st

reet

, whe

ther

del

iver

y ve

hicl

es fr

eque

ntly

tur

n,

and

the

des

igna

ted

func

tion

of t

he s

tree

t, t

he

Spec

ifi c

Plan

reco

mm

end

s th

at t

he s

tree

t ei

ther

be

“des

igne

d fo

r d

eliv

ery

vehi

cles

” o

r at

min

imum

to

“a

cco

mm

od

ate

del

iver

y ve

hicl

es.”

The

diff

eren

ce

bet

wee

n st

reet

s th

at a

re “

des

igne

d fo

r d

eliv

ery

vehi

cles

” an

d s

tree

ts t

hat

“acc

om

mo

dat

e d

eliv

ery

vehi

cles

” is

exp

lain

ed a

s fo

llow

s:

Stre

ets

Des

igne

d f

or D

eliv

ery

Vehi

cles

Stre

ets

that

are

des

igne

d fo

r d

eliv

ery

vehi

cles

fu

lly a

cco

mm

od

ate

the

typ

e an

d s

ize

of d

eliv

ery

vehi

cle

that

co

mm

onl

y us

es t

he s

tree

t w

ith

eno

ugh

man

euve

ring

roo

m t

o c

om

ple

te a

rig

ht

turn

with

out

enc

roac

hing

into

the

tra

vel l

anes

o

f op

po

sing

tra

ffi c,

and

eno

ugh

turn

ing

are

a at

in

ters

ectio

n co

rner

s to

avo

id m

oun

ting

cur

bs

or

sid

ewal

ks. T

hese

str

eets

will

nee

d la

rger

cur

b

retu

rn r

adii,

wid

er t

rave

l and

tur

ning

lane

s, o

r a

corn

er is

land

with

a p

edes

tria

n re

fug

e to

miti

gat

e th

e lo

ng p

edes

tria

n cr

oss

ing

dis

tanc

es n

eed

ed t

o

acco

mm

od

ate

larg

e d

eliv

ery

vehi

cles

. Thi

s ty

pe

of

stre

et in

clud

es t

hose

ser

ving

as

bus

rout

es.

Stre

ets

that

Acc

omm

odat

e D

eliv

ery

Vehi

cles

Stre

ets

of t

his

typ

e ar

e p

rinci

pal

ly d

esig

ned

for

ped

estr

ians

, bic

ycle

s an

d p

asse

nger

veh

icle

s, b

ut

can

acco

mm

od

ate

del

iver

y ve

hicl

e m

ove

men

ts

if ne

eded

. Del

iver

y ve

hicl

es o

n th

ese

stre

ets

are

usua

lly in

freq

uent

(typ

ical

ly s

mal

l del

iver

y tr

ucks

) o

r ve

ry in

freq

uent

fi re

tru

cks

that

are

per

mitt

ed t

o

encr

oac

h in

to o

pp

osi

ng t

rave

l lan

es w

hen

turn

ing

. Th

ese

stre

ets

emp

hasi

ze n

arro

wer

lane

s, s

mal

ler

curb

retu

rn r

adii

and

/or

curb

ext

ensi

ons

, and

sh

ort

er p

edes

tria

n cr

oss

ing

s.

Whe

ther

the

str

eet

is d

esig

ned

for

del

iver

y ve

hicl

es o

r ac

com

mo

dat

es d

eliv

ery

vehi

cles

, its

d

esig

n sh

oul

d c

ons

ider

the

phy

sica

l req

uire

men

ts

of t

he la

rges

t ve

hicl

e th

at u

ses

the

stre

et w

ith

cons

ider

able

freq

uenc

y. F

urth

er, s

tree

ts w

here

co

mm

erci

al d

eliv

erie

s o

ccur

with

sig

nifi c

ant

freq

uenc

y sh

oul

d p

rovi

de

adeq

uate

load

ing

are

as.

Thes

e ar

eas

can

be

zone

s d

esig

nate

d e

xclu

sive

ly

for

load

ing

or

on-

stre

et p

arki

ng a

reas

tha

t ar

e re

serv

ed fo

r co

mm

erci

al v

ehic

le lo

adin

g o

nly

dur

ing

sp

ecifi

ed h

our

s.

The

Spec

ifi c

Plan

pro

po

ses

the

follo

win

g g

uid

ance

fo

r th

e p

rovi

sio

n o

f del

iver

y ve

hicl

es in

and

with

in

the

vici

nity

of D

ow

nto

wn:

Des

igna

ted

Del

iver

y Ve

hicl

e R

oute

s on

Cit

y St

reet

s –

Des

igna

ted

Del

iver

y Ve

hicl

e R

out

es, s

uch

as S

osc

ol A

venu

e an

d T

hird

Str

eet

bet

wee

n So

sco

l A

venu

e an

d S

ilver

ado

Tra

il, s

houl

d b

e d

esig

ned

for

del

iver

y ve

hicl

es u

sing

Cal

tran

s’ s

tand

ard

s fo

r la

ne

wid

th, c

lear

ance

s, c

urb

retu

rn r

adii,

etc

. Mea

sure

s to

miti

gat

e p

edes

tria

n an

d b

icyc

list

imp

acts

may

b

e ap

plie

d a

s ne

cess

ary.

Cal

tran

s Fa

cilit

ies

– C

altr

ans

typ

ical

ly e

nsur

es t

heir

faci

litie

s ar

e d

esig

ned

for

del

iver

y ve

hicl

es b

ut m

ay

app

ly d

iffer

ent

stan

dar

ds

on

a ca

se-b

y-ca

se b

asis

in

resp

ons

e to

the

co

ntex

t an

d c

ons

trai

nts

that

exi

st.

Dow

ntow

n –

Do

wnt

ow

n st

reet

s sh

oul

d

acco

mm

od

ate

frei

ght

tru

cks

and

em

erg

ency

ve

hicl

es b

ut d

esig

ning

for

del

iver

y ve

hicl

e m

ove

men

ts s

houl

d n

ot

confl

ict

with

the

nee

ds

of

ped

estr

ians

, bic

yclis

ts, t

rans

it us

ers

and

mo

toris

ts

in D

ow

nto

wn.

Cit

y St

reet

s A

cces

sing

Hig

hway

s –

Bec

ause

d

eliv

ery

vehi

cles

oft

en a

cces

s o

r d

epar

t D

ow

nto

wn

via

hig

hway

s, s

tree

ts a

cces

sing

hig

hway

ram

ps

exp

erie

nce

mo

re la

rge

del

iver

y ve

hicl

es t

han

oth

er

stre

ets.

The

se s

tree

ts s

houl

d b

e d

esig

ned

for

del

iver

y ve

hicl

es, p

artic

ular

ly w

here

the

y tu

rn a

t in

ters

ectio

ns.

Bus

Rou

tes

– Fr

om

an

op

erat

iona

l per

spec

tive,

tr

ansi

t ci

rcul

atio

n is

sim

ilar

to d

eliv

ery

vehi

cle

circ

ulat

ion.

Lik

e d

eliv

ery

vehi

cles

, bus

es re

qui

re

wid

er la

nes

and

mo

re g

ener

ous

cur

b r

adii

for

right

-tu

rn m

ove

men

ts. B

us ro

utes

sho

uld

be

des

igne

d

for

bus

es u

sing

the

tra

nsit

agen

cy’s

stan

dar

d

vehi

cle

typ

e (u

sual

ly a

40

foo

t co

ach

bus

).

MA

Y

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IMP

RO

VE

ME

NT

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ET

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Oth

er t

han

the

two

-way

co

nver

sio

n o

f the

ex

istin

g o

ne-w

ay s

tree

t co

uple

ts a

nd t

he C

oo

mb

s St

reet

ext

ensi

on

bet

wee

n Fi

rst

and

Pea

rl st

reet

s, n

o s

igni

fi can

t ro

adw

ay m

od

ifi ca

tions

are

p

rop

ose

d a

s p

art

of t

he S

pec

ifi c

Plan

. Ho

wev

er,

op

po

rtun

ities

to

imp

rove

exi

stin

g s

tree

ts w

ill a

rise

as n

ew d

evel

op

men

t o

ccur

s an

d a

s co

nditi

ons

al

low

. Fut

ure

dev

elo

pm

ent

pro

ject

s cr

eate

the

o

pp

ort

unity

to

rees

tab

lish

the

hist

oric

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wnt

ow

n b

lock

pat

tern

and

str

eet

grid

by

re-o

pen

ing

st

reet

clo

sure

s w

hen

larg

e b

lock

s un

der

go

re

dev

elo

pm

ent.

Fut

ure

dev

elo

pm

ent

pro

ject

s al

so

pro

vid

e th

e o

pp

ort

unity

to

enh

ance

str

eets

cap

e fe

atur

es a

nd u

rban

des

ign

elem

ents

of e

xist

ing

st

reet

s. S

pec

ifi c

des

ign

reco

mm

end

atio

ns fo

r st

reet

sec

tions

, str

eets

cap

e el

emen

ts, p

edes

tria

n fa

cilit

ies

and

arc

hite

ctur

al fe

atur

es a

re p

rovi

ded

in

Cha

pte

r 5

– D

esig

n G

uid

elin

es. W

ithin

the

Des

ign

Gui

del

ines

, rec

om

men

ded

des

ign

spec

ifi ca

tions

fo

r th

e fo

llow

ing

str

eet

elem

ents

are

pro

vid

ed:

• Si

dew

alk

curb

ext

ensi

ons

(bul

bo

uts)

;

• Pe

des

tria

n cr

oss

ing

tre

atm

ents

;

• Si

dew

alk

land

scap

ing

and

str

eet

furn

iture

; an

d

• St

reet

lig

htin

g.

OT

HE

R C

IRC

ULA

TIO

N I

MP

RO

VE

ME

NT

S

Rec

om

men

ded

Inte

rsec

tio

n Im

pro

vem

ents

B

ased

on

Traf

fi c S

tud

y Fi

ndin

gs

The

traf

fi c a

naly

sis

pre

par

ed fo

r th

e Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an c

ont

ains

the

follo

win

g p

rop

ose

d m

itig

atio

n m

easu

res.

The

mea

sure

s ar

e co

nsis

tent

with

oth

er

stud

ies

in t

he v

icin

ity o

f Do

wnt

ow

n.

• In

stal

l tra

ffi c

sig

nal a

t th

e in

ters

ectio

n o

f SR

-29

No

rthb

oun

d O

ff-R

amp

/Firs

t St

reet

(im

pro

vem

ent

is w

arra

nted

reg

ard

less

o

f the

cha

nges

and

reco

mm

end

atio

ns

pro

po

sed

in t

he S

pec

ifi c

Plan

); an

d

• Su

pp

ort

the

imp

lem

enta

tion

of f

utur

e in

ters

ectio

n im

pro

vem

ents

to

miti

gat

e un

acce

pta

ble

tra

ffi c

op

erat

ions

at

the

inte

rsec

tion

of S

ilver

ado

Tra

il/Th

ird

Stre

et/E

ast

Ave

nue/

Co

om

bsv

ille

Ro

ad

(imp

rove

men

t is

war

rant

ed re

gar

dle

ss

of t

he c

hang

es a

nd re

com

men

dat

ions

p

rop

ose

d in

the

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an).

Res

iden

tial

Nei

ghb

orho

ods

– St

reet

s in

resi

den

tial

neig

hbo

rho

od

s ar

e p

rinci

pal

ly fo

r au

tom

ob

ile,

ped

estr

ian

and

bic

ycle

mo

vem

ents

, and

low

vo

lum

es o

f del

iver

y ve

hicl

es t

raffi

c. W

hile

o

ccas

iona

l lar

ge

del

iver

y tr

ucks

and

mo

ving

van

s tr

avel

into

nei

ghb

orh

oo

ds,

the

mo

re c

om

mo

n d

eliv

ery

vehi

cle

is a

sm

alle

r-si

zed

del

iver

y tr

uck.

Lo

w t

raffi

c vo

lum

es a

nd s

pee

ds

allo

w d

eliv

ery

vehi

cles

to

enc

roac

h w

hen

neg

otia

ting

tur

ns.

Res

iden

tial s

tree

ts s

houl

d b

e d

esig

ned

for

pas

seng

er c

ars

as t

he d

esig

n ve

hicl

e, b

ut s

houl

d

avo

id d

esig

ns t

hat

sig

nifi c

antly

hin

der

em

erg

ency

ve

hicl

es. S

tree

t p

atte

rns

sho

uld

pro

vid

e m

ultip

le

rout

es in

to n

eig

hbo

rho

od

s.

Mea

sure

s to

miti

gat

e p

edes

tria

n an

d b

icyc

list

imp

acts

on

del

iver

y ve

hicl

e ro

utes

or

stre

ets

des

igne

d fo

r d

eliv

ery

vehi

cles

incl

ude:

• Pe

des

tria

n m

edia

n re

fug

e is

land

s o

n w

ide

stre

ets

with

cro

ssin

gs

gre

ater

tha

n 60

feet

;

• M

oun

tab

le c

urb

s at

co

rner

s to

red

uce

cro

ssin

g d

ista

nce

whi

le a

llow

ing

larg

e an

d in

freq

uent

veh

icle

s to

mo

unt

the

curb

w

hen

turn

ing

;

• C

orn

er is

land

with

a p

edes

tria

n re

fug

e (“

po

rk c

hop

” is

land

s) t

o b

reak

up

long

cr

oss

ing

s at

inte

rsec

tions

with

larg

e cu

rb

retu

rn r

adii;

and

• In

ters

ectio

n ST

OP

bar

s se

t fu

rthe

r b

ack

fro

m t

he in

ters

ectio

n to

allo

w t

urni

ng

del

iver

y ve

hicl

e to

enc

roac

h in

to o

pp

osi

ng

lane

s w

itho

ut e

nco

unte

ring

sto

pp

ed

vehi

cles

.

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

SP

EC

IF

IC

P

LA

N

CIR

CU

LATI

ON

AN

D P

AR

KIN

G

151

Reg

iona

lly P

lann

ed T

rans

po

rtat

ion

Imp

rove

men

tsTh

e fo

llow

ing

are

tra

nsp

ort

atio

n p

roje

cts

that

are

p

lann

ed o

r ha

ve b

een

pro

gra

mm

ed b

y st

ate

or

reg

iona

l tra

nsp

ort

atio

n ag

enci

es o

r th

e C

ity o

f N

apa

that

po

tent

ially

affe

ct a

cces

s to

Do

wnt

ow

n.

• N

apa

Co

unty

Tra

nsp

ort

atio

n an

d P

lann

ing

A

gen

cy (N

CTP

A) a

nd C

altr

ans

have

p

rog

ram

med

the

imp

rove

men

ts t

o t

he

SR-1

2/29

/221

(So

sco

l Ave

nue)

inte

rsec

tion.

Th

is p

roje

ct in

clud

es c

ons

truc

tion

of a

tw

o-la

ne s

out

hbo

und

ram

p c

onn

ectio

n fr

om

so

uthb

oun

d S

R-2

21 (S

osc

ol A

venu

e)

to s

out

hbo

und

SR

-12/

29. T

he n

ew

conn

ectio

n w

ill e

xped

ite t

he m

ove

men

t o

f tr

affi c

fro

m s

out

hbo

und

So

sco

l Ave

nue

to

sout

hbo

und

SR

-29.

Thi

s m

od

ifi ca

tion

may

re

sult

in a

n in

crea

se in

the

use

of S

osc

ol

Ave

nue

to a

cces

s D

ow

nto

wn.

• Th

e C

ity o

f Nap

a’s

Gen

eral

Pla

n in

clud

es

a p

roje

ct t

o e

xten

d S

ola

no A

venu

e so

uth

fro

m F

Str

eet

to F

irst

Stre

et, a

s a

four

-lane

ar

teria

l. Th

is n

ew ro

adw

ay e

xten

sio

n is

ex

pec

ted

to

dra

w t

raffi

c fr

om

ad

jace

nt

stre

ets

and

relie

ve t

raffi

c o

n C

alifo

rnia

B

oul

evar

d a

nd re

sult

in le

ss c

ong

estio

n ac

cess

ing

Do

wnt

ow

n fr

om

SR

-29.

RO

AD

WA

Y S

YS

TE

M R

EC

OM

ME

ND

ED

A

CT

ION

S

This

sec

tion

sum

mar

izes

the

reco

mm

end

atio

ns

des

igne

d t

o s

upp

ort

the

imp

lem

enta

tion

of t

he

Spec

ifi c

Plan

’s ve

hicu

lar

circ

ulat

ion

imp

rove

men

ts.

1.

Imp

lem

ent

the

conv

ersi

on

of t

he o

ne-w

ay

stre

ets

(Firs

t, S

eco

nd, T

hird

and

Fo

urth

st

reet

s fr

om

Mai

n St

reet

to

Jef

fers

on

Stre

et)

to t

wo

-way

tra

vel.

This

is a

hig

h p

riorit

y p

roje

ct a

nd s

houl

d b

e im

ple

men

ted

as

one

of t

he fi

rst

pha

ses

of i

nfra

stru

ctur

e im

pro

vem

ents

, co

ord

inat

ed w

ith n

eces

sary

ut

ility

imp

rove

men

ts. A

s p

art

of t

he t

wo

-way

co

nver

sio

n, e

xplo

re t

he p

ote

ntia

l to

co

nver

t ex

istin

g s

igna

lized

inte

rsec

tions

on

Firs

t an

d

Seco

nd s

tree

ts t

o u

nsig

naliz

ed c

ont

rol (

two

-w

ay o

r al

l-way

sto

p c

ont

rol)

whe

re a

pp

rop

riate

. A

det

aile

d s

igna

l war

rant

ana

lysi

s an

d s

afet

y ev

alua

tion

sho

uld

be

per

form

ed p

rior

to a

ny

mo

difi

catio

ns t

o in

ters

ectio

n tr

affi c

co

ntro

l.

2.

Ad

op

t th

e p

olic

y re

qui

ring

the

des

ign

of

stre

ets

with

in D

ow

nto

wn

to b

alan

ce t

he n

eed

s o

f del

iver

y ve

hicl

es, p

edes

tria

ns, b

icyc

lists

, tr

ansi

t p

asse

nger

s, b

uses

and

aut

om

ob

iles,

an

d d

esig

natin

g s

tree

ts t

o b

e ei

ther

“d

esig

ned

for

del

iver

y ve

hicl

es”

or

des

igne

d

to “

acco

mm

od

ate

del

iver

y ve

hicl

es.”

Str

eets

d

esig

ned

for

del

iver

y ve

hicl

es s

houl

d c

ons

ider

im

ple

men

ting

mea

sure

s to

miti

gat

e im

pac

ts

on

ped

estr

ians

and

bic

ycle

s.

3.

Imp

lem

ent

the

miti

gat

ion

mea

sure

s id

entifi

ed

in

the

Do

wnt

ow

n N

apa

Spec

ifi c

Plan

Dra

ft

Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pac

t R

epo

rt a

nd in

oth

er

stud

ies

to in

stal

l a t

raffi

c si

gna

l at

the

inte

rsec

tion

of S

R-2

9 N

ort

hbo

und

Off-

Ram

p/

Firs

t St

reet

.

4.

Sup

po

rt t

he im

ple

men

tatio

n o

f the

miti

gat

ion

mea

sure

s id

entifi

ed

in t

he C

ity o

f Nap

a G

ener

al P

lan

to im

pro

ve in

ters

ectio

n o

per

atio

ns a

t th

e in

ters

ectio

n o

f Silv

erad

o

Trai

l/Th

ird S

tree

t/E

ast

Ave

nue/

Co

om

bsv

ille

Ro

ad.

5.

Co

nstr

uct

the

exte

nsio

n o

f Co

om

bs

Stre

et

bet

wee

n Fi

rst

and

Pea

rl st

reet

s to

imp

rove

ac

cess

to

the

Pea

rl St

reet

Gar

age,

cre

ate

a p

edes

tria

n w

ay t

hro

ugh

the

Nap

a To

wn

Cen

ter

on

pub

lic r

ight

-of-

way

and

faci

litat

e em

erg

ency

veh

icle

acc

ess.

Thi

s m

ay b

e im

ple

men

ted

thr

oug

h th

e ac

qui

sitio

n o

f lan

d

fro

m t

he N

apa

Tow

n C

ente

r sh

op

pin

g c

ente

r o

r as

par

t o

f a fu

ture

dev

elo

pm

ent

pro

ject

.

6.

Co

nsid

er c

hang

ing

the

way

in w

hich

co

nges

tion

is m

easu

red

with

in D

ow

nto

wn

to c

ons

ider

the

effe

cts

to a

ll ro

adw

ay u

sers

ra

ther

tha

n ju

st m

oto

rized

veh

icle

s. T

his

can

be

do

ne b

y m

od

ifyin

g t

he c

urre

nt G

ener

al

Plan

mea

sure

of v

ehic

ular

LO

S at

sig

naliz

ed

inte

rsec

tions

with

in D

ow

nto

wn

(bo

und

ed b

y So

sco

l Ave

nue,

Firs

t St

reet

, Jef

fers

on

Stre

et

and

Thi

rd S

tree

t) fr

om

ave

rag

e co

ntro

lled

d

elay

to

ave

rag

e tr

avel

tim

e al

ong

the

co

rrid

or

to c

onf

orm

to

the

revi

sed

Urb

an S

tree

ts

met

hod

olo

gy

of t

he 2

010

Hig

hway

Cap

acity

M

anua

l. A

dd

itio

nally

, est

ablis

h LO

S st

and

ard

s b

ased

on

the

2010

Hig

hway

Cap

acity

Man

ual’s

m

ulti-

mo

dal

LO

S m

etho

do

log

y to

eva

luat

e im

pac

ts in

Do

wnt

ow

n.

7.

Exp

lore

po

tent

ial t

o c

onv

ert

exis

ting

tw

o-w

ay

sto

p c

ont

rol t

o fo

ur-w

ay s

top

co

ntro

l at

the

inte

rsec

tion

of C

oo

mb

s St

reet

and

Div

isio

n St

reet

, if w

arra

nted

.

MA

Y

20

12

CH

AP

TER

6

152

BE

NE

FIT

S O

F T

RA

NS

PO

RTA

TIO

N

SY

ST

EM

S M

AN

AG

EM

EN

T

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Syst

ems

Man

agem

ent

is a

ter

m

for

a b

road

ran

ge

of s

trat

egie

s th

at m

akes

ex

istin

g t

rans

po

rtat

ion

mo

re e

ffi ci

ent.

Alth

oug

h D

ow

nto

wn

has

rela

xed

aut

om

ob

ile L

OS

stan

dar

ds,

and

pre

sent

ly d

oes

no

t ex

per

ienc

e m

uch

traf

fi c c

ong

estio

n, T

rans

po

rtat

ion

Syst

ems

Man

agem

ent

has

bec

om

e an

imp

ort

ant

and

ne

cess

ary

pie

ce o

f tra

nsp

ort

atio

n p

lann

ing

as

the

City

reco

gni

zes

that

it c

anno

t w

iden

road

s w

itho

ut

imp

actin

g p

edes

tria

ns, b

icyc

lists

, tra

nsit

user

s,

the

envi

ronm

ent

and

the

cha

ract

er o

f Do

wnt

ow

n.

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Syst

ems

Man

agem

ent

uses

bo

th

“sup

ply

” an

d “

dem

and

” si

de

stra

teg

ies

to g

et t

he

mo

st v

ehic

ular

cap

acity

out

of e

xist

ing

road

way

sy

stem

s w

itho

ut a

dd

ing

new

lane

s, a

nd t

o s

hift

tr

avel

ers

to o

ther

mo

des

to

red

uce

the

dem

and

s o

n th

e sy

stem

. Tec

hno

log

y p

lays

an

imp

ort

ant

role

in T

rans

po

rtat

ion

Syst

ems

Man

agem

ent

in

term

s o

f man

agin

g t

raffi

c an

d p

rovi

din

g t

rave

ler

info

rmat

ion.

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Syst

ems

Man

agem

ent

Rec

om

men

dat

ions

fo

r D

ow

nto

wn

The

follo

win

g in

clud

es T

rans

po

rtat

ion

Syst

ems

Man

agem

ent

stra

teg

ies

that

are

in u

se in

the

City

o

f Nap

a as

wel

l as

oth

er re

com

men

dat

ions

for

1 N

apa’

s Tr

ansp

ort

atio

n Fu

ture

, A S

trat

egic

Tr

ansp

ort

atio

n Pl

an fo

r Th

e N

apa

Co

unty

Tr

ansp

ort

atio

n an

d P

lann

ing

Ag

ency

, Ho

rizo

n Ye

ar

2035

, Ap

ril 2

009

6.4

TR

AN

SPO

RTA

TIO

N S

YST

EM

S A

ND

DE

MA

ND

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

app

licat

ion

in t

he D

ow

nto

wn

area

as

par

t o

f thi

s Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an e

ffort

.

Sync

hron

ize

Traf

fi c S

igna

ls a

nd U

tiliz

e Tr

affi c

M

anag

emen

t C

ente

r to

Op

tim

ize

Traf

fi c F

low

In

200

4, t

he C

ity o

f Nap

a up

gra

ded

its

traf

fi c

sig

nal c

ont

rolle

rs a

nd in

stal

led

a n

ew c

entr

al s

igna

l sy

stem

and

rem

ote

tra

ffi c

man

agem

ent

cap

abili

ty.

The

City

op

timiz

ed t

he s

igna

l tim

ing

with

in t

wo

co

rrid

ors

tha

t af

fect

Do

wnt

ow

n, t

he c

entr

al

seg

men

t o

f So

sco

l Ave

nue

and

the

Do

wnt

ow

n ar

ea. T

he u

se o

f new

tec

hno

log

ies,

suc

h as

co

mp

uter

ized

tra

ffi c

sig

nal s

yste

ms,

can

red

uce

gre

enho

use

gas

em

issi

ons

as

wel

l as

imp

rove

d

rivin

g c

ond

itio

ns. T

he C

ity o

f Nap

a ha

s al

read

y in

vest

ed in

thi

s te

chno

log

y w

ithin

Do

wnt

ow

n an

d c

an c

ont

inue

to

mo

nito

r an

d a

dju

st t

raffi

c si

gna

l co

ntro

l as

a p

rimar

y Tr

ansp

ort

atio

n Sy

stem

s M

anag

emen

t m

easu

re.

Info

rmat

ion

Syst

ems

to Im

pro

ve T

rave

l E

ffi ci

ency

Co

nsis

tent

with

the

str

ateg

ies

pre

sent

ed in

Nap

a C

oun

ty P

lann

ing

and

Tra

nsp

ort

atio

n A

gen

cy’s

(NC

PTA

) “N

apa’

s Tr

ansp

ort

atio

n Fu

ture

”1 the

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an re

com

men

ds

the

pro

visi

on

of

trav

eler

info

rmat

ion

to im

pro

ve t

he e

ffi ci

ency

and

co

nven

ienc

e o

f tra

velin

g t

o o

r w

ithin

Do

wnt

ow

n.

Appr

opria

tely

sync

hron

ized

traffi

c si

gnal

s will

help

impr

ove

traffi

c fl o

w.

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

SP

EC

IF

IC

P

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N

CIR

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LATI

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AR

KIN

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153

This

reco

mm

end

atio

n is

mad

e b

ecau

se p

eop

le

cho

ose

the

ir tr

avel

mo

des

bas

ed u

po

n p

ast

beh

avio

rs, a

nd w

hen

bet

ter

info

rmat

ion

abo

ut

mo

de

op

tions

is re

adily

ava

ilab

le t

hen

peo

ple

may

ch

oo

se t

o re

gul

arly

use

ano

ther

mo

de

of t

rave

l or

cho

ose

to

tra

vel a

t a

diff

eren

t tim

e. In

form

atio

n sy

stem

s th

at m

ay b

e im

ple

men

ted

in D

ow

nto

wn

incl

ude: •

Ro

adw

ay c

ong

estio

n in

form

atio

n us

ing

el

ectr

oni

c m

essa

ge

sig

ns, w

eb s

ites

and

p

hone

s fo

r tr

avel

ers

to a

cces

s in

form

atio

n o

n in

cid

ents

, bes

t ro

utes

and

est

imat

ed

trav

el t

ime

to re

ach

the

trav

eler

’s d

estin

atio

n;

• Tr

ansi

t ar

rival

info

rmat

ion

usin

g s

igns

, web

si

tes

and

pho

nes

whi

ch re

po

rt h

ow

long

un

til t

he n

ext

bus

arr

ives

; and

• Pa

rkin

g w

ayfi n

din

g a

nd a

vaila

bili

ty

info

rmat

ion

usin

g s

tatic

and

ele

ctro

nic

sig

ns w

hich

dire

ct d

river

s to

ava

ilab

le

par

king

and

iden

tify

the

amo

unt

and

p

rice

of t

he a

vaila

ble

par

king

. A p

arki

ng

info

rmat

ion

syst

em is

reco

mm

end

ed in

the

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an’s

par

king

sec

tion.

TR

AN

SP

OR

TAT

ION

DE

MA

ND

M

AN

AG

EM

EN

T

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Dem

and

Man

agem

ent

refe

rs t

o

stra

teg

ies

to re

duc

e au

tom

ob

ile t

raffi

c to

imp

rove

ai

r q

ualit

y an

d re

duc

e tr

affi c

co

nges

tion

and

, p

erha

ps

mo

st im

po

rtan

tly, d

elay

or

elim

inat

e th

e ne

ed t

o c

ons

truc

t co

stly

road

way

cap

acity

p

roje

cts

whi

ch im

pac

t p

edes

tria

ns a

nd b

icyc

lists

. Tr

ansp

ort

atio

n D

eman

d M

anag

emen

t ha

s b

eco

me

incr

easi

ngly

imp

ort

ant

in m

aint

aini

ng a

ccep

tab

le

traf

fi c L

OS

in N

apa

Co

unty

. Thi

s se

ctio

n d

escr

ibes

st

rate

gie

s w

ith a

go

al t

o m

anag

e an

d re

duc

e th

e d

eman

d fo

r tr

avel

, par

ticul

arly

by

sing

le o

ccup

ant

vehi

cles

and

dur

ing

pea

k p

erio

ds.

One

of t

he m

ost

effe

ctiv

e Tr

ansp

ort

atio

n D

eman

d M

anag

emen

t st

rate

gie

s is

to

red

uce

the

need

for

vehi

cula

r tr

avel

thr

oug

h ef

fi cie

nt

land

use

and

tra

nsp

ort

atio

n p

lann

ing

. The

typ

e o

f dev

elo

pm

ent

enco

urag

ed in

the

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an

– co

mp

act

do

wnt

ow

n us

es in

a “

par

k o

nce

and

w

alk”

env

ironm

ent,

and

mix

ed-u

se h

igh-

den

sity

re

sid

entia

l and

co

mm

erci

al –

is p

rove

n ef

fect

ive

in

red

ucin

g a

uto

mo

bile

tra

vel.

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Dem

and

Man

agem

ent

Stra

teg

ies

for

Do

wnt

ow

nTr

ansp

ort

atio

n D

eman

d M

anag

emen

t is

a

cons

tant

ly e

volv

ing

ent

erp

rise.

Pro

gra

ms

are

usua

lly e

nco

urag

ed o

r re

qui

red

by

the

City

, but

to

b

e ef

fect

ive

need

to

be

dev

elo

ped

, mo

nito

red

and

co

ntin

uous

ly re

fi ned

by

emp

loye

rs o

r co

llect

ives

Park

ing

guid

ance

syste

ms e

ffi cie

ntly

dire

ct vi

sitor

s to

avai

labl

e par

king

.

MA

Y

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of e

mp

loye

rs c

olla

bo

ratin

g a

s a

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Man

agem

ent

Ass

oci

atio

n. T

he fo

llow

ing

str

ateg

ies

sug

ges

ted

in N

CTP

A’s

“Nap

a’s

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Futu

re”

are

rele

vant

to

Do

wnt

ow

n an

d m

ay b

e in

clud

ed in

a t

oo

lbo

x o

f str

ateg

ies

that

Do

wnt

ow

n em

plo

yers

may

co

nsid

er.

Em

plo

yer

Bas

ed T

rans

por

tati

on D

eman

d

Man

agem

ent

Prog

ram

sW

ork

with

maj

or

emp

loye

rs (w

ork

site

s w

ith

50+

em

plo

yees

) to

enc

our

age

wo

rker

s to

use

al

tern

ativ

e tr

ansp

ort

atio

n m

od

es b

y p

rovi

din

g

viab

le o

ptio

ns fo

r tr

avel

ing

to

wo

rk a

nd m

akin

g

mid

-day

trip

s w

hile

at

wo

rk. E

mp

hasi

ze la

rge

emp

loye

rs a

nd c

onc

entr

ated

wo

rksi

tes

(suc

h as

Do

wnt

ow

n b

usin

ess

cent

ers

and

sho

pp

ing

ce

nter

s), e

spec

ially

tho

se w

hose

wo

rker

s ar

e lo

wer

w

age

earn

ers

and

thu

s m

ore

like

ly t

o c

om

mut

e fr

om

out

of C

oun

ty.

Park

ing

Pri

cing

Str

ateg

ies

Whe

n p

arki

ng le

vels

incr

ease

to

una

ccep

tab

le

leve

ls w

ith t

ime

rest

rictio

ns a

nd s

tro

ng

enfo

rcem

ent,

co

nsid

er a

do

ptin

g p

olic

ies

that

in

stitu

te p

arki

ng p

ricin

g s

trat

egie

s to

enc

our

age

wo

rker

s to

use

alte

rnat

ive

tran

spo

rtat

ion

mo

des

b

y ch

arg

ing

for

par

king

at

wo

rksi

tes,

or

char

gin

g

hig

her

rate

s fo

r lo

ng-t

erm

par

king

at

prim

e p

ublic

p

arki

ng fa

cilit

ies.

Par

king

pric

ing

pro

vid

es re

venu

e an

d c

ost

reco

very

, enc

our

ages

mo

re e

ffi ci

ent

use

of p

arki

ng fa

cilit

ies,

red

uces

par

king

faci

lity

cost

s an

d la

nd re

qui

rem

ents

, red

uces

veh

icle

tra

ffi c,

and

enco

urag

es u

se o

f alte

rnat

ive

mo

des

. So

me

of t

he

follo

win

g p

arki

ng s

trat

egie

s ar

e re

com

men

ded

in

the

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an’s

par

king

sec

tion,

but

oth

er

stra

teg

ies

may

be

par

t o

f em

plo

yer

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Dem

and

Man

agem

ent

pro

gra

ms:

• C

harg

e em

plo

yees

dire

ctly

for

use

of

par

king

and

offe

r co

mp

arab

le b

enefi

ts

for

use

of o

ther

tra

vel m

od

es;

• C

harg

e hi

ghe

r ra

tes

and

use

sho

rter

p

ricin

g p

erio

ds

at m

ore

co

nven

ient

p

arki

ng s

pac

es (s

uch

as o

n-st

reet

sp

aces

an

d p

arki

ng n

ear

bui

ldin

g e

ntra

nces

) to

in

crea

se t

urno

ver;

• U

se v

aria

ble

rat

es t

hat

are

hig

her

for

pea

k lo

catio

ns a

nd t

imes

;

• A

pp

ly p

erfo

rman

ce-b

ased

par

king

pric

es;

• Se

t p

arki

ng p

rices

to

eq

ual o

r ex

ceed

tr

ansi

t fa

res;

• U

nbun

dle

par

king

fro

m h

ous

ing

, so

tha

t ap

artm

ent

and

co

ndo

min

ium

resi

den

ts

pay

onl

y fo

r th

e p

arki

ng s

pac

es t

hey

need

. U

nbun

dlin

g p

arki

ng m

eans

tha

t p

arki

ng

is s

old

or

rent

ed a

t a

sep

arat

e co

st fr

om

ho

usin

g. O

ccup

ants

onl

y p

ay fo

r th

e p

arki

ng s

pac

es t

hey

actu

ally

nee

d; t

hus,

o

ccup

ants

sav

e m

one

y w

hen

they

red

uce

par

king

dem

and

, and

are

no

t fo

rced

to

p

ay fo

r p

arki

ng t

hey

do

no

t ne

ed; a

nd

• E

nco

urag

e b

usin

esse

s to

pric

e, c

ash

out

and

unb

und

le p

arki

ng b

y p

rovi

din

g

rew

ard

s to

tho

se t

hat

do

.

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

SP

EC

IF

IC

P

LA

N

CIR

CU

LATI

ON

AN

D P

AR

KIN

G

155

Oth

er T

rans

por

tati

on D

eman

d R

educ

tion

Pr

ogra

ms

A m

ultit

ude

of p

ote

ntia

l pro

gra

ms

and

ser

vice

s ca

n b

e ex

plo

red

to

man

age

traf

fi c a

nd p

arki

ng d

eman

d

with

in D

ow

nto

wn.

The

follo

win

g o

ptio

ns s

houl

d b

e co

nsid

ered

by

emp

loye

rs, p

rop

erty

man

agem

ent

asso

ciat

ions

, and

loca

l and

reg

iona

l po

licy

mak

ers:

• C

ar-s

hari

ng re

fers

to

aut

om

ob

ile re

ntal

se

rvic

es in

tend

ed t

o re

pla

ce p

rivat

e ve

hicl

e o

wne

rshi

p. C

ar-s

harin

g p

rog

ram

s p

rovi

de

the

occ

asio

nal u

se o

f a re

ntal

ve

hicl

e w

itho

ut t

he fi

nanc

ial o

blig

atio

n as

soci

ated

with

veh

icle

ow

ners

hip

. D

edic

ated

car

-sha

ring

veh

icle

s ar

e ty

pic

ally

sta

tione

d in

tra

nsit-

orie

nted

ne

ighb

orh

oo

ds

and

at

tran

sit

stat

ions

an

d c

om

mer

cial

cen

ters

and

are

pric

ed

by

the

hour

, day

or

mile

. The

se s

ervi

ces

allo

w re

gis

tere

d c

usto

mer

s to

iden

tify

and

re

serv

e an

ava

ilab

le v

ehic

le fo

r a

des

ired

p

erio

d o

f tim

e.

• R

ides

hari

ng re

fers

to

car

po

olin

g a

nd

vanp

oo

ling

, whe

re v

ehic

les

carr

y ad

diti

ona

l pas

seng

ers,

typ

ical

ly fo

r co

mm

utin

g. R

ides

hare

pro

gra

ms

com

mo

nly

pro

vid

e ca

rpo

ol m

atch

ing

, va

npo

ol s

po

nso

rshi

p, m

arke

ting

pro

gra

ms

and

ince

ntiv

es t

o re

duc

e d

rivin

g.

• C

omm

ute

Trip

Red

ucti

on p

rog

ram

s g

ive

com

mut

ers

reso

urce

s an

d in

cent

ives

to

re

duc

e th

eir

auto

mo

bile

trip

s. T

hese

p

rog

ram

s ty

pic

ally

incl

ude

wal

king

and

b

icyc

ling

enc

our

agem

ent

and

info

rmat

ion,

rid

esha

re m

atch

ing

, enc

our

agem

ent

of

fl exi

ble

wo

rk s

ched

ulin

g, p

rom

otio

n o

f b

icyc

le p

arki

ng a

nd c

hang

ing

faci

litie

s,

and

co

mm

uter

fi na

ncia

l inc

entiv

es s

uch

as s

ubsi

diz

ed t

rans

it p

asse

s, p

arki

ng c

ash

out

and

rew

ard

s/p

rizes

for

par

ticip

atio

n in

car

po

ol p

rog

ram

s. C

om

mut

e Tr

ip

Red

uctio

n p

rog

ram

s m

ay b

e en

cour

aged

o

r re

qui

red

by

loca

l, re

gio

nal o

r st

ate

po

licie

s.

Car

-shar

ing

prog

ram

s pro

vide

an

oppo

rtun

ity to

man

age

park

ing

and

traffi

c dem

and.

MA

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TR

AN

SP

OR

TAT

ION

SY

ST

EM

S A

ND

DE

MA

ND

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

RE

CO

MM

EN

DE

D A

CT

ION

S

This

sec

tion

sum

mar

izes

the

reco

mm

end

atio

ns

for

op

timiz

ing

the

effi

cien

cy o

f the

Do

wnt

ow

n’s

tran

spo

rtat

ion

syst

em t

hro

ugh

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Syst

ems

Man

agem

ent

and

Tra

nsp

ort

atio

n D

eman

d

Man

agem

ent.

1.

Imp

lem

ent

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Syst

ems

Man

agem

ent

stra

teg

ies

with

in D

ow

nto

wn

to m

axim

ize

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s o

f exi

stin

g

infr

astr

uctu

re, l

esse

n d

eman

d fo

r in

crea

sed

st

reet

sys

tem

cap

acity

, red

uce

the

imp

acts

an

d c

ost

of e

xpan

din

g s

tree

ts, h

elp

mai

ntai

n a

mul

ti-m

od

al L

OS

stan

dar

d fo

r al

l use

rs, a

nd

enha

nce

qua

lity

of l

ife fo

r th

ose

who

use

and

b

enefi

t fr

om

the

tra

nsp

ort

atio

n sy

stem

.

2.

Co

ntin

ue t

o c

lose

ly c

oo

rdin

ate

with

the

N

CTP

A a

nd C

altr

ans

to id

entif

y th

e m

ost

ef

fect

ive

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Syst

ems

Man

agem

ent

and

Tra

nsp

ort

atio

n D

eman

d M

anag

emen

t st

rate

gie

s. A

ckno

wle

dg

e th

at D

ow

nto

wn

pla

ys

an im

po

rtan

t ro

le in

the

reg

ion’

s ab

ility

to

mee

t g

reen

hous

e g

as re

duc

tion

go

als

and

ser

ves

as

the

prim

ary

mo

del

for

smar

t g

row

th a

nd u

rban

tr

ansp

ort

atio

n sy

stem

s.

3.

Co

ntin

ue t

o e

mp

hasi

ze t

he u

se o

f tec

hno

log

y to

op

timiz

e tr

affi c

fl o

w, i

nclu

din

g t

raffi

c si

gna

l syn

chro

niza

tion

and

cen

tral

ized

tra

ffi c

man

agem

ent.

Up

gra

de

old

er t

raffi

c co

ntro

l te

chno

log

y to

link

imp

ort

ant

corr

ido

rs t

o t

he

cent

ral m

anag

emen

t sy

stem

. Tec

hno

log

y sh

oul

d b

e co

nsid

ered

the

fi rs

t m

eans

of

reso

lvin

g t

raffi

c co

nges

tion

pro

ble

ms

in

Do

wnt

ow

n.

4.

Imp

lem

ent

trav

eler

info

rmat

ion

syst

ems

to

imp

rove

acc

ess

to a

nd w

ayfi n

din

g w

ithin

D

ow

nto

wn.

Co

ord

inat

e tr

avel

er in

form

atio

n w

ith C

altr

ans

and

NC

TPA

to

use

ele

ctro

nic

mes

sag

e si

gns

on

the

Stat

e H

ighw

ay s

yste

m t

o

iden

tify

the

bes

t ro

utes

to

acc

ess

Do

wnt

ow

n an

d t

o id

entif

y in

cid

ent

or

cons

truc

tion

rela

ted

del

ays.

At

a m

inim

um, m

aint

ain

and

up

dat

e st

atic

way

fi nd

ing

sig

ns g

uid

ing

vis

itors

to

Do

wnt

ow

n (i.

e., u

se o

f So

sco

l Ave

nue

vers

us S

R-2

9) a

nd t

o p

ublic

par

king

onc

e in

D

ow

nto

wn,

as

app

rop

riate

.

5.

Exp

lore

feas

ibili

ty a

nd t

imin

g o

f im

ple

men

ting

p

arki

ng p

ricin

g s

trat

egie

s as

out

lined

in t

his

and

the

par

king

sec

tion

of t

he S

pec

ifi c

Plan

.

6.

Sup

po

rt c

ar-s

harin

g in

Do

wnt

ow

n b

y en

cour

agin

g la

rger

new

dev

elo

pm

ents

to

re

serv

e p

arki

ng s

pac

es fo

r ca

r-sh

are

vehi

cles

, an

d re

serv

ing

str

ateg

ic p

ublic

on-

stre

et s

pac

es

for

car-

shar

e ve

hicl

es a

s d

eman

d fo

r su

ch

serv

ices

incr

ease

s.

7.

Enc

our

age

the

use

of h

igh

occ

upan

cy

vehi

cles

(car

po

ol a

nd v

anp

oo

l) th

roug

h p

ublic

pro

gra

ms

for

pub

lic e

mp

loye

es a

nd

priv

ate

emp

loye

r-b

ased

pro

gra

ms,

incl

udin

g

pre

fere

ntia

l par

king

for

hig

h o

ccup

ancy

ve

hicl

es in

bo

th p

ublic

and

priv

ate

par

king

fa

cilit

ies.

8.

Enc

our

age

use

of a

ltern

ate

fuel

so

urce

s b

y co

ord

inat

ing

tra

nsp

ort

atio

n sy

stem

im

pro

vem

ents

with

new

alte

rnat

ive

ener

gy

infr

astr

uctu

re, s

uch

as e

lect

ric v

ehic

le c

harg

ing

st

atio

ns.

9.

Dev

elo

p a

Tra

nsp

ort

atio

n D

eman

d

Man

agem

ent

pro

gra

m t

hat

enco

urag

es n

ew

com

mer

cial

dev

elo

pm

ent

with

gre

ater

tha

n 50

em

plo

yees

to

red

uce

pea

k ho

ur t

rave

l and

d

eman

ds

on

the

pub

lic p

arki

ng s

upp

ly.

10.

Co

ord

inat

e w

ith V

INE

and

NC

TPA

to

enh

ance

an

d p

rom

ote

the

Co

mm

ute

Trip

Red

uctio

n p

rog

ram

s fo

r em

plo

yers

in D

ow

nto

wn.

The

se

pro

gra

ms

enco

urag

e m

ore

effi

cien

t co

mm

ute

trav

el b

y p

rovi

din

g in

cent

ives

for

com

mut

ers

to u

se a

ltern

ativ

e tr

ansp

ort

atio

n o

ptio

ns, s

uch

as w

alki

ng, c

yclin

g a

nd p

ublic

tra

nsit.

11.

Lead

by

exam

ple

with

in D

ow

nto

wn

thro

ugh

imp

lem

enta

tion

of a

co

mp

rehe

nsiv

e C

om

mut

e Tr

ip R

educ

tion

pro

gra

m fo

r C

ity e

mp

loye

es

and

by

shar

ing

pro

gra

m re

sour

ces,

or

enco

urag

ing

sim

ilar

pro

gra

ms,

for

Co

unty

em

plo

yees

.

12.

Sup

po

rt t

he “

Car

Fre

e” t

our

ism

pro

gra

m o

f th

e N

apa

Valle

y D

estin

atio

n C

oun

cil (

NV

DC

) an

d N

CTP

A. T

he “

Car

Fre

e” p

rog

ram

pro

vid

es

trav

eler

info

rmat

ion

for

visi

tors

to

the

Nap

a Va

lley

so t

hey

can

pla

n th

eir

trip

usi

ng v

iab

le

tran

spo

rtat

ion

alte

rnat

ives

to

driv

ing

a c

ar.

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

SP

EC

IF

IC

P

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N

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LATI

ON

AN

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AR

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OV

ER

VIE

W O

F E

XIS

TIN

G T

RA

NS

IT

SY

ST

EM

Nap

a P

ublic

Tra

nsit

Ser

vice

s Th

e N

CTP

A o

per

ates

Nap

a’s

fi xed

rout

e tr

ansi

t se

rvic

e (V

INE

) and

dem

and

-res

po

nsiv

e o

r p

arat

rans

it se

rvic

e. T

he V

INE

ser

ves

the

citie

s o

f Nap

a, S

anta

Ro

sa, C

alis

tog

a, S

t. H

elen

a,

Rut

herf

ord

, Oak

ville

, Yo

untv

ille,

Am

eric

an C

anyo

n an

d V

alle

jo. D

ow

nto

wn

is s

erve

d b

y m

ultip

le

loca

l ro

utes

and

a re

gio

nal r

out

e, a

ll o

f whi

ch

use

the

Pear

l Str

eet

Tran

sit

Cen

ter.

The

VIN

E G

o

par

atra

nsit

syst

em p

rovi

des

dem

and

-res

po

nsiv

e se

rvic

e to

cus

tom

ers

incl

udin

g s

enio

rs a

nd p

erso

ns

with

dis

abili

ties

with

in N

apa

Co

unty

. Fig

ure

6.5:

E

xist

ing

Tra

nsit

Syst

em s

how

s th

e ex

istin

g p

ublic

tr

ansi

t ro

utes

and

loca

tion

of b

us s

top

s w

ithin

D

ow

nto

wn.

PR

OP

OS

ED

TR

AN

SIT

SY

ST

EM

IM

PR

OV

EM

EN

TS

Rel

oca

tio

n o

f th

e D

ow

nto

wn

Tran

sit

Cen

ter

The

NC

TPA

pla

ns t

o re

loca

te t

he P

earl

Stre

et

Tran

sit

Cen

ter,

whi

ch is

cur

rent

ly lo

cate

d a

t th

e so

uthe

ast

corn

er o

f the

inte

rsec

tion

of C

oo

mb

s St

reet

and

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rl St

reet

, to

a s

ite o

n B

urne

ll St

reet

b

etw

een

Four

th a

nd F

ifth

stre

ets

east

of S

osc

ol

Ave

nue.

The

relo

catio

n is

due

to

str

eet

clo

sure

s as

par

t o

f the

Flo

od

Pro

tect

ion

Pro

ject

as

wel

l as

the

need

for

mo

re s

pac

e fo

r V

INE

’s p

ulse

tra

nsfe

r sy

stem

(whe

re m

ultip

le b

us ro

utes

arr

ive

and

d

epar

t at

the

sam

e tim

e). T

he n

ew t

rans

it ce

nter

w

ill in

clud

e N

CTP

A o

ffi ce

s an

d m

eetin

g s

pac

e, o

n-

site

par

king

and

pub

lic a

rt. C

ons

truc

tion

of t

he n

ew

tran

sit

cent

er is

exp

ecte

d t

o b

egin

in 2

013.

Op

po

rtun

ity

to R

esto

re t

he N

apa

Do

wnt

ow

n Tr

olle

y Tr

olle

y se

rvic

e w

as p

revi

ous

ly o

per

ated

at

vary

ing

20

- 4

5 m

inut

e he

adw

ays

with

in D

ow

nto

wn.

H

ow

ever

, fi n

anci

ng c

halle

nges

, po

or

eco

nom

ic

cond

itio

ns a

nd lo

w r

ider

ship

resu

lted

in

dis

cont

inua

tion

of t

he s

ervi

ce in

200

9. S

top

s in

clud

ed D

wig

ht M

urra

y Pl

aza,

the

Nap

a Pr

emiu

m

Out

lets

on

the

wes

t si

de

of S

R-2

9, E

mb

assy

Sui

tes,

th

e M

arrio

tt H

ote

l, Sa

few

ay, F

ulle

r Pa

rk, H

isto

ric

Nap

a M

ill, t

he R

iver

Ter

race

Inn

and

CO

PIA

.

With

imp

lem

enta

tion

of t

he S

pec

ifi c

Plan

’s d

evel

op

men

t p

rog

ram

, ass

oci

ated

incr

ease

in

activ

ity in

Do

wnt

ow

n, a

nd in

tera

ctio

n b

etw

een

Do

wnt

ow

n an

d t

he C

OPI

A F

ocu

s A

rea,

the

City

an

d/o

r N

CTP

A s

houl

d e

xplo

re re

sto

ring

the

D

ow

nto

wn

tro

lley

serv

ice

with

a s

usta

inab

le

fund

ing

mec

hani

sm. A

tro

lley

serv

ice

wo

uld

re

info

rce

a “p

ark

onc

e an

d w

alk”

env

ironm

ent

and

wo

uld

sup

po

rt p

ote

ntia

l par

king

str

ateg

ies

such

as

low

er c

ost

rem

ote

par

king

for

Do

wnt

ow

n em

plo

yees

in t

he C

OPI

A F

ocu

s A

rea

if a

priv

ate/

pub

lic p

artn

ersh

ip p

rovi

des

pub

lic p

arki

ng.

Furt

herm

ore

, the

relo

catio

n o

f the

tra

nsit

cent

er t

o

Bur

nell

Stre

et re

duc

es t

he c

ove

rag

e o

f Do

wnt

ow

n an

d a

freq

uent

tro

lley

serv

ice

wo

uld

miti

gat

e th

e im

pac

t o

f the

relo

catio

n.

6.5

PU

BLI

C T

RA

NSI

T SY

STE

M

Pote

ntia

l re-

estab

lishm

ent o

f the

Dow

ntow

n Tr

olley

can

facil

itate

the “

park

onc

e and

wal

k” en

viro

nmen

t as t

rave

l be

twee

n th

e Dow

ntow

n di

strict

s inc

reas

es.

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it

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ter

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rary

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toric

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ma

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l Ro

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ute

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ute

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xpre

ss -

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sfer

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int

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ute

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imit

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tent

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utur

e B

us R

apid

Tra

nsit

Ser

vice

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The

NC

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’s st

rate

gic

tra

nsp

ort

atio

n p

lan

incl

udes

a

stra

teg

y to

act

ivel

y ex

plo

re d

evel

op

men

t o

f a

Bus

Rap

id T

rans

it (B

RT)

sys

tem

as

a p

oss

ible

al

tern

ativ

e to

the

dev

elo

pm

ent

of t

he c

om

mut

er

rail

syst

em. B

RT

has

sim

ilar

char

acte

ristic

s to

rai

l se

rvic

e an

d p

rovi

des

sim

ilar

ben

efi t

s. B

RT

imp

rove

s up

on

conv

entio

nal b

us-b

ased

mas

s tr

ansp

ort

atio

n to

pro

vid

e se

rvic

e th

at e

mul

ates

rai

l ser

vice

, but

m

ore

co

st-e

ffect

ivel

y. B

RT

is m

ore

fl ex

ible

tha

n ra

il an

d c

an o

per

ate

alo

ng e

xclu

sive

tra

ffi c

lane

s o

r in

m

ixed

tra

ffi c

lane

s o

n ci

ty s

tree

ts.

Ther

e is

no

est

ablis

hed

tim

efra

me

for

imp

lem

entin

g B

RT

in N

apa

Co

unty

; ho

wev

er, t

he

City

sho

uld

co

ord

inat

e w

ith N

CTP

A a

s it

exp

lore

s th

is s

trat

egy

furt

her

sinc

e D

ow

nto

wn

wo

uld

be

a p

rimar

y d

estin

atio

n fo

r B

RT.

Po

tent

ial R

ail S

ervi

ceC

urre

ntly

, the

re is

no

co

mm

uter

rai

l sys

tem

o

per

atin

g in

Nap

a. T

he N

apa

Valle

y W

ine

Trai

n, a

p

rivat

ely

op

erat

ed t

our

ism

ser

vice

, op

erat

es w

ithin

N

apa

Co

unty

, ext

end

ing

fro

m t

he C

ity o

f Nap

a no

rth

to S

t. H

elen

a. T

he W

ine

Trai

n’s

mai

n st

atio

n is

loca

ted

in N

apa

on

McK

inst

ry S

tree

t ju

st n

ort

h o

f th

e So

sco

l Ave

nue/

Firs

t St

reet

inte

rsec

tion.

In t

he

pas

t, t

he r

ail l

ines

wer

e p

art

of a

larg

er r

ail s

yste

m

that

co

nnec

ted

Nap

a to

Val

lejo

in t

he s

out

h,

Sono

ma

and

Mar

in c

oun

ties

to t

he w

est,

and

Fa

irfi e

ld a

nd B

enic

ia t

o t

he e

ast.

Whi

le n

o t

imel

ine

is in

pla

ce, t

he N

CTP

A’s

stra

teg

ic

tran

spo

rtat

ion

pla

n (N

apa’

s Tr

ansp

ort

atio

n Fu

ture

) in

clud

es a

str

ateg

y to

exp

lore

co

mm

uter

rai

l se

rvic

e. T

he N

CTP

A e

nvis

ions

sch

edul

ed p

asse

nger

tr

ain

serv

ice

bet

wee

n th

e Va

llejo

Fer

ry T

erm

inal

an

d t

he C

ity o

f Nap

a w

ith s

ervi

ce t

hro

ugho

ut t

he

day

. Ini

tially

thi

s se

rvic

e m

ight

co

nnec

t th

e C

ity o

f N

apa

and

em

plo

ymen

t ce

nter

s in

the

so

uthe

rn

par

t o

f the

Co

unty

. Rai

l ser

vice

may

be

coo

rdin

ated

w

ith b

us s

ervi

ce fo

r tr

avel

to

the

no

rth

par

t o

f th

e C

oun

ty a

nd w

ith lo

cal s

hutt

les

conn

ectin

g

rail

stat

ions

to

job

s an

d re

sid

ence

s. T

he N

CTP

A’s

stra

teg

y in

clud

es t

he p

ote

ntia

l to

co

nnec

t re

gio

nal

and

nat

iona

l tra

in s

yste

ms,

pro

vid

ing

acc

ess

to

Nap

a fr

om

any

whe

re. T

he e

xist

ing

rai

lroad

line

is

still

use

d fo

r lim

ited

frei

ght

ser

vice

and

, bec

ause

o

f thi

s, t

he r

ailro

ad is

lim

ited

to

cer

tain

typ

es o

f p

asse

nger

veh

icle

s. T

he C

ity s

houl

d c

ont

inue

to

m

oni

tor

this

po

tent

ial l

ong

-ran

ge

tran

spo

rtat

ion

imp

rove

men

t b

ecau

se o

f the

sig

nifi c

ance

it w

oul

d

pla

ce o

n D

ow

nto

wn

as a

reg

iona

l tra

nsp

ort

atio

n hu

b, c

entr

al d

estin

atio

n an

d d

istr

ibut

ion

cent

er fo

r to

uris

m.

In th

e nea

r fut

ure,

Bus R

apid

Tra

nsit

may

conn

ect

Dow

ntow

n N

apa

to th

e rest

of t

he B

ay A

rea.

MA

Y

20

12

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AP

TER

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160

PU

BLI

C T

RA

NS

IT S

YS

TE

M

RE

CO

MM

EN

DE

D A

CT

ION

S

This

sec

tion

sum

mar

izes

the

reco

mm

end

atio

ns t

o

sup

po

rt t

he im

ple

men

tatio

n o

f the

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an’s

key

stra

teg

ies

for

tran

sit

imp

rove

men

ts w

ithin

D

ow

nto

wn.

1.

Em

pha

size

the

imp

ort

ance

of s

tree

tsca

pe

imp

rove

men

ts a

nd p

edes

tria

n co

nnec

tivity

as

ess

entia

l str

ateg

ies

for

incr

easi

ng t

rans

it rid

ersh

ip.

2.

Wo

rk w

ith N

CTP

A t

o id

entif

y so

urce

s o

f fun

din

g fo

r b

us s

top

up

gra

des

and

im

pro

vem

ent

of a

men

ities

.

3.

Co

ord

inat

e w

ith N

CTP

A a

s it

exp

lore

s a

stra

teg

y o

f Bus

Rap

id T

rans

it as

a c

ost

-effe

ctiv

e al

tern

ativ

e to

rai

l ser

vice

. Do

wnt

ow

n w

oul

d b

e a

prim

ary

des

tinat

ion

for

Bus

Rap

id T

rans

it an

d

wo

uld

req

uire

ad

diti

ona

l inf

rast

ruct

ure

in t

erm

s o

f sta

tions

, po

tent

ial e

xclu

sive

rig

hts-

of-

way

, an

d o

per

atio

nal m

od

ifi ca

tions

suc

h as

Tra

nsit

Syst

em P

riorit

y si

gna

l sys

tem

s an

d “

que

ue-

jum

per

” la

nes

allo

win

g b

uses

to

byp

ass

cong

estio

n at

inte

rsec

tions

.

4.

Co

ord

inat

e w

ith N

CTP

A a

s it

eval

uate

s th

e p

ote

ntia

l fo

r co

mm

uter

rai

l ser

vice

and

id

entif

y D

ow

nto

wn

Nap

a as

a v

iab

le re

gio

nal

tran

spo

rtat

ion

hub

, cen

tral

des

tinat

ion

and

d

istr

ibut

ion

cent

er fo

r to

uris

m.

Th e P

earl

Stre

et T

rans

it C

ente

r will

be r

eloca

ted

to B

urne

ll St

reet

.

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

SP

EC

IF

IC

P

LA

N

CIR

CU

LATI

ON

AN

D P

AR

KIN

G

161

EX

IST

ING

PE

DE

ST

RIA

N F

AC

ILIT

IES

A k

ey t

rans

po

rtat

ion

feat

ure

of D

ow

nto

wn

is it

s ro

bus

t p

edes

tria

n ci

rcul

atio

n sy

stem

co

mp

rised

o

f sho

rt, o

r p

edes

tria

n-sc

aled

, blo

cks

with

a

cont

inuo

us s

yste

m o

f sid

ewal

ks o

n b

oth

sid

es

of s

tree

ts, s

hort

cro

ssin

gs

on

all a

pp

roac

hes

of m

ost

inte

rsec

tions

, att

ract

ive

stre

etsc

apes

an

d a

men

ities

, and

few

maj

or

bar

riers

to

p

edes

tria

n tr

avel

. In

gen

eral

, maj

or

bar

riers

may

in

clud

e p

hysi

cal f

eatu

res

such

as

river

s o

r st

eep

to

po

gra

phy

, int

erru

ptio

ns in

the

str

eet

grid

, the

ra

ilro

ad, o

r w

ide,

hig

h vo

lum

e an

d h

igh

spee

d

stre

ets

or

free

way

s.

Ther

e cu

rren

tly a

re s

idew

alks

or

ped

estr

ian

pat

hs

alo

ng n

early

all

of t

he s

tree

ts w

ithin

Do

wnt

ow

n.

Inte

rsec

tions

are

eith

er s

top

or

sig

nal c

ont

rolle

d,

allo

win

g fo

r p

edes

tria

n cr

oss

ing

. At

sto

p c

ont

rolle

d

inte

rsec

tions

pai

nted

cro

ssw

alks

are

usu

ally

p

rovi

ded

, whi

le a

t si

gna

lized

inte

rsec

tions

pai

nted

cr

oss

wal

ks a

nd p

edes

tria

n si

gna

ls a

re t

ypic

ally

p

rovi

ded

at

each

leg

of t

he in

ters

ectio

n. S

idew

alk

curb

ext

ensi

ons

, oft

en c

alle

d b

ulb

out

s, a

re

pro

vid

ed a

t so

me

inte

rsec

tions

. Bul

bo

uts

are

an

exte

nsio

n o

f the

cur

b in

to t

he p

arki

ng la

ne, w

hich

sh

ort

ens

the

cro

ssin

g d

ista

nce

for

ped

estr

ians

. G

ener

ally

, eve

n at

inte

rsec

tions

with

out

bul

bo

uts,

p

edes

tria

n cr

oss

ing

s in

Do

wnt

ow

n ar

e sh

ort

(les

s th

an 6

0 fe

et).

EX

IST

ING

BA

RR

IER

S T

O W

ALK

ING

Whi

le D

ow

nto

wn

pro

vid

es t

he k

ey fe

atur

es t

hat

mak

e up

a ro

bus

t p

edes

tria

n sy

stem

, it

also

co

ntai

ns s

om

e b

arrie

rs. B

arrie

rs t

o p

edes

tria

n ci

rcul

atio

n in

Do

wnt

ow

n in

clud

e th

e N

apa

Riv

er

and

maj

or

hig

h-tr

affi c

vo

lum

e st

reet

s su

ch a

s So

sco

l Ave

nue

and

Thi

rd S

tree

t. C

ross

ing

s o

f the

N

apa

Riv

er a

re lo

cate

d o

n Fi

rst

and

Thi

rd s

tree

ts,

so n

ort

h an

d s

out

h o

f the

se c

orr

ido

rs t

here

are

si

gni

fi can

t g

aps

bet

wee

n riv

er c

ross

ing

s. H

ow

ever

, th

e Fi

rst

and

Thi

rd s

tree

ts b

ridg

es o

ver

the

Nap

a R

iver

co

nnec

t th

e tw

o m

ost

imp

ort

ant

dis

tric

ts:

the

Do

wnt

ow

n C

ore

Co

mm

erci

al a

nd t

he O

xbo

w

Dis

tric

ts. O

utsi

de

of t

hese

dis

tric

ts, t

he P

lan

Are

a is

co

mp

rised

mo

stly

of r

esid

entia

l or

low

-den

sity

an

d lo

w-in

tens

ity c

om

mer

cial

use

s an

d t

he n

eed

to

co

nnec

t th

ese

uses

is v

alua

ble

but

less

crit

ical

. Fu

rthe

r, th

ere

are

exis

ting

or

pla

nned

off-

stre

et

mul

ti-us

e p

aths

par

alle

ling

the

Nap

a R

iver

tha

t co

nnec

t to

, or

very

clo

se t

o, F

irst

and

Thi

rd

stre

ets

and

pro

vid

e an

alte

rnat

ive

ped

estr

ian

conn

ectio

n. T

he p

lann

ed R

iver

Tra

il w

ill p

rovi

de

an

attr

activ

e no

rth-

sout

h tr

ansp

ort

atio

n ro

ute

thro

ugh

Do

wnt

ow

n, a

s w

ell a

s a

recr

eatio

nal f

acili

ty.

An

add

itio

nal b

arrie

r to

ped

estr

ian

trav

el is

the

p

ast

pra

ctic

e o

f ag

gre

gat

ing

sm

alle

r b

lock

s to

cr

eate

sin

gle

larg

e d

evel

op

men

t p

roje

cts

such

as

the

Nap

a To

wn

Cen

ter.

Whi

le t

he s

hop

pin

g c

ente

r its

elf p

rovi

des

a p

leas

ant

and

att

ract

ive

wal

king

en

viro

nmen

t fo

r cu

sto

mer

s, it

mak

es it

diffi

cul

t fo

r vi

sito

rs t

o c

ircul

ate

(by

any

mo

de)

thr

oug

h

6.6

PE

DE

STR

IAN

AN

D B

ICY

CLE

CIR

CU

LATI

ON

Th e N

apa

Rive

r can

be b

oth

a ba

rrier

to w

alki

ng a

nd a

pe

destr

ian

amen

ity.

Th er

mop

lasti

c pav

ing

mat

eria

ls he

ight

en v

isibi

lity f

or

cros

swal

ks a

nd h

elp cr

eate

a sa

fe pe

destr

ian

envi

ronm

ent.

MA

Y

20

12

CH

AP

TER

6

162

or

aro

und

the

dev

elo

pm

ent

by

bre

akin

g u

p t

he

intu

itive

nat

ure

of t

he h

isto

ric s

tree

t g

rid.

EX

IST

ING

BIC

YC

LE C

IRC

ULA

TIO

N A

ND

FA

CIL

ITIE

S

The

City

of N

apa

bic

ycle

net

wo

rk e

xten

ds

thro

ugho

ut t

he c

ity, w

ith m

any

rout

es t

rave

ling

d

irect

ly t

hro

ugh

Do

wnt

ow

n. T

he re

gio

nal V

ine

Trai

l an

d c

ityw

ide

Riv

er T

rail

conn

ect

thro

ugh

Do

wnt

ow

n an

d s

houl

d b

e em

bra

ced

as

key

recr

eatio

nal a

nd

eco

nom

ic a

sset

s to

the

are

a. T

he c

ity h

as le

vel

terr

ain

and

a v

arie

ty o

f sce

nic

bic

ycle

rout

es s

ervi

ng

cycl

ists

of v

aryi

ng e

xper

ienc

e le

vels

. The

City

’s G

ener

al P

lan

clas

sifi e

s b

ikew

ays

acco

rdin

g t

o t

he

Cal

tran

s cl

assi

fi cat

ion

syst

em, w

hich

defi

nes

bic

ycle

fa

cilit

ies

as C

lass

I, C

lass

II o

r C

lass

III b

ikew

ays2 .

The

City

of N

apa

has

imp

lem

ente

d “

bic

ycle

b

oul

evar

ds”

in D

ow

nto

wn.

A b

icyc

le b

oul

evar

d

is t

ypic

ally

use

d o

n st

reet

s th

at la

ck w

idth

for

bic

ycle

lane

s an

d a

re u

sual

ly lo

w v

olu

me

and

low

sp

eed

str

eets

par

alle

l to

bus

y ar

teria

ls w

hich

hav

e b

een

iden

tifi e

d a

s p

refe

rred

rout

es fo

r b

icyc

le

traf

fi c. B

icyc

le b

oul

evar

ds

are

giv

en a

dis

tinct

ive

app

eara

nce

usin

g fr

eque

nt u

nifo

rm s

igns

and

p

avem

ent

mar

king

s al

ertin

g m

oto

rists

tha

t th

e st

reet

is a

prio

rity

rout

e fo

r b

icyc

lists

. An

illus

trat

ed

map

of t

he e

xist

ing

and

cur

rent

ly p

lann

ed b

icyc

le

and

ped

estr

ian

syst

em w

ithin

Do

wnt

ow

n is

p

rovi

ded

in t

he A

pp

end

ix A

– E

xist

ing

Co

nditi

ons

R

epo

rt.

PR

OP

OS

ED

PE

DE

ST

RIA

N A

ND

BIC

YC

LE

SY

ST

EM

S

This

sec

tion

sum

mar

izes

cur

rent

ly p

lann

ed

ped

estr

ian

and

bic

ycle

sys

tem

imp

rove

men

ts

with

in D

ow

nto

wn,

as

wel

l as

imp

rove

men

ts

pro

po

sed

in t

he S

pec

ifi c

Plan

. As

des

crib

ed

abo

ve, t

he e

xist

ing

and

cur

rent

ly p

lann

ed b

icyc

le

and

ped

estr

ian

syst

em re

pre

sent

s a

mo

der

atel

y co

mp

lete

and

wel

l-co

nnec

ted

net

wo

rk. T

he

exis

ting

and

cur

rent

ly p

lann

ed b

icyc

le n

etw

ork

p

rovi

des

suf

fi cie

nt n

ort

h-so

uth

and

eas

t-w

est

conn

ectiv

ity w

ithin

Do

wnt

ow

n, a

nd t

he v

ast

maj

orit

y o

f the

exi

stin

g D

ow

nto

wn

stre

ets

incl

ude

qua

lity

ped

estr

ian

faci

litie

s, w

ith s

idew

alks

on

bo

th s

ides

and

go

od

ped

estr

ian

cro

ssin

g fa

cilit

ies

at in

ters

ectio

ns. F

or

thes

e re

aso

ns, t

he b

icyc

le

and

ped

estr

ian

imp

rove

men

ts re

com

men

ded

as

par

t o

f the

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an a

re p

rimar

ily fo

cuse

d o

n en

hanc

ing

and

bui

ldin

g o

n th

e q

ualit

y sy

stem

tha

t is

alre

ady

in p

lace

, or

curr

ently

pla

nned

, with

in

Do

wnt

ow

n (s

ee F

igur

e 6.

6: E

xist

ing

and

Pla

nned

/Pr

op

ose

d B

icyc

le a

nd P

edes

tria

n Sy

stem

s).

It is

imp

ort

ant

to n

ote

tha

t th

e d

esig

n o

f the

2 C

lass

I B

ikew

ays

(Bik

e Pa

th o

r M

ulti-

Use

Tra

il) –

Ded

icat

ed b

ike

pat

h w

hich

is s

epar

ated

fro

m m

oto

rists

by

a sp

ace

or

phy

sica

l bar

rier,

or

is o

n a

sep

arat

e rig

ht-o

f-w

ay. C

lass

II B

ikew

ays

(Bik

e La

ne) –

Bik

e la

ne o

n a

road

way

with

rest

ricte

d r

ight

-of-

way

des

igna

ted

by

sig

ns a

nd p

avem

ent

mar

king

for

the

use

of b

icyc

les.

Cla

ss

III B

ikew

ays

(Bik

e R

out

es) –

Bik

e ro

ute

with

sha

red

rig

ht-o

f-w

ay d

esig

nate

d b

y si

gns

on

road

way

s.

Th er

e is a

n op

port

unity

to p

rovi

de im

prov

ed b

ike f

acili

ties

thro

ugho

ut D

ownt

own.

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

SP

EC

IF

IC

P

LA

N

CIR

CU

LATI

ON

AN

D P

AR

KIN

G

163

Flas

hing

ped

estria

n cr

ossin

g sig

ns sh

ould

be i

nsta

lled

at

mid

-blo

ck cr

ossin

gs to

incr

ease

pede

stria

n sa

fety.

futu

re O

xbo

w C

om

mo

ns b

ypas

s in

clud

es b

icyc

le

and

ped

estr

ian

trai

ls t

hat

will

co

nnec

t th

e O

xbo

w

area

to

the

eas

tern

po

rtio

n o

f do

wnt

ow

n. T

his

will

pro

vid

e th

e o

pp

ort

unity

for

bic

yclis

ts a

nd

ped

estr

ians

to

cro

ss S

osc

ol t

hro

ugh

the

byp

ass

and

will

enh

ance

the

co

nnec

tivity

in a

nd t

hro

ugh

Do

wnt

ow

n.

Pro

po

sed

Ped

estr

ian

Syst

emTh

e C

ity o

f Nap

a G

ener

al P

lan

iden

tifi e

s p

refe

rred

st

and

ard

s fo

r si

dew

alks

in t

he fo

rm o

f sta

ndar

d

stre

et c

ross

-sec

tions

. The

sta

ndar

d fo

r si

dew

alks

an

d a

dja

cent

pla

ntin

g s

trip

s fo

r ar

teria

l, co

llect

or

and

loca

l str

eets

with

out

on-

stre

et p

arki

ng is

10

feet

of w

idth

with

six

-fo

ot

sid

ewal

ks a

nd fo

ur-f

oo

t st

rips

for

land

scap

ing

. Whe

re o

n-st

reet

par

king

is

pro

vid

ed, t

he s

tand

ard

s al

low

a fi

ve-f

oo

t si

x-in

ch

wid

e co

ntig

uous

sid

ewal

k. W

hile

the

se s

tand

ard

s ar

e ap

pro

pria

te fo

r m

ost

str

eets

with

in N

apa,

in

urb

an a

reas

or

in o

lder

par

ts o

f the

city

suc

h as

D

ow

nto

wn

the

stan

dar

ds

pre

sent

ed in

the

Gen

eral

Pl

an a

re o

nly

gui

del

ines

and

can

be

mo

difi

ed a

t th

e C

ity’s

dis

cret

ion

to b

ette

r se

rve

the

ped

estr

ian

need

s o

f a s

pec

ifi c

area

.

Do

wnt

ow

n st

reet

s se

rve

a hi

ghe

r le

vel o

f ped

estr

ian

activ

ity a

nd re

qui

re w

ider

sid

ewal

ks, e

spec

ially

to

ac

com

mo

dat

e st

reet

tre

es in

tre

e w

ells

, sid

ewal

k la

ndsc

apin

g, s

tree

t fu

rnitu

re, p

ublic

art

and

si

dew

alk

café

sp

ace

whe

re re

stau

rant

s m

ay b

e lo

cate

d. T

here

is g

reat

op

po

rtun

ity t

o e

nhan

ce

the

ped

estr

ian

faci

litie

s an

d s

tree

tsca

pe

elem

ents

w

ithin

Do

wnt

ow

n an

d a

key

go

al o

f the

Sp

ecifi

c

Plan

is t

o e

nco

urag

e ad

diti

ona

l inv

estm

ent

in t

hese

fa

cilit

ies

to p

rovi

de

a sa

fe a

nd in

vitin

g e

nviro

nmen

t fo

r al

l use

rs. C

hap

ter

5 –

Des

ign

Gui

del

ines

in

clud

es re

com

men

dat

ions

for

vario

us p

edes

tria

n fa

cilit

y im

pro

vem

ents

incl

udin

g s

idew

alk

des

ign,

cr

oss

wal

ks a

nd b

ulb

out

s, s

tree

t fu

rnitu

re, l

ight

ing

, p

ublic

art

, and

way

fi nd

ing

sig

nag

e o

n D

ow

nto

wn

stre

ets.

In t

he g

uid

elin

es, v

ario

us D

ow

nto

wn

stre

ets

are

iden

tifi e

d a

s “C

ore

Str

eets

” (F

irst

Stre

et, M

ain

Stre

et) a

nd “

Seco

ndar

y St

reet

s” (S

eco

nd S

tree

t,

Third

Str

eet,

So

sco

l Ave

nue,

Pea

rl St

reet

, Jef

fers

on

Stre

et, S

emin

ary

Stre

et) a

nd re

com

men

ded

im

pro

vem

ents

are

pre

sent

ed fo

r ea

ch s

tree

t ty

pe.

A

few

of t

he k

ey s

tree

tsca

pe

and

ped

estr

ian

real

m

reco

mm

end

atio

ns p

rese

nted

in C

hap

ter

5 –

Des

ign

Gui

del

ines

are

sum

mar

ized

as

follo

ws:

• O

n st

reet

s in

the

Do

wnt

ow

n C

ore

C

om

mer

cial

and

Oxb

ow

Co

mm

eric

al

dis

tric

ts, e

nsur

e th

at s

idew

alks

hav

e a

wid

th

of a

t le

ast

10 fe

et fr

om

bui

ldin

g fa

ce t

o

curb

. The

use

of b

rick

acce

nts,

rib

bo

ns,

cho

ice

pav

emen

t sc

orin

g, e

tc. s

houl

d b

e a

cons

ider

atio

n in

the

des

ign

for

sid

ewal

ks.

• O

n Se

cond

ary

Stre

ets,

ens

ure

that

si

dew

alks

hav

e a

wid

th o

f at

leas

t si

x fe

et

and

a c

urb

sid

e p

lant

ing

str

ip w

here

sp

ace

per

mits

as

des

crib

ed in

Cha

pte

r 5

– D

esig

n G

uid

elin

es.

• Lo

cate

str

eet

tree

s an

d p

lant

er s

trip

s b

etw

een

sid

ewal

ks a

nd t

he ro

adw

ay t

o

pro

vid

e a

safe

ty b

uffe

r fo

r p

edes

tria

ns fr

om

tr

affi c

.

• Pr

ovi

de

clea

rly m

arke

d m

inim

um 1

0-fo

ot

wid

e cr

oss

wal

ks a

t al

l co

ntro

lled

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inte

rsec

tions

and

at

inte

rsec

tions

of k

ey

stre

ets.

• E

nsur

e th

at a

ll cr

oss

wal

ks h

ave

ram

ps

and

w

arni

ng s

trip

s th

at c

om

ply

with

Am

eric

ans

with

Dis

abili

ties

Act

(AD

A) s

tand

ard

s.

• Pr

ovi

de

bul

bo

uts

at in

ters

ectio

ns a

nd

ped

estr

ian

cro

ssin

g lo

catio

ns t

o re

duc

e cr

oss

ing

dis

tanc

es.

Sid

ewal

ks, p

edes

tria

n cr

oss

ing

s an

d p

laza

are

as a

re

not

the

onl

y co

mp

one

nts

that

form

the

ped

estr

ian

circ

ulat

ion

syst

em; m

ulti-

use

pat

hs a

nd t

rails

are

al

so k

ey p

iece

s. B

ecau

se t

hese

faci

litie

s se

rve

bo

th p

edes

tria

ns a

nd b

icyc

lists

as

tran

spo

rtat

ion

corr

ido

rs a

nd re

crea

tiona

l fac

ilitie

s, t

he

reco

mm

end

ed im

pro

vem

ents

to

mul

ti-us

e p

aths

ar

e p

rese

nted

in t

he s

ectio

n b

elo

w d

iscu

ssin

g

Spec

ifi c

Plan

bic

ycle

sys

tem

reco

mm

end

atio

ns.

Pro

po

sed

Bic

ycle

Sys

tem

For

the

city

’s b

icyc

le s

yste

m, t

he G

ener

al P

lan

cont

ains

a n

umb

er o

f po

licie

s re

late

d t

o s

tree

t d

esig

n to

acc

om

mo

dat

e b

ike

lane

s an

d m

ulti-

use

trai

ls a

nd t

o e

nco

urag

e b

icyc

le fa

cilit

ies

in

new

dev

elo

pm

ent.

The

Gen

eral

Pla

n’s

pro

po

sed

b

icyc

le s

yste

m w

as t

he b

asis

for

the

Spec

ifi c

Plan

re

com

men

dat

ions

. The

reco

mm

end

ed S

pec

ifi c

Plan

bic

ycle

sys

tem

, illu

stra

ted

in F

igur

e 6.

6, w

as

dev

elo

ped

in c

oo

rdin

atio

n w

ith C

ity s

taff,

the

C

ity’s

Bic

ycle

Po

licy

Ad

viso

ry C

om

mitt

ee (B

PAC

), an

d c

itize

nry

with

the

go

al o

f pro

vid

ing

a w

ell-

conn

ecte

d a

nd in

teg

rate

d n

etw

ork

of o

n-st

reet

(C

lass

II b

ike

lane

s an

d C

lass

III b

ike

rout

es) a

nd

off-

stre

et (C

lass

I m

ulti-

use

pat

hs) f

acili

ties.

The

b

icyc

le s

yste

m w

ithin

Do

wnt

ow

n sh

oul

d fa

cilit

ate

an in

tuiti

ve e

ast-

wes

t an

d n

ort

h-so

uth

circ

ulat

ion

pat

tern

with

wel

l-lo

cate

d c

onn

ectio

ns t

o t

he

exis

ting

and

pro

po

sed

recr

eatio

nal t

rails

alo

ng t

he

Nap

a R

iver

and

thr

oug

h th

e O

xbo

w C

om

mo

ns

Byp

ass

Cha

nnel

. The

pro

po

sed

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an

bic

ycle

and

ped

estr

ian

syst

em is

des

crib

ed b

riefl y

b

elo

w.

In t

he S

pec

ifi c

Plan

bic

ycle

sys

tem

, no

rth-

sout

h b

ike

trav

el is

acc

om

mo

dat

ed b

y C

lass

II b

ike

lane

s al

ong

So

sco

l Ave

nue,

Cla

ss II

and

Cla

ss II

I bik

eway

s al

ong

Co

om

bs

Stre

et, C

lass

I m

ulti-

use

trai

ls a

long

th

e N

apa

Riv

er a

nd a

long

a b

icyc

le b

oul

evar

d

alo

ng S

emin

ary

Stre

et. T

he b

icyc

le b

oul

evar

d

cont

inue

s no

rthw

est

on

Hay

es S

tree

t. A

po

tent

ial

Cla

ss I

or

Cla

ss II

bik

eway

sho

uld

be

inco

rpo

rate

d

Th e D

ownt

own’s

syste

m o

f pat

hs o

ver c

reek

s and

rive

rs an

d th

roug

h gr

eenw

ays c

reat

es an

opp

ortu

nity

for a

co

mpr

ehen

sive p

edest

rian

and

bicy

cle sy

stem

.

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a

nd

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la

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cy

cl

e

an

d

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de

st

ri

an

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ys

te

m

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S

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Prop

osed

sha

red-

use

path

repl

aces

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uthb

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bik

e la

ne a

long

Sos

col

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ue fr

om T

hird

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o Va

llejo

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thbo

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bike

lane

will

rem

ain

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osed

ped

estr

ian/

bicy

cle

brid

ge

cros

sing

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a Ri

ver f

rom

Thi

rd

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t, ju

st w

est o

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choo

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lass

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with

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ridge

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ails

thro

ugh

Oxb

ow

Com

mon

s By

pass

Cha

nnel

per

ap

prov

ed C

ity/F

lood

con

cept

pla

n

Prop

osed

ped

estr

ian/

bike

cro

ssin

g

Nap

a Ri

ver

Napa Creek

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way

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l

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toric

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rtho

use

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e Su

per

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use

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nty

Faci

litie

s

Prop

osed

ped

estr

ian/

bike

unde

rcro

ssin

g be

low

Firs

tSt

reet

alo

ng N

apa

Cree

k

Do

wnt

ow

n A

rea

Exi

stin

g C

lass

I B

ike

Pat

h

Exi

stin

g C

lass

II B

ike

Lane

Exi

stin

g C

lass

III B

ike

Ro

ute

Exi

stin

g C

lass

III B

ike

Ro

ute

- B

ike

Bo

ulev

ard

Pla

nned

/Pro

po

sed

Cla

ss I

Bik

e P

ath

Pla

nned

/Pro

po

sed

Cla

ss II

Bik

e La

ne

Pla

nned

/Pro

po

sed

Cla

ss II

I Bik

e R

out

e

Ped

estr

ian/

Bic

ycle

Inte

rsec

tio

n Im

pro

vem

ents

Mid

-Blo

ck P

edes

tria

n/B

icyc

le C

ross

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Imp

rove

men

tw

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into

the

Co

om

bs

Stre

et e

xten

sio

n th

roug

h th

e N

apa

Tow

n C

ente

r to

pro

vid

e a

cont

inuo

us n

ort

h-so

uth

bic

ycle

co

nnec

tion

thro

ugh

the

Do

wnt

ow

n co

re.

Eas

t-w

est

bik

e tr

avel

is a

cco

mm

od

ated

with

Cla

ss

II b

ike

lane

s an

d C

lass

III b

ike

rout

es o

n Th

ird

Stre

et a

nd a

po

rtio

n o

f Firs

t St

reet

, co

nnec

ting

to

a

Cla

ss I

trai

l sys

tem

alo

ng t

he N

apa

Riv

er. E

ast

of

the

Nap

a R

iver

, the

bic

ycle

faci

litie

s o

n Fi

rst

and

Th

ird s

tree

ts c

onn

ect

to a

ser

ies

of C

lass

II b

ike

lane

s al

ong

Silv

erad

o T

rail,

So

sco

l Ave

nue

and

C

oo

mb

svill

e R

oad

. A

Cla

ss II

I ro

ute

runs

eas

t-w

est

thro

ugh

Do

wnt

ow

n o

n C

lay

Stre

et t

o P

earl

Stre

et,

term

inat

ing

into

the

Co

om

bs

Stre

et n

ort

h-so

uth

rout

e. S

egm

ents

of o

ther

Cla

ss II

I ro

utes

and

b

icyc

le b

oul

evar

ds

also

pro

vid

e ea

st-w

est

trav

el

thro

ugh

Do

wnt

ow

n.

A s

yste

m o

f mul

ti-us

e C

lass

I tr

ails

is p

rovi

ded

al

ong

the

Nap

a R

iver

, Nap

a C

reek

and

the

fl o

od

ch

anne

l, co

nnec

ting

to

the

prim

ary

nort

h-so

uth

trai

l alo

ng t

he r

ailro

ad r

ight

-of-

way

par

alle

l to

So

sco

l Ave

nue.

The

Oxb

ow

Co

mm

ons

Byp

ass

Cha

nnel

is p

lann

ed t

o c

ont

ain

a ne

two

rk o

f tra

ils

whi

ch, w

hen

linke

d t

o t

he p

rimar

y ea

st-w

est

bic

ycle

co

rrid

ors

of F

irst

Stre

et a

nd T

hird

Str

eet,

pro

vid

e a

fully

inte

gra

ted

no

rth-

sout

h an

d e

ast-

wes

t sy

stem

. Fi

gur

e 6.

6 ill

ustr

ates

loca

tions

whe

re in

ters

ectio

n im

pro

vem

ents

are

pro

po

sed

as

wel

l as

gra

de-

sep

arat

ions

and

cro

ssin

g e

nhan

cem

ents

to

sup

po

rt

the

inte

rco

nnec

tion

of t

he D

ow

nto

wn

netw

ork

.

PE

DE

ST

RIA

N A

ND

BIC

YC

LE S

YS

TE

M

RE

CO

MM

EN

DE

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CT

ION

S

1.

Imp

lem

ent

the

Spec

ifi c

Plan

bic

ycle

and

tra

il sy

stem

po

rtra

yed

in F

igur

e 6.

6 an

d s

upp

ort

co

ord

inat

ion

and

co

nsis

tenc

y w

ith t

he

coun

tyw

ide/

city

wid

e b

icyc

le p

lann

ing

effo

rts.

Th

e p

rop

ose

d s

yste

m w

ithin

Do

wnt

ow

n in

clud

es, b

ut is

no

t lim

ited

to

, the

follo

win

g

imp

rove

men

ts:

• Pr

ovi

de

Cla

ss I

shar

ed-u

se t

rail

alo

ng w

est

sid

e o

f So

sco

l Ave

nue,

co

nnec

ting

to

the

p

rop

ose

d C

lass

I fa

cilit

ies

thro

ugh

the

Oxb

ow

Co

mm

ons

Byp

ass

Cha

nnel

, to

th

e no

rth

end

of t

he R

iver

Tra

il ne

ar T

hird

St

reet

, and

to

the

Vin

e Tr

ail/

Cro

ssto

wn

Co

mm

uter

Pat

h at

Val

lejo

Str

eet.

• E

xten

d t

he C

lass

I fa

cilit

ies

pro

po

sed

al

ong

the

Oxb

ow

Co

mm

ons

Byp

ass

Cha

nnel

to

the

no

rthw

est

alo

ng t

he N

apa

Cre

ek t

o M

ain

Stre

et a

nd C

linto

n St

reet

. In

ad

diti

on,

tra

ils s

houl

d e

xten

d e

ast-

wes

t fr

om

McK

inst

ry S

tree

t to

Do

wnt

ow

n vi

a Fi

rst

Stre

et a

nd a

pat

h co

nnec

tion

to M

ain

Stre

et.

• Pr

ovi

de

Cla

ss II

bik

e la

nes

alo

ng C

oo

mb

s St

reet

fro

m D

ivis

ion

Stre

et t

o P

earl

Stre

et,

thro

ugh

Nap

a To

wn

Cen

ter,

assu

min

g

Co

om

bs

Stre

et is

reo

pen

ed t

hro

ugh

Tow

n C

ente

r. (If

the

pro

po

sed

str

eet

exte

nsio

n is

no

t re

op

ened

the

Pla

n ca

lls fo

r a

Cla

ss I

pat

h th

roug

h th

e To

wn

Cen

ter.)

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

SP

EC

IF

IC

P

LA

N

CIR

CU

LATI

ON

AN

D P

AR

KIN

G

167

• C

lass

ify D

ivis

ion

Stre

et a

s a

Cla

ss II

I bik

e ro

ute

bet

wee

n C

oo

mb

s St

reet

and

the

C

lass

I sh

ared

-use

tra

il al

ong

the

wes

t b

ank

of t

he N

apa

Riv

er.

• E

xten

d t

he C

lass

II b

ike

lane

s al

ong

Thi

rd

Stre

et t

o t

he w

est

fro

m M

ain

Stre

et t

o

Jeffe

rso

n St

reet

.

• C

ons

ider

the

dev

elo

pm

ent

of e

nhan

ced

m

id-b

lock

ped

estr

ian/

bic

ycle

cro

ssin

g

imp

rove

men

ts w

ith w

here

the

Cla

ss I

shar

ed-u

se t

rails

cro

ss M

ain

Stre

et a

nd

Pear

l Str

eet

as il

lust

rate

d in

Fig

ure

6.6.

Th

ere

are

seve

ral o

bst

ruct

ions

in t

he w

ay

of t

he R

iver

Tra

il co

nnec

tion

cro

ssin

g F

irst

Stre

et, s

uch

that

a m

id-b

lock

cro

ssin

g

wo

uld

be

unsa

fe. F

or

this

reas

on,

the

Riv

er

Trai

l co

nnec

tion

is re

com

men

ded

to

go

un

der

the

Firs

t St

reet

Brid

ge

to t

he O

per

a H

ous

e Pl

aza.

At

mid

-blo

ck c

ross

ing

s,

exp

lore

the

use

of i

n-p

avem

ent

fl ash

ers

and

cro

ssw

alk

sig

nag

e th

at fl

ashe

s to

ale

rt

driv

ers

of c

ross

ing

.

2.

Enc

our

age

a b

ike-

shar

ing

pro

gra

m w

here

b

icyc

les

are

mad

e av

aila

ble

at

unat

tend

ed

stat

ions

with

in D

ow

nto

wn

for

shar

ed s

hort

-te

rm u

se b

y in

div

idua

ls w

ho d

o n

ot

ow

n th

em.

Pub

licly

sha

red

bic

ycle

s p

rovi

de

an o

pp

ort

unity

to

incr

ease

bik

e rid

ersh

ip in

Do

wnt

ow

n.

3.

Imp

lem

ent

the

reco

mm

end

ed p

edes

tria

n am

eniti

es a

nd s

tree

tsca

pe

imp

rove

men

ts

iden

tifi e

d in

Cha

pte

r 5

– D

esig

n G

uid

elin

es fo

r Fi

rst

Stre

et, M

ain

Stre

et, S

eco

nd S

tree

t, T

hird

St

reet

, So

sco

l Ave

nue,

Sem

inar

y St

reet

and

Je

ffers

on

Stre

et.

4.

Whe

n re

cons

truc

ting

str

eet

fro

ntag

es, e

nsur

e ne

w d

evel

op

men

t ad

here

s to

the

dev

elo

pm

ent

stan

dar

ds

for

the

ped

estr

ian

real

m, a

s p

rese

nted

in C

hap

ter

5 –

Des

ign

Gui

del

ines

.

5.

Req

uire

new

dev

elo

pm

ent

with

in t

he S

pec

ifi c

Plan

are

a to

imp

lem

ent

or

cont

ribut

e to

war

d

Do

wnt

ow

n-w

ide

imp

rove

men

ts in

clud

ing

st

reet

scap

e an

d t

he C

lass

I m

ulti-

use

trai

l sy

stem

tha

t is

pla

nned

alo

ng t

he D

ow

nto

wn

gre

enw

ays,

cre

eks

and

fl o

od

cha

nnel

im

pro

vem

ents

.

6.

Req

uire

priv

ate

dev

elo

pm

ent

to e

xpan

d p

ublic

st

reet

scap

e an

d o

pen

sp

ace

imp

rove

men

ts

to e

xpan

d a

nd c

onn

ect

to t

he n

etw

ork

of

ped

estr

ian-

frie

ndly

sid

ewal

ks, p

rom

enad

es,

pla

zas,

pas

eos

and

co

urty

ard

s in

to a

nd t

hro

ugh

dev

elo

pm

ent

pro

ject

s.

7.

Req

uire

priv

ate

dev

elo

pm

ent

to e

nhan

ce

op

en s

pac

e an

d p

edes

tria

n co

nnec

tions

, as

envi

sio

ned

in t

he S

tree

tsca

pe

Plan

in C

hap

ter

5 –

Des

ign

Gui

del

ines

, thr

oug

h ca

refu

l pla

cem

ent

and

des

ign

of s

tree

t tr

ees,

pub

lic a

rt, s

tree

t fu

rnis

hing

s, b

ike

rack

s, la

ndsc

apin

g, s

igna

ge,

ne

wss

tand

s, s

tree

t lig

hts,

pav

ing

and

tra

sh

rece

pta

cles

.

8.

Imp

lem

ent

Shar

ed L

ane

Mar

king

s (S

LM) (

also

kn

ow

n as

“Sh

arro

ws”

) on

Firs

t an

d S

eco

nd

Stre

ets

in D

ow

nto

wn

to a

lert

mo

toris

ts a

nd

bic

yclis

ts t

hat

they

are

enc

our

aged

to

“sh

are

the

road

.”

Enco

urag

e a b

ike-

shar

ing

prog

ram

in D

ownt

own

to

prom

ote b

icycle

acti

vity.

MA

Y

20

12

CH

AP

TER

6

168

Plan

enc

our

ages

the

use

of t

hese

prin

cip

les

and

au

gm

ents

the

m w

ith re

cent

bes

t p

ract

ices

in u

rban

p

arki

ng m

anag

emen

t.

EX

IST

ING

PA

RK

ING

PLA

NN

ING

AN

D

RE

GU

LAT

OR

Y F

RA

ME

WO

RK

Park

ing

in D

ow

nto

wn

is c

om

pris

ed o

f on-

stre

et

par

king

, off-

stre

et p

arki

ng in

pub

lic s

urfa

ce lo

ts

and

par

king

str

uctu

res,

and

priv

ate

off-

stre

et

par

king

lots

ser

ving

ind

ivid

ual l

and

use

s. M

ost

b

lock

face

s w

ithin

Do

wnt

ow

n ha

ve o

n-st

reet

p

arki

ng s

pac

es, a

s d

oes

a s

ubst

antia

l po

rtio

n o

f the

str

eets

eas

t o

f the

Nap

a R

iver

. On-

stre

et

par

king

is w

ell u

tiliz

ed (a

pp

roxi

mat

ely

64 p

erce

nt

dur

ing

wee

kday

and

59

per

cent

dur

ing

wee

kend

p

eak

times

bas

ed o

n a

one

-tim

e su

rvey

in 2

010)

w

hich

und

ersc

ore

s its

imp

ort

ance

as

a va

luab

le

reso

urce

. The

cur

rent

par

king

sup

ply

in D

ow

nto

wn

can

suffi

cien

tly a

cco

mm

od

ate

the

exis

ting

par

king

d

eman

d. H

ow

ever

, the

imp

ort

ance

of e

ffect

ivel

y m

anag

ing

exi

stin

g a

nd fu

ture

par

king

reso

urce

s is

crit

ical

with

ong

oin

g c

onc

erns

reg

ard

ing

po

or

acce

ss/c

ircul

atio

n an

d d

egra

dat

ion

of s

om

e o

lder

p

arki

ng fa

cilit

ies

(par

ticul

arly

the

Sec

ond

Str

eet

Gar

age)

as

wel

l as

po

tent

ial f

or

incr

ease

d p

arki

ng

dem

and

with

new

Do

wnt

ow

n d

evel

op

men

t.

Park

ing

pla

ys a

n im

po

rtan

t ro

le in

Do

wnt

ow

n,

par

ticul

arly

in t

he c

entr

al c

om

mer

cial

dis

tric

t w

est

of S

osc

ol A

venu

e. C

ons

ider

ing

tha

t re

tail

and

ent

erta

inm

ent

are

maj

or

eco

nom

ic d

river

s in

D

ow

nto

wn,

and

tha

t th

e tr

aditi

ona

l urb

an fa

bric

o

f sm

all b

lock

s an

d a

ttac

hed

or

clo

sely

sp

aced

b

uild

ing

s le

aves

litt

le s

pac

e fo

r p

rivat

e p

arki

ng,

pub

lic p

arki

ng is

ess

entia

l fo

r D

ow

nto

wn’

s vi

talit

y an

d s

usta

inab

ility

. The

Do

wnt

ow

n’s

pub

lic p

arki

ng

syst

em is

co

mp

rised

of o

n-st

reet

par

king

and

off-

stre

et lo

ts a

nd s

truc

ture

s. T

he D

ow

nto

wn

par

king

sy

stem

as

a w

hole

is t

ypic

ally

64

per

cent

util

ized

d

urin

g p

eak

wee

kday

co

nditi

ons

and

59

per

cent

ut

ilize

d d

urin

g p

eak

wee

kend

co

nditi

ons

. Thi

s le

vel o

f dem

and

is e

xpec

ted

to

incr

ease

as

new

d

evel

op

men

t o

ccur

s w

ithin

Do

wnt

ow

n; t

hus,

pub

lic

par

king

man

agem

ent

is a

cru

cial

co

mp

one

nt o

f the

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an.

Ad

equa

te p

arki

ng is

a p

art

of a

bal

ance

d m

ulti-

mo

dal

tra

nsp

ort

atio

n sy

stem

in a

do

wnt

ow

n co

ntex

t. W

hen

par

king

is a

mp

le a

nd in

exp

ensi

ve it

en

cour

ages

driv

ing

to

do

wnt

ow

n, w

hich

can

resu

lt in

tra

ffi c

cong

estio

n an

d im

pac

ts t

o t

he q

ualit

y o

f the

ped

estr

ian

exp

erie

nce.

Whe

n p

arki

ng is

ve

ry s

carc

e an

d/o

r co

stly

it d

isco

urag

es v

isito

rs,

and

tho

se w

ho d

o d

rive

circ

ulat

e un

nece

ssar

ily

whi

le s

earc

hing

for

par

king

. Ad

equa

te, b

ut n

ot

exce

ssiv

e, p

arki

ng in

do

wnt

ow

n co

mb

ined

with

p

arki

ng m

anag

emen

t b

est

pra

ctic

es s

erve

s th

ose

w

ho c

hoo

se t

o d

rive

whi

le in

cent

iviz

ing

the

use

o

f tra

nsit,

wal

king

and

bic

yclin

g. T

he S

pec

ifi c

6.7

PA

RK

ING

SU

PP

LY A

ND

DE

MA

ND

/ P

AR

KIN

G M

AN

AG

EM

EN

T P

LAN

Th e D

ownt

own

area

curr

ently

pos

sesses

a v

ariet

y of s

urfa

ce

park

ing

lots

and

struc

ture

s.

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

SP

EC

IF

IC

P

LA

N

CIR

CU

LATI

ON

AN

D P

AR

KIN

G

169

This

sec

tion

des

crib

es t

he p

lann

ing

and

reg

ulat

ory

fr

amew

ork

tha

t g

uid

es t

he p

rovi

sio

n o

f par

king

in

new

dev

elo

pm

ent.

Fo

r co

nven

ienc

e in

des

crib

ing

th

e d

iffer

ent

par

king

co

nditi

ons

tha

t ex

ist,

D

ow

nto

wn

is d

ivid

ed in

to t

hree

dis

tric

ts o

r ar

eas:

• D

ow

nto

wn

Park

ing

Exe

mp

t D

istr

ict

• D

ow

nto

wn

Frin

ge

Are

a

• E

ast

of S

osc

ol A

venu

e/O

xbo

w D

istr

ict

Thes

e d

istr

icts

are

sho

wn

in F

igur

e 6.

7: D

ow

nto

wn

Park

ing

Dis

tric

ts. P

arki

ng c

ond

itio

ns, r

egul

atio

ns

and

sta

ndar

ds,

and

land

use

s va

ry b

etw

een

the

dis

tric

ts a

s d

escr

ibed

in t

he fo

llow

ing

sec

tions

.

Do

wnt

ow

n P

arki

ng E

xem

pt

Dis

tric

tA

s d

escr

ibed

in C

hap

ter

4 –

Land

Use

Des

igna

tions

an

d Z

oni

ng D

istr

icts

, the

Par

king

Exe

mp

t (P

E)

Dis

tric

t en

com

pas

ses

the

Do

wnt

ow

n co

re w

est

of S

osc

ol A

venu

e. T

he d

istr

ict

has

mul

tiple

o

bje

ctiv

es: 1

) to

est

ablis

h p

ublic

par

king

to

cr

eate

a “

par

k o

nce

and

wal

k” e

nviro

nmen

t, 2

) to

re

lieve

pro

per

ties

with

on-

site

co

nstr

aint

s fr

om

p

arki

ng re

qui

rem

ents

, 3) t

o re

duc

e th

e im

pac

t o

f priv

ate

surf

ace

par

king

lots

on

the

qua

lity

of

the

ped

estr

ian

envi

ronm

ent,

and

4) t

o g

ener

ate

reve

nue

to p

rovi

de

the

pub

lic p

arki

ng s

upp

ly.

Dev

elo

pm

ent

in t

he P

E D

istr

ict

is e

xem

pt

fro

m

on-

site

par

king

and

load

ing

req

uire

men

ts e

xcep

t fo

r re

sid

entia

l use

s. W

itho

ut t

he c

ons

trai

nts

of

pro

vid

ing

par

king

, dev

elo

pm

ent

can

max

imiz

e la

nd u

tiliz

atio

n an

d c

reat

e a

visu

ally

inte

rest

ing

p

edes

tria

n-sc

aled

str

eet

fro

ntag

e. S

mal

l par

cels

are

fe

asib

le t

o d

evel

op

with

out

the

bur

den

of c

ost

ly o

r in

feas

ible

und

erg

roun

d o

r st

ruct

ured

par

king

. The

PE

Dis

tric

t is

co

mb

ined

with

a P

arki

ng B

enefi

t Z

one

to

fund

pub

lic p

arki

ng fa

cilit

ies

as d

escr

ibed

late

r in

thi

s ch

apte

r.

Do

wnt

ow

n Fr

ing

e A

rea

The

Do

wnt

ow

n Fr

ing

e A

rea

is c

om

pris

ed o

f D

ow

nto

wn

wes

t o

f So

sco

l Ave

nue

and

out

sid

e o

f the

PE

Dis

tric

t. T

his

area

is n

ot

as in

tens

ivel

y d

evel

op

ed a

s th

e D

ow

nto

wn

core

and

is n

ot

exem

pt

fro

m o

n-si

te p

arki

ng re

qui

rem

ents

. The

ar

ea s

erve

s as

a t

rans

itio

n b

etw

een

the

inte

nsiv

e co

mm

erci

al c

ore

and

the

ad

jace

nt re

sid

entia

l

neig

hbo

rho

od

s. T

his

area

is a

mix

of l

ow

er in

tens

ity

com

mer

cial

and

old

er re

sid

entia

l. It

is t

he fi

rst

area

to

po

tent

ially

ab

sorb

par

king

sp

illo

ver

imp

acts

sh

oul

d t

he C

ity in

stitu

te c

hang

es in

par

king

po

licy

such

as

mar

ket

pric

ing

. Thi

s is

a t

ypic

al d

ow

nto

wn

gro

win

g p

ain

whi

ch s

tab

ilize

s o

ver

time,

but

the

C

ity s

houl

d b

e p

rep

ared

to

ad

op

t ne

ighb

orh

oo

d

pro

tect

ive

po

licie

s un

til s

tab

iliza

tion

occ

urs.

Eas

t o

f So

sco

l Ave

nue/

Oxb

ow

Dis

tric

tTh

e E

ast

of S

osc

ol A

venu

e/O

xbo

w D

istr

ict

(the

O

xbo

w D

istr

ict)

is c

om

pris

ed o

f the

po

rtio

n o

f D

ow

nto

wn

east

of S

osc

ol A

venu

e th

at c

ont

ains

th

e O

xbo

w D

istr

ict,

the

land

circ

umsc

ribed

by

and

wes

t o

f the

Nap

a R

iver

oxb

ow

. Thi

s d

istr

ict

is

dis

tinct

ly d

iffer

ent

than

the

Do

wnt

ow

n Fr

ing

e A

rea.

Th

e d

evel

op

men

t in

thi

s ar

ea is

less

den

se a

nd le

ss

hist

oric

tha

n th

e ar

ea w

est

of t

he r

iver

. Cur

rent

ly,

the

onl

y p

ublic

par

king

is o

n-st

reet

, and

sm

alle

r lo

t si

zes

with

zer

o lo

t lin

es m

ake

on-

site

par

king

la

rgel

y in

feas

ible

. If m

ore

inte

nsiv

e d

evel

op

men

t o

ccur

s in

thi

s d

istr

ict,

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h as

red

evel

op

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t o

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he S

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arki

ng s

trat

egie

s fo

r th

is d

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ict

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bet

wee

n th

e p

ublic

par

king

em

pha

sis

of t

he P

E D

istr

ict

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nven

tiona

l re

qui

rem

ents

ap

plie

d t

o t

he D

ow

nto

wn

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ge

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PA

RK

ING

STA

ND

AR

DS

Do

wnt

ow

n P

arki

ng R

equi

rem

ents

The

City

of N

apa

Zoni

ng C

od

e sp

ecifi

es o

n-si

te

par

king

req

uire

men

ts fo

r ne

w d

evel

op

men

t, a

s w

ell a

s ex

emp

tions

and

allo

wed

var

iatio

ns in

the

re

qui

rem

ents

. The

co

de

iden

tifi e

s au

tom

ob

ile

par

king

and

load

ing

req

uire

men

ts fo

r d

iffer

ent

typ

es o

f lan

d u

ses,

iden

tifi e

s b

icyc

le p

arki

ng

req

uire

men

ts, e

stab

lishe

s th

e ex

emp

tion

of

req

uire

men

ts in

the

PE

Dis

tric

t, a

nd e

stab

lishe

s an

d e

nco

urag

es t

he a

pp

licat

ion

of s

hare

d p

arki

ng

for

mix

ed-u

se d

evel

op

men

t w

ith p

rop

er t

echn

ical

su

pp

ort

.

The

curr

ent

City

of N

apa

auto

mo

bile

par

king

ra

tios

that

follo

w in

Tab

le 6

.1: P

rior

Do

wnt

ow

n A

uto

mo

bile

Par

king

Sta

ndar

ds

app

ly t

o n

ew

dev

elo

pm

ent

and

use

s, e

xpan

sio

ns, a

nd

inte

nsifi

catio

ns o

f use

on

all p

rop

ertie

s w

ithin

D

ow

nto

wn,

exc

ept

as n

ote

d in

sub

seq

uent

se

ctio

ns.

The

par

king

rat

ios

for

Do

wnt

ow

n us

es a

re lo

wer

th

an t

he c

ityw

ide

ratio

s. T

his

is in

reco

gni

tion

of

the

ben

efi t

of s

hare

d p

arki

ng fa

cilit

ies,

bus

ines

ses

and

ho

mes

with

in w

alki

ng d

ista

nce,

and

acc

ess

to

pub

lic t

rans

it. F

urth

er, g

iven

tha

t th

e Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an

go

als

and

po

licie

s su

pp

ort

a v

isio

n fo

r D

ow

nto

wn

as a

hig

her-

den

sity

, mix

ed-u

se a

rea

whe

re re

sid

ents

an

d v

isito

rs a

re e

nco

urag

ed t

o p

ark

onc

e an

d

visi

t se

vera

l des

tinat

ions

, it

is a

pp

rop

riate

to

use

re

duc

ed p

arki

ng s

tand

ard

s w

ithin

Do

wnt

ow

n. In

sup

po

rt o

f the

se p

rinci

ple

s th

e fo

llow

ing

mo

difi

ed

min

imum

par

king

req

uire

men

ts, a

s p

rese

nted

in

Tab

le 6

.2: D

ow

nto

wn

Aut

om

ob

ile P

arki

ng

Stan

dar

ds,

are

reco

mm

end

ed fo

r th

e D

ow

nto

wn.

Th

ere

are

a fe

w p

arki

ng e

xcep

tions

for

uses

with

in

the

PE D

istr

ict

as n

ote

d in

the

follo

win

g s

ectio

n.

The

reco

mm

end

ed m

inim

um p

arki

ng re

qui

rem

ents

fo

r ea

ch la

nd u

se c

ateg

ory

wer

e d

evel

op

ed b

y co

mp

arin

g t

he c

urre

nt C

ity o

f Nap

a p

arki

ng

req

uire

men

ts fo

r D

ow

nto

wn

to t

he c

alcu

late

d

par

king

dem

and

by

land

use

typ

e, a

s d

eter

min

ed

thro

ugh

the

shar

ed p

arki

ng a

naly

sis

for

the

pro

ject

ed b

uild

out

of D

ow

nto

wn.

Gen

eral

ly, t

he

City

’s re

qui

rem

ents

exc

eed

ed t

he p

eak

par

king

d

eman

d. F

or

this

reas

on,

the

cur

rent

Do

wnt

ow

n p

arki

ng r

atio

s fo

r re

sid

entia

l, co

mm

erci

al re

tail

and

offi

ce u

ses

wer

e m

od

ifi ed

to

bet

ter

refl e

ct t

he

antic

ipat

ed p

arki

ng d

eman

d. T

he re

com

men

ded

p

arki

ng re

qui

rem

ents

pre

sent

ed in

Tab

le 6

.2 a

re

sup

po

rted

by

and

func

tion

hand

-in-h

and

with

the

Tr

ansp

ort

atio

n D

eman

d M

anag

emen

t st

rate

gie

s d

iscu

ssed

in p

revi

ous

sec

tions

, as

wel

l as

with

the

p

arki

ng m

anag

emen

t st

rate

gie

s p

rese

nted

in t

he

follo

win

g s

ectio

ns.

Par

king

Req

uire

men

ts w

ithi

n th

e P

arki

ng

Exe

mp

t (P

E) D

istr

ict

The

follo

win

g re

gul

atio

ns a

pp

ly b

oth

to

new

d

evel

op

men

t an

d t

o c

hang

es o

f use

in e

xist

ing

b

uild

ing

s w

ithin

the

PE

Dis

tric

t:

Th e F

ifth

Stre

et G

arag

e is o

ne o

f fou

r pub

lic p

arki

ng

facil

ities.

MA

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172

Park

ing

Exe

mp

tion

sN

o o

n-si

te p

arki

ng o

r lo

adin

g is

req

uire

d w

ithin

th

e PE

Dis

tric

t ex

cep

t fo

r re

sid

entia

l and

lod

gin

g

uses

. Dev

elo

pm

ent

with

in t

he P

E D

istr

ict

may

p

rovi

de

all o

r p

art

of i

ts p

arki

ng o

n-si

te, a

s ap

pro

ved

thr

oug

h th

e U

se P

erm

it p

roce

ss, i

f the

lo

catio

n, o

rient

atio

n an

d d

esig

n o

f the

par

king

d

o n

ot

det

ract

fro

m t

he p

edes

tria

n-o

rient

atio

n o

f D

ow

nto

wn.

If d

evel

op

men

t is

ap

pro

ved

for

on-

site

par

king

, the

Par

king

Imp

act

Fee

(des

crib

ed

late

r in

the

follo

win

g s

ectio

ns) m

ay b

e re

duc

ed

pro

po

rtio

nate

ly.

Res

iden

tial

Sta

ndar

ds

Park

ing

for

resi

den

tial d

evel

op

men

t in

the

PE

D

istr

ict

mus

t co

nfo

rm t

o t

he s

tand

ard

s in

Tab

le 6

.1,

whi

ch in

clud

es t

he fo

llow

ing

par

king

sta

ndar

ds:

• G

uest

par

king

sha

ll no

t b

e re

qui

red

.

• O

ff-si

te p

arki

ng o

r us

e o

f on-

stre

et p

arki

ng

for

a lim

ited

num

ber

of u

nits

(typ

ical

ly

thre

e o

r fe

wer

) may

be

auth

oriz

ed b

y th

e Pl

anni

ng C

om

mis

sio

n w

ith a

pp

rova

l of

a U

se P

erm

it. T

o a

pp

rove

suc

h a

per

mit

the

Plan

ning

Co

mm

issi

on

shal

l fi n

d t

hat

the

off-

site

par

king

faci

lity

is re

aso

nab

ly

acce

ssib

le a

nd s

ecur

e to

the

ten

ants

and

is

ava

ilab

le lo

ng t

erm

; or

that

ad

equa

te

curb

par

king

is a

vaila

ble

ad

jace

nt t

o t

he

pro

per

ty; o

r th

at o

n-si

te p

arki

ng fo

r th

e re

sid

entia

l uni

ts is

no

t ne

eded

.

TA

BL

E 6

.1:

Pr

ior

Do

wn

to

wn

Au

to

mo

bil

e P

ar

kin

g S

ta

nd

ar

ds

Res

iden

tial

Use

s

Sing

le fa

mily

att

ache

d, r

esid

entia

l co

ndo

min

ium

s an

d a

par

tmen

ts o

f tw

o o

r m

ore

at

tach

ed u

nits

Per

Uni

t Pa

rkin

g R

equi

rem

ents

Stud

io1

1 b

edro

om

1.25

2 b

edro

om

s1.

5

3 b

edro

om

s1.

75

Gue

st p

arki

ng fo

r th

e ab

ove

use

s

No

t re

qui

red

unl

ess

with

in 2

00 fe

et o

f a re

sid

entia

l ne

ighb

orh

oo

d, i

n w

hich

cas

e g

uest

par

king

sha

ll b

e p

rovi

ded

at

1 sp

ace

per

4 u

nits

; or

1 sp

ace

per

2 u

nits

if

units

tak

e ac

cess

fro

m a

rter

ials

or

colle

cto

rs w

here

o

n-st

reet

par

king

is p

rohi

bite

d.

Com

mer

cial

and

Offi

ce U

ses

All

uses

exc

ept

hote

ls a

nd m

ote

ls, b

ed

and

bre

akfa

sts

whi

ch s

hall

use

the

City

wid

e st

and

ard

4 sp

aces

per

1,0

00 s

q. f

t. g

roun

d fl

oo

r

3

spac

es p

er 1

,000

sq

. ft.

oth

er fl

oo

rs

Bed

and

bre

akfa

st in

nsSe

e b

ed a

nd b

reak

fast

sta

ndar

ds

Ho

tels

and

mo

tels

1 sp

ace

per

sle

epin

g ro

om

plu

s 1

spac

e fo

r m

anag

er

plu

s 1

spac

e fo

r ev

ery

2 em

plo

yees

(ful

l or

par

t tim

e)

plu

s, if

ho

tel h

as c

onv

entio

n, b

anq

uet,

rest

aura

nt o

r m

eetin

g fa

cilit

ies,

par

king

sha

ll b

e p

rovi

ded

in a

dd

itio

n to

the

ho

tel r

equi

rem

ent,

as

det

erm

ined

by

Plan

ning

C

om

mis

sio

n, b

ased

on

par

king

stu

dy

pro

vid

ed b

y ap

plic

ant

and

acc

epta

ble

to

the

City

.

Pub

lic/q

uasi

pub

lic fa

cilit

ies

Stan

dar

ds

are

typ

ical

ly e

stab

lishe

d t

hro

ugh

par

king

st

udie

s o

f the

sp

ecifi

c us

e.

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

SP

EC

IF

IC

P

LA

N

CIR

CU

LATI

ON

AN

D P

AR

KIN

G

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TA

BL

E 6

.2:

Do

wn

to

wn

Au

to

mo

bil

e P

ar

kin

g S

ta

nd

ar

ds

Res

iden

tial

Use

s

Sing

le fa

mily

att

ache

d, r

esid

entia

l co

ndo

min

ium

s an

d

apar

tmen

ts o

f tw

o o

r m

ore

att

ache

d u

nits

1

Per

Uni

t Pa

rkin

g R

equi

rem

ents

Stud

io1.

0

1 b

edro

om

1.0

2 b

edro

om

s1.

2

3 b

edro

om

s1.

3

Gue

st p

arki

ng fo

r th

e ab

ove

use

s 1

No

t re

qui

red

unl

ess

with

in 2

00 fe

et o

f a re

sid

entia

l dis

tric

t, in

whi

ch c

ase

gue

st p

arki

ng s

hall

be

pro

vid

ed

at 1

sp

ace

per

5 u

nits

; or

1 sp

ace

per

3 u

nits

if u

nits

tak

e ac

cess

fro

m a

rter

ials

or

colle

cto

rs w

here

on-

stre

et p

arki

ng is

pro

hib

ited

.

Com

mer

cial

and

Offi

ce U

ses

All

uses

exc

ept

hote

ls a

nd m

ote

ls, b

ed a

nd b

reak

fast

s w

hich

sha

ll us

e th

e C

ityw

ide

stan

dar

d 2

3.2

sp

aces

per

1,0

00 s

q. f

t. g

roun

d fl

oo

r

2.

4 sp

aces

per

1,0

00 s

q. f

t. o

ther

fl o

ors

Bed

and

bre

akfa

st in

ns

No

red

uctio

n in

rat

ios.

See

bed

and

bre

akfa

st s

tand

ard

s

Ho

tels

and

mo

tels

3

1 sp

ace

per

sle

epin

g ro

om

plu

s 1

spac

e fo

r m

anag

er p

lus

1 sp

ace

for

ever

y 2

emp

loye

es (f

ull o

r p

art

time)

plu

s, if

ho

tel h

as c

onv

entio

n, b

anq

uet,

rest

aura

nt o

r m

eetin

g fa

cilit

ies,

par

king

sha

ll b

e p

rovi

ded

in

ad

diti

on

to t

he h

ote

l req

uire

men

t, a

s d

eter

min

ed b

y Pl

anni

ng C

om

mis

sio

n, b

ased

on

par

king

stu

dy

pro

vid

ed b

y ap

plic

ant

and

acc

epta

ble

to

the

City

.

Pub

lic/q

uasi

pub

lic fa

cilit

ies

Stan

dar

ds

are

typ

ical

ly e

stab

lishe

d t

hro

ugh

par

king

stu

die

s o

f the

sp

ecifi

c us

e.

Not

es:

Red

uced

on-

site

par

king

req

uire

men

ts fo

r ea

ch la

nd u

se c

ateg

ory

are

bas

ed o

n th

e fo

llow

ing

rat

io:

[Pea

k Sh

ared

Par

king

Dem

and

by

Land

Use

]

[Par

king

Req

uire

men

t Pe

r C

ity C

od

e b

y La

nd U

se]

1 Res

iden

tial p

eak

shar

ed p

arki

ng d

eman

d (r

esid

ents

onl

y) is

ab

out

70

per

cent

low

er t

han

the

num

ber

of s

pac

es re

qui

red

by

City

co

de.

A re

duc

tion

of a

pp

roxi

mat

ely

25

per

cent

was

ap

plie

d t

o re

sid

entia

l par

king

rat

ios

for

2 an

d 3

+ b

edro

om

uni

ts.

2 Offi

ce p

eak

shar

ed p

arki

ng d

eman

d is

ab

out

22

per

cent

low

er t

han

the

num

ber

of s

pac

es re

qui

red

by

City

co

de

and

reta

il is

ab

out

47

per

cent

low

er. S

ince

the

se t

wo

us

es s

hare

a s

ing

le s

et o

f par

king

rat

ios,

the

mo

re c

ons

erva

tive

red

uctio

n w

as u

sed

. A re

duc

tion

of 2

0 p

erce

nt w

as a

pp

lied

to

co

mm

erci

al a

nd o

ffi ce

par

king

rat

ios.

3 H

ote

l/m

ote

l pea

k sh

ared

par

king

dem

and

is a

bo

ut 5

7 p

erce

nt lo

wer

tha

n th

e nu

mb

er o

f sp

aces

req

uire

d b

y C

ity c

od

e. H

ow

ever

, the

City

des

ires

to m

aint

ain

the

curr

ent

stan

dar

d o

f 1 s

pac

e p

er s

leep

ing

roo

m a

nd 1

sp

ace

for

ever

y 2

emp

loye

es.

S

our

ce: D

ow

nto

wn

Nap

a Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an -

Ass

essm

ent

of P

arki

ng R

equi

rem

ents

, 201

0, K

imle

y-H

orn

and

Ass

oci

ates

, Inc

.

MA

Y

20

12

CH

AP

TER

6

174

Use

Per

mit

Req

uire

d E

stab

lishi

ng O

n-si

te

Park

ing

for

Com

mer

cial

Use

sO

n-si

te p

arki

ng fo

r co

mm

erci

al u

ses

may

onl

y b

e es

tab

lishe

d o

n co

mm

erci

al p

rop

ertie

s in

the

PE

D

istr

ict

with

a U

se P

erm

it an

d o

nly

if th

e p

arki

ng

has

bee

n lo

cate

d a

nd d

esig

ned

so

tha

t it

do

es n

ot

confl

ict

with

do

wnt

ow

n b

uild

ing

co

ncen

trat

ions

an

d p

edes

tria

n o

rient

atio

n.

Shar

ed P

arki

ng in

Mix

ed-U

se D

evel

op

men

ts

Out

sid

e o

f th

e P

arki

ng E

xem

pt

Dis

tric

tSh

ared

par

king

is d

efi n

ed a

s a

gro

upin

g o

f par

king

sp

aces

sha

red

by

mo

re t

han

one

land

use

, whi

ch

allo

ws

par

king

faci

litie

s to

be

used

mo

re e

ffi ci

ently

. It

is m

ost

effe

ctiv

e w

hen

thes

e la

nd u

ses

have

si

gni

fi can

tly d

iffer

ent

pea

k p

arki

ng c

hara

cter

istic

s th

at v

ary

by

time

of d

ay, d

ay o

f wee

k an

d/o

r se

aso

n o

f the

yea

r.

The

City

of N

apa

do

wnt

ow

n p

arki

ng s

tand

ard

s al

low

for

a re

duc

tion

to t

he a

mo

unt

of r

equi

red

o

n-si

te p

arki

ng fo

r a

mix

ed-u

se p

roje

ct a

s lo

ng

as t

his

red

uctio

n is

sup

po

rted

thr

oug

h a

shar

ed

par

king

ana

lysi

s th

at d

emo

nstr

ates

tha

t th

e p

eak

par

king

dem

and

for

ind

ivid

ual u

ses

occ

urs

at

diff

eren

t tim

es o

f day

, or

diff

eren

t d

ays

of t

he

wee

k, o

r in

oth

er w

ays

do

es n

ot

occ

ur a

t th

e sa

me

time

or

will

no

t b

e in

co

nfl ic

t. T

he a

naly

sis

mus

t al

so s

how

tha

t th

e to

tal p

eak

par

king

dem

and

ca

n b

e ac

com

mo

dat

ed b

y th

e re

duc

ed p

arki

ng

sup

ply

. The

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an s

tro

ngly

enc

our

ages

sh

ared

par

king

out

sid

e o

f the

PE

Dis

tric

t in

m

ixed

-use

dev

elo

pm

ents

and

am

ong

ad

jace

nt

dev

elo

pm

ents

with

var

ying

use

s, a

s lo

ng a

s th

e C

ity’s

dev

elo

pm

ent

app

rova

l req

uire

men

ts a

re m

et.

EX

IST

ING

PU

BLI

C P

AR

KIN

G S

UP

PLY

AN

D

DE

MA

ND

Exi

stin

g P

arki

ng S

upp

lyD

ow

nto

wn

cont

ains

ap

pro

xim

atel

y 1,

255

on-

stre

et p

arki

ng s

pac

es (1

,119

sp

aces

wes

t o

f So

sco

l A

venu

e an

d 1

36 s

pac

es e

ast

of S

osc

ol A

venu

e).

Off-

stre

et p

arki

ng c

ons

ists

of C

ity-o

wne

d s

urfa

ce

lots

and

par

king

str

uctu

res/

gar

ages

ava

ilab

le t

o t

he

pub

lic. T

here

are

705

sp

aces

in 1

4 p

ublic

sur

face

p

arki

ng lo

ts a

nd 1

,371

sp

aces

in fo

ur p

ublic

par

king

st

ruct

ures

for

a to

tal o

ff-st

reet

par

king

sup

ply

of

2,07

6 sp

aces

. The

re a

re a

to

tal o

f 3,3

31 e

xist

ing

on-

an

d o

ff-st

reet

pub

lic p

arki

ng s

pac

es in

Do

wnt

ow

n.

Exi

stin

g P

arki

ng D

eman

dPa

rkin

g d

eman

d re

fers

to

the

per

cent

age

of

par

king

sp

aces

tha

t ar

e o

ccup

ied

at

any

giv

en t

ime

of d

ay. G

ener

ally

, the

re is

a s

ing

le p

eak

per

iod

th

at c

ont

ains

the

hig

hest

num

ber

of a

ccum

ulat

ed

par

ked

veh

icle

s. T

he p

eak

per

iod

for

wee

kday

s in

Do

wnt

ow

n is

fro

m 1

1:00

AM

to

1:0

0 PM

. The

p

eak

per

iod

for

a w

eeke

nd is

on

Frid

ays

fro

m 1

:00

PM t

o 3

:00

PM3 . P

eak

wee

kday

on-

stre

et p

arki

ng

occ

upan

cy is

65

per

cent

and

pea

k w

eeke

nd

3 Pa

rkin

g s

upp

ly a

nd d

eman

d is

bas

ed o

n w

eekd

ay a

nd w

eeke

nd p

arki

ng s

urve

ys c

ond

ucte

d in

Jul

y 20

09 b

y K

imle

y-H

orn

and

Ass

oci

ates

’ sta

ff an

d C

ity s

taff.

Fo

r a

det

aile

d s

umm

ary

of p

arki

ng b

y b

lock

and

dis

tric

t, re

fer

to t

he A

ugus

t 25

, 200

9 m

emo

rand

um t

itled

“D

ow

nto

wn

Nap

a Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an –

Up

dat

ed E

xist

ing

Co

nditi

ons

Pa

rkin

g S

urve

y.”

Park

ing

struc

ture

s sho

uld

be d

esign

ed to

inte

grat

e int

o th

e m

ixed

-use

core

with

opp

ortu

nitie

s for

com

mer

cial s

pace

on

the g

roun

d fl o

or to

acti

vate

the s

treet

scape

in a

ppro

pria

te

loca

tions

.

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

SP

EC

IF

IC

P

LA

N

CIR

CU

LATI

ON

AN

D P

AR

KIN

G

175

occ

upan

cy is

59

per

cent

. Off-

stre

et p

arki

ng

spac

es a

re a

bo

ut 6

4 p

erce

nt o

ccup

ied

dur

ing

the

w

eekd

ay p

eak

per

iod

and

60

per

cent

occ

upie

d

on

the

wee

kend

pea

k. W

hen

dem

and

for

on-

stre

et a

nd o

ff-st

reet

par

king

is c

om

bin

ed, t

he t

ota

l p

arki

ng o

ccup

ancy

with

in D

ow

nto

wn

is 6

4 p

erce

nt

on

wee

kday

and

59

per

cent

on

wee

kend

pea

k p

erio

ds.

Sum

mar

y o

f K

ey F

ind

ing

s o

f E

xist

ing

P

arki

ng C

ond

itio

nsTh

e p

arki

ng s

tud

y p

rep

ared

for

the

Spec

ifi c

Plan

co

nclu

ded

tha

t w

hile

a fe

w in

div

idua

l lo

ts a

nd

gar

ages

fi lle

d u

p o

r w

ere

near

the

ir ca

pac

ity,

thro

ugho

ut D

ow

nto

wn

ther

e is

eno

ugh

par

king

w

ithin

the

PE

Dis

tric

t to

mee

t th

e d

eman

d

curr

ently

gen

erat

ed b

y D

ow

nto

wn

bus

ines

ses.

A

pp

roxi

mat

ely

40 p

erce

nt o

f the

exi

stin

g p

ublic

p

arki

ng re

mai

ns a

vaila

ble

for

the

dem

and

g

ener

ated

by

futu

re d

evel

op

men

t.

Whi

le o

ccup

ancy

sur

veys

ind

icat

e th

ere

is a

mo

re

than

ad

equa

te n

umb

er o

f par

king

sp

aces

with

in

Do

wnt

ow

n to

acc

om

mo

dat

e cu

rren

t d

eman

ds

bas

ed o

n th

e cu

rren

t le

vels

of b

uild

ing

occ

upan

cy,

this

fi nd

ing

is q

ualifi

ed

by

the

fact

tha

t p

arki

ng

dem

and

(at

time

of s

urve

y in

Jul

y 20

09) d

id n

ot

refl e

ct d

eman

d fr

om

new

ly c

ons

truc

ted

but

no

t ye

t o

ccup

ied

dev

elo

pm

ent,

and

tha

t nu

mer

ous

bui

ldin

g v

acan

cies

and

the

dep

ress

ed e

cono

my

are

bel

ieve

d t

o h

ave

red

uced

par

king

dem

and

to

an

unk

now

n ex

tent

.

Whi

le it

is im

po

rtan

t to

iden

tify

the

po

tent

ial

need

for

add

itio

nal p

arki

ng fa

cilit

ies

to m

eet

the

futu

re p

arki

ng d

eman

d w

ithin

Do

wnt

ow

n, it

is a

lso

im

po

rtan

t to

effe

ctiv

ely

man

age

and

mo

nito

r th

e co

nditi

on

and

func

tiona

lity

of t

he e

xist

ing

par

king

re

sour

ces

ove

r tim

e. T

his

is p

artic

ular

ly e

vid

ent

with

the

Sec

ond

Str

eet

Gar

age,

whe

re o

ngo

ing

co

ncer

ns re

gar

din

g p

oo

r ac

cess

and

circ

ulat

ion

of

the

agin

g fa

cilit

y hi

ghl

ight

the

eve

ntua

l nee

d fo

r re

cons

truc

tion

or

rep

lace

men

t.

MA

Y

20

12

CH

AP

TER

6

176

SP

EC

IFIC

PLA

N P

AR

KIN

G S

TR

AT

EG

Y

The

par

king

str

ateg

y w

ithin

the

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an is

in

tend

ed t

o re

mai

n p

rimar

ily a

s it

exis

ts t

od

ay

with

so

me

min

or

chan

ges

and

refi n

emen

t. T

he

follo

win

g d

escr

ibes

the

ove

rall

par

king

str

ateg

y fo

r D

ow

nto

wn,

iden

tifi e

s re

com

men

ded

cha

nges

to

cur

rent

par

king

reg

ulat

ions

, sum

mar

izes

the

es

timat

ed fu

ture

par

king

co

nditi

ons

at

bui

ldo

ut

of t

he S

pec

ifi c

Plan

land

use

pro

gra

m, e

stim

ates

fu

ture

pub

lic p

arki

ng n

eed

s an

d a

sso

ciat

ed c

ost

s,

and

reco

mm

end

s re

fi nem

ents

to

the

City

’s fu

ndin

g

mec

hani

sms

and

par

king

man

agem

ent

pra

ctic

es.

Gui

din

g P

rinc

iple

s fo

r P

arki

ng in

Do

wnt

ow

nTh

e p

rovi

sio

n o

f ad

equa

te p

arki

ng in

any

d

ow

nto

wn

envi

ronm

ent

is g

uid

ed b

y a

set

of

prin

cip

les.

The

follo

win

g a

re g

uid

ing

prin

cip

les

that

wer

e us

ed a

s a

foun

dat

ion

to d

evel

op

sp

ecifi

c p

arki

ng re

com

men

dat

ions

for

Do

wnt

ow

n N

apa.

• E

nsur

e th

at D

ow

nto

wn

is a

cces

sib

le b

y al

l fo

rms

of t

rans

po

rtat

ion.

• R

equi

re h

igh-

qua

lity

ped

estr

ian

conn

ectio

ns (i

.e.,

sid

ewal

ks, l

ight

ed

wal

kway

s, e

tc.)

bet

wee

n p

ublic

par

king

an

d a

ll D

ow

nto

wn

dis

tric

ts.

• E

nsur

e p

ublic

par

king

is e

asy

to lo

cate

by

pro

vid

ing

a c

om

pre

hens

ive

arra

ngem

ent

of s

tatic

and

/or

elec

tro

nic

sig

ns d

irect

ing

m

oto

rists

to

ava

ilab

le fa

cilit

ies.

• Pr

ovi

de

suffi

cien

t (b

ut n

ot

exce

ssiv

e)

par

king

sup

ply

to

acc

om

mo

dat

e th

e av

erag

e p

eak

per

iod

s an

d d

evel

op

pla

ns

to a

cco

mm

od

ate

exce

ss p

arki

ng d

eman

d

dur

ing

sp

ecia

l eve

nts

or

seas

ona

l pea

ks.

• U

se p

arki

ng m

anag

emen

t b

est

pra

ctic

es,

incl

udin

g p

ricin

g, t

o a

chie

ve a

bal

ance

b

etw

een

acco

mm

od

atin

g t

hose

who

ch

oo

se, o

r ne

ed, t

o d

rive

and

enc

our

agin

g

tran

sit,

to

pre

serv

e p

rem

ium

sp

aces

fo

r sh

ort

-ter

m u

se, a

nd t

o e

nco

urag

e tu

rno

ver.

• M

anag

e, p

rom

ote

and

enf

orc

e th

e sh

ort

-te

rm o

n-st

reet

par

king

sup

ply

in t

he

Do

wnt

ow

n co

re fo

r re

tail

sho

pp

ers

and

vi

sito

rs.

• M

aint

ain

and

exp

and

on-

stre

et p

arki

ng

whe

reve

r p

oss

ible

, and

car

eful

ly a

sses

s th

e tr

ade-

offs

of p

rop

osa

ls t

hat

red

uce

the

on-

stre

et p

arki

ng s

upp

ly.

• E

nsur

e a

reas

ona

ble

pro

visi

on

of l

ong

-te

rm p

arki

ng fo

r em

plo

yees

(bo

th in

pric

e an

d lo

catio

n) w

ho a

re t

he fo

und

atio

n o

f th

e D

ow

nto

wn’

s ec

ono

my

and

vita

lity.

• C

ont

inue

to

req

uire

sec

ure

on-

site

par

king

fo

r re

sid

ents

to

ens

ure

the

viab

ility

and

m

arke

tab

ility

of m

ixed

-use

dev

elo

pm

ent,

b

ut e

nco

urag

e d

evel

op

ers

and

bui

ldin

g

man

agem

ent

to im

ple

men

t p

arki

ng b

est

pra

ctic

es t

o a

ttra

ct h

ous

eho

lds

with

low

ve

hicl

e o

wne

rshi

p.

• Pr

ote

ct a

dja

cent

resi

den

tial

neig

hbo

rho

od

s fr

om

sp

illo

ver

par

king

tha

t m

ight

resu

lt fr

om

imp

lem

entin

g p

arki

ng

man

agem

ent

stra

teg

ies.

• R

evie

w a

nd re

fi ne

the

City

’s p

arki

ng

fund

ing

str

ateg

ies

to e

nsur

e ad

equa

te

reve

nue

to m

eet

futu

re c

ons

truc

tion,

o

per

atio

ns, e

nfo

rcem

ent

and

mai

nten

ance

ne

eds.

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

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EC

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IC

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PA

RK

ING

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

This

sec

tion

cont

ains

par

king

str

ateg

ies

and

p

arki

ng m

anag

emen

t m

easu

res

that

may

be

cons

ider

ed fo

r D

ow

nto

wn

for

mo

re e

ffi ci

ent

use

of

par

king

reso

urce

s. T

he fo

llow

ing

sec

tions

pro

vid

e to

ols

to

ad

dre

ss a

var

iety

of p

arki

ng a

nd lo

adin

g-

rela

ted

issu

es a

nd p

arki

ng d

eman

d m

anag

emen

t m

easu

res

that

can

red

uce

dem

and

and

ext

end

the

lif

e o

f the

Do

wnt

ow

n p

arki

ng s

upp

ly.

Park

ing

str

ateg

ies

need

to

acc

om

mo

dat

e m

ultip

le

user

s o

f Do

wnt

ow

n. U

sers

incl

ude

resi

den

ts,

resi

den

tial v

isito

rs, c

usto

mer

s (n

on-

resi

den

tial

visi

tors

, sho

pp

ers,

din

ers)

, em

plo

yees

, del

iver

y an

d p

ublic

ser

vice

s (p

olic

e, fi

re, r

efus

e, e

tc.),

and

re

sid

ents

of t

he s

urro

und

ing

nei

ghb

orh

oo

ds.

The

p

arki

ng s

trat

egie

s d

escr

ibed

bel

ow

iden

tify

the

user

s th

at m

ight

ben

efi t

fro

m t

he s

trat

egy.

Imp

lem

ent

a R

esid

enti

al P

erm

it P

arki

ng

Pro

gra

m

This

str

ateg

y is

prim

arily

to

pro

tect

resi

den

tial

neig

hbo

rho

od

s su

rro

und

ing

Do

wnt

ow

n fr

om

sp

illo

ver

par

king

. It

sho

uld

be

read

y to

imp

lem

ent

bef

ore

cha

nges

in p

arki

ng fe

es a

re in

stitu

ted

. In

ad

diti

on

to p

rote

ctin

g n

eig

hbo

rho

od

s su

rro

und

ing

Do

wnt

ow

n, t

his

stra

teg

y co

uld

allo

w

resi

den

ts o

f the

PE

Dis

tric

t o

r D

ow

nto

wn

Frin

ge

Are

a to

pur

chas

e p

erm

its t

o p

ark

on

stre

ets

in

the

surr

oun

din

g n

eig

hbo

rho

od

s p

rovi

ded

tha

t

ther

e is

suf

fi cie

nt o

n-st

reet

par

king

cap

acity

to

ac

com

mo

dat

e th

e ne

eds

of t

he n

eig

hbo

rho

od

. Th

e re

venu

e g

ener

ated

by

this

str

ateg

y m

ay b

e us

ed t

o a

dm

inis

ter

and

enf

orc

e th

e re

sid

entia

l p

erm

it p

arki

ng p

rog

ram

or

may

be

used

to

fund

im

pro

vem

ents

sp

ecifi

c to

the

nei

ghb

orh

oo

d in

w

hich

the

per

mit

was

so

ld (i

.e.,

traf

fi c c

alm

ing

, la

ndsc

apin

g a

nd s

tree

tsca

pe

imp

rove

men

ts).

Op

tio

n fo

r M

ont

hly

Par

king

Op

po

rtun

itie

s in

Pub

lic P

arki

ng F

acili

ties

The

City

may

co

nsid

er le

asin

g m

ont

hly

par

king

sp

aces

in p

ublic

off-

stre

et p

arki

ng fa

cilit

ies

to

resi

den

ts o

f Do

wnt

ow

n. T

his

is a

po

tent

ially

ef

fect

ive

stra

teg

y b

ecau

se p

eak

resi

den

tial

par

king

dem

and

is d

urin

g t

he la

te e

veni

ng a

nd

early

mo

rnin

g h

our

s w

hen

non-

resi

den

tial p

arki

ng

dem

and

is a

t its

low

est.

Thi

s p

rog

ram

may

als

o

allo

w re

sid

ents

to

par

k o

n-st

reet

usi

ng p

erm

its. T

he

City

may

co

nsid

er t

his

stra

teg

y if:

• Th

ere

is a

n un

antic

ipat

ed d

eman

d fo

r ad

diti

ona

l res

iden

tial p

arki

ng b

eyo

nd w

hat

is b

eing

pro

vid

ed b

y p

rivat

e d

evel

op

men

t.

• A

dev

elo

pm

ent

pro

ject

can

not

pro

vid

e o

n-si

te p

arki

ng b

ecau

se o

f a s

ever

ely

cons

trai

ned

site

, or

to p

rese

rve

a hi

sto

rical

ly s

igni

fi can

t b

uild

ing

. If t

his

is t

he c

ase,

off-

site

par

king

sho

uld

be

conv

enie

nt t

o t

he s

ite o

r a

max

imum

of

300

feet

fro

m t

he s

ite d

epen

din

g o

n th

e ty

pe

of u

se.

MA

Y

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• Th

ere

is p

arki

ng a

vaila

bili

ty (u

tiliz

atio

n le

ss

than

85

per

cent

) co

nsis

tent

ly in

one

or

mo

re m

unic

ipal

par

king

faci

litie

s.

The

City

cur

rent

ly is

sues

ove

r 10

0 p

arki

ng p

erm

its

for

surf

ace

lots

and

str

uctu

res

to a

cco

mm

od

ate

all d

ay p

arki

ng n

eed

s. W

heth

er t

his

pro

gra

m

sho

uld

be

exp

and

ed o

r co

ntin

ued

sho

uld

als

o b

e co

nsid

ered

and

ana

lyze

d in

the

dev

elo

pm

ent

of

futu

re p

arki

ng s

trat

egie

s.

Allo

w V

alet

Par

king

Alm

ost

exc

lusi

vely

use

d fo

r re

stau

rant

s, t

his

stra

teg

y in

crea

ses

par

king

cap

acity

as

wel

l as

conv

enie

nce

for

pat

rons

. The

City

sho

uld

co

ntin

ue

to p

erm

it re

stau

rant

s o

r o

ther

co

mm

erci

al

bus

ines

ses

to in

stitu

te v

alet

par

king

thr

oug

h a

use

per

mit,

incl

udin

g p

erm

issi

on

to re

serv

e o

ne t

o t

wo

p

arki

ng s

pac

es in

fro

nt o

f the

bus

ines

s to

co

nduc

t va

let

op

erat

ions

. The

City

may

co

nsid

er c

harg

ing

th

e b

usin

ess

a fe

e to

co

mp

ensa

te fo

r th

e lo

ss o

f th

e p

arki

ng s

pac

e(s)

use

d in

val

et o

per

atio

ns. V

alet

p

arki

ng c

an u

tiliz

e p

rivat

e p

arki

ng fa

cilit

ies

thro

ugh

agre

emen

ts w

ith t

he fa

cilit

ies’

ow

ners

or

pub

lic

par

king

thr

oug

h a

licen

se a

gre

emen

t w

ith t

he C

ity,

if ne

cess

ary.

In

the

near

ter

m, t

he C

ity m

ay id

entif

y tim

e-re

stric

ted

on-

stre

et v

alet

par

king

sp

aces

to

b

e us

ed b

y re

stau

rant

s d

urin

g t

he m

id-d

ay (1

2:00

PM

to

2:0

0 PM

) fo

r lu

nch

and

dur

ing

eve

ning

(6:0

0 PM

to

8:0

0 PM

) fo

r d

inne

r. In

the

long

ter

m, a

s d

evel

op

men

t in

tens

ifi es

in D

ow

nto

wn

and

on-

stre

et p

arki

ng s

pac

es in

crea

se in

util

izat

ion,

val

et

par

king

sp

ace

with

in o

ff-st

reet

par

king

lots

sho

uld

b

e id

entifi

ed

.

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

SP

EC

IF

IC

P

LA

N

CIR

CU

LATI

ON

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D P

AR

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G

179

Ad

op

t Lo

adin

g a

nd D

eliv

ery

Stra

teg

ies

for

Smal

ler

Pro

per

ties

Load

ing

are

as fo

r th

e d

eliv

ery

of g

oo

ds,

m

erch

and

ise

and

sup

plie

s ar

e es

sent

ial f

or

the

eco

nom

ic h

ealth

of D

ow

nto

wn.

Del

iver

ies

sho

uld

b

e ac

com

mo

dat

ed t

hro

ugh

a co

mb

inat

ion

of o

n-si

te lo

adin

g d

ock

s as

req

uire

d in

the

Zo

ning

Co

de

and

thi

s Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an, o

n-st

reet

load

ing

zo

nes

rest

ricte

d t

o c

erta

in h

our

s, a

nd p

erm

anen

t o

n-st

reet

load

ing

are

as. L

arg

er d

evel

op

men

t p

roje

cts

mus

t p

rovi

de

on-

site

load

ing

.

Smal

ler

or

oth

erw

ise

cons

trai

ned

site

s m

ay

be

serv

ed b

y o

n-st

reet

load

ing

zo

nes

that

are

re

stric

ted

to

load

ing

in t

he e

arly

mo

rnin

g h

our

s an

d a

fter

war

d re

vert

to

pub

lic p

arki

ng. T

hese

lo

adin

g a

reas

are

pro

ject

-sp

ecifi

c, b

ut s

houl

d

be

sele

cted

to

ser

ve s

ever

al p

rop

ertie

s. T

hese

re

stric

ted

load

ing

are

as s

houl

d b

e as

co

nven

ient

as

po

ssib

le t

o t

he s

ervi

ce e

ntra

nces

of t

he b

uild

ing

s th

ey s

erve

, but

if t

hat

is n

ot

feas

ible

, lo

adin

g

zone

s sh

oul

d b

e o

n si

de

stre

ets

or

in t

he b

ack

of b

uild

ing

s. E

ach

dis

tric

t in

Do

wnt

ow

n sh

oul

d

pro

vid

e se

vera

l per

man

ent

on-

stre

et lo

adin

g z

one

s d

istr

ibut

ed t

o p

erm

it d

eliv

erie

s th

roug

hout

the

day

.

Ove

r tim

e, t

he re

stric

ted

load

ing

zo

nes

sho

uld

b

e m

oni

tore

d b

y p

arki

ng e

nfo

rcem

ent

and

tho

se

heav

ily u

tiliz

ed m

ay b

e d

esig

nate

d a

s p

erm

anen

t lo

adin

g z

one

s. T

his

sho

uld

onl

y b

e d

one

if t

he lo

ss

of o

n-st

reet

par

king

sp

aces

do

es n

ot

adve

rsel

y af

fect

the

nee

ds

of t

he im

med

iate

pro

per

ties.

Mo

nito

r an

d R

evis

e P

arki

ng P

rici

ng

Cha

rgin

g fe

es fo

r p

ublic

par

king

is o

ne o

f the

m

ost

effe

ctiv

e p

arki

ng d

eman

d m

anag

emen

t st

rate

gie

s. V

aria

ble

pric

ing

leve

ls fo

r d

iffer

ent

leng

ths

of t

ime

or

for

pea

k p

erio

ds

can

enco

urag

e th

e us

e o

f alte

rnat

ive

mo

des

of t

rave

l and

rese

rve

spac

es fo

r th

e sh

ort

-ter

m n

eed

s o

f vis

itors

and

cu

sto

mer

s. G

ener

ally

, cha

rgin

g fe

es fo

r p

arki

ng is

co

nsid

ered

onl

y af

ter

par

king

leve

ls h

ave

incr

ease

d

to u

nacc

epta

ble

leve

ls a

nd t

ime

rest

rictio

ns

and

str

ong

enf

orc

emen

t ha

ve b

een

max

imiz

ed.

Idea

lly, t

he p

rice

of p

arki

ng in

the

PE

Dis

tric

t sh

oul

d e

vent

ually

refl e

ct m

arke

t ra

tes.

Thi

s ca

n b

e ac

hiev

ed b

y g

rad

ually

incr

easi

ng t

he h

our

ly

rate

of m

eter

s in

prim

e lo

catio

ns c

lose

to

po

pul

ar

des

tinat

ions

. Pub

lic p

arki

ng g

arag

es s

houl

d a

lso

ch

arg

e fo

r p

arki

ng u

sing

a p

ricin

g s

truc

ture

tha

t fa

vors

sho

rt-t

erm

par

king

clo

se t

o c

onc

entr

atio

ns

of r

etai

l and

ent

erta

inm

ent

and

favo

rs lo

ng-t

erm

p

arki

ng fo

r em

plo

yees

in m

ore

rem

ote

loca

tions

. Fu

rthe

r, o

n-st

reet

par

king

sho

uld

hav

e a

hig

her

hour

ly r

ate

than

the

rat

e in

pub

lic s

truc

ture

s, t

o

enco

urag

e tu

rno

ver

of o

n-st

reet

sp

aces

. It

sho

uld

b

e no

ted

tha

t im

ple

men

tatio

n o

f pai

d p

arki

ng

wo

uld

req

uire

the

inst

alla

tion

of p

arki

ng m

eter

s an

d re

tro

fi t o

f exi

stin

g p

ublic

gar

ages

to

incl

ude

secu

re e

ntra

nces

and

pay

sta

tions

.

Mo

nito

ring

the

util

izat

ion

of m

eter

ed s

pac

es a

nd

pub

lic o

ff-st

reet

faci

litie

s b

efo

re a

nd a

fter

a r

ate

chan

ge

will

pro

vid

e fe

edb

ack

on

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s o

f the

pric

ing

str

uctu

re a

nd in

dic

ate

whe

n a

rate

Smar

t Met

ers c

an b

e used

to m

anag

e on-

stree

t par

king

so

that

som

e par

king

is a

lway

s ava

ilabl

e for

visi

tor a

nd

custo

mer

conv

enien

ce.

MA

Y

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180

chan

ge

is w

arra

nted

(i.e

., w

hen

hig

her

rate

s d

o

not

affe

ct u

tiliz

atio

n o

r w

hen

utili

zatio

n re

gul

arly

ex

ceed

s p

ract

ical

cap

acity

). Th

e p

roce

ss s

houl

d b

e co

ntin

ued

unt

il a

mar

ket

rate

has

bee

n ac

hiev

ed.

A m

arke

t ra

te is

one

tha

t is

co

nsis

tent

with

sim

ilar

do

wnt

ow

ns a

nd o

ne t

hat

achi

eves

the

des

ired

85

per

cent

occ

upan

cy g

oal

. Ini

tially

, Do

wnt

ow

n us

es

may

no

t g

ener

ate

eno

ugh

dem

and

to

reac

h 85

p

erce

nt o

ccup

ancy

eve

ryw

here

, but

cer

tain

are

as

may

exp

erie

nce

hig

h o

ccup

anci

es. D

urin

g t

he

initi

al p

erio

d, t

he m

oni

torin

g w

ill e

xam

ine

how

the

ra

te c

hang

es p

arki

ng p

atte

rns.

Onc

e ra

tes

have

b

een

esta

blis

hed

and

acc

epte

d b

y th

e p

ublic

, it

is

a m

atte

r o

f mai

nten

ance

to

up

dat

e th

e ra

tes

whe

n ne

cess

ary

to m

aint

ain

the

85 p

erce

nt o

ccup

ancy

g

oal

as

dev

elo

pm

ent

cont

inue

s in

Do

wnt

ow

n.

As

dev

elo

pm

ent

activ

ity in

crea

ses

and

sho

rt-

term

dem

and

in t

he D

ow

nto

wn

core

reac

hes

satu

ratio

n, t

he C

ity m

ay c

ons

ider

the

use

of S

mar

t M

eter

s, w

hich

pro

vid

e va

riab

le p

ricin

g b

ased

on

time

of d

ay a

nd c

urre

nt d

eman

d, w

ith a

go

al t

o

mai

ntai

n 85

per

cent

occ

upan

cy fo

r vi

sito

r an

d

cust

om

er c

onv

enie

nce.

Fur

ther

, mo

der

n m

eter

eq

uip

men

t al

low

s “m

eter

sta

tions

” th

at t

ake

deb

it o

r cr

edit

card

s, im

pro

ving

reve

nue

colle

ctio

n an

d

enfo

rcem

ent.

Imp

lem

enta

tion

of p

aid

par

king

is n

ot

cons

ider

ed

nece

ssar

y un

til p

arki

ng le

vels

incr

ease

to

ap

pro

xim

atel

y 85

per

cent

with

tim

e re

stric

tions

and

st

rong

enf

orc

emen

t.

Use

r In

form

atio

n, W

ayfi n

din

g S

igna

ge

and

P

rom

oti

on

Inad

equa

te u

ser

info

rmat

ion

can

lead

to

co

nfus

ion

and

inco

rrec

t p

erce

ptio

ns re

gar

din

g t

he a

vaila

bili

ty

of p

arki

ng in

Do

wnt

ow

n. V

isito

rs n

eed

info

rmat

ion

on

par

king

loca

tion,

pric

e (w

hen

app

licab

le) a

nd

whe

ther

the

re a

re le

ss e

xpen

sive

alte

rnat

ives

. Thi

s in

form

atio

n ca

n b

e d

isse

min

ated

thr

oug

h m

aps,

si

gns

, bro

chur

es a

nd w

ebsi

tes.

Suc

h in

form

atio

n im

pro

ves

user

co

nven

ienc

e an

d s

ecur

ity, i

ncre

ases

th

e ut

iliza

tion

of p

arki

ng (p

artic

ular

ly in

less

id

entifi

ab

le fa

cilit

ies

and

loca

tions

), an

d d

isp

els

mis

conc

eptio

ns a

bo

ut p

arki

ng a

vaila

bili

ty. U

ser

info

rmat

ion

and

pro

mo

tion

is o

ften

fund

ed th

roug

h a

par

king

ass

essm

ent

dis

tric

t, o

r d

evel

op

ed a

nd

mai

ntai

ned

by

the

Cha

mb

er o

f Co

mm

erce

or

Do

wnt

ow

n B

usin

ess

Ass

oci

atio

n. P

arki

ng g

uid

ance

sy

stem

s, o

r at

leas

t re

al-t

ime

par

king

ava

ilab

ility

si

gns

at

gar

age

entr

ance

s, a

re t

he m

ost

effi

cien

t w

ay t

o g

uid

e m

oto

rists

to

par

king

faci

litie

s. P

arki

ng

way

fi nd

ing

, alo

ng w

ith re

al-t

ime

avai

lab

ility

, is

pre

ferr

ed s

ince

man

y m

oto

rists

vis

iting

Do

wnt

ow

n ar

e un

fam

iliar

with

the

are

a an

d w

oul

d b

enefi

t fr

om

d

irect

iona

l inf

orm

atio

n to

ava

ilab

le p

arki

ng.

Rea

l-tim

e p

arki

ng w

ayfi n

din

g h

as b

een

used

fo

r ne

arly

tw

o d

ecad

es in

man

y la

rge

and

sm

all

Eur

op

ean

com

mun

ities

and

has

bee

n d

ocu

men

ted

to

bet

ter

man

age

exis

ting

sp

aces

and

red

uce

on-

stre

et t

raffi

c co

nges

tion.

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

SP

EC

IF

IC

P

LA

N

CIR

CU

LATI

ON

AN

D P

AR

KIN

G

181

FU

TU

RE

PA

RK

ING

SU

PP

LY A

ND

DE

MA

ND

The

Spec

ifi c

Plan

incl

udes

a d

evel

op

men

t fo

reca

st

for

bui

ldo

ut o

f Do

wnt

ow

n. T

he fo

reca

st w

as

used

to

est

imat

e th

e p

arki

ng d

eman

d a

nd t

o

det

erm

ine

futu

re p

ublic

par

king

sup

ply

bas

ed o

n th

e st

and

ard

s an

d re

gul

atio

ns in

the

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an.

The

follo

win

g s

umm

ariz

es t

he e

stim

ated

par

king

d

eman

d a

nd a

sso

ciat

ed re

qui

red

pub

lic p

arki

ng,

and

pre

sent

s th

e es

timat

ed c

ost

and

loca

tion

of a

fu

ture

str

uctu

re.

Est

imat

ed P

arki

ng D

eman

d w

ith

Bui

ldo

ut

of

the

Spec

ifi c

Pla

n D

evel

op

men

t P

lan

The

dem

and

for

pub

lic p

arki

ng is

est

imat

ed w

ith a

sh

ared

par

king

ana

lysi

s o

f the

Do

wnt

ow

n’s

vario

us

dis

tric

ts. T

he a

naly

sis

det

erm

ines

the

am

oun

t o

f pub

lic p

arki

ng t

hat

will

be

req

uire

d t

o m

eet

dem

and

. Dem

and

for

pub

lic p

arki

ng fa

cilit

ies

incl

udes

:

• E

xist

ing

par

king

dem

and

fro

m

dev

elo

pm

ent

that

will

rem

ain,

plu

s

• Pa

rkin

g d

eman

d g

ener

ated

fro

m b

uild

-o

ut o

f the

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an’s

dev

elo

pm

ent

pro

gra

m, m

inus

• Pa

rkin

g d

eman

d fr

om

exi

stin

g la

nd u

ses

that

will

be

rem

ove

d t

o m

ake

way

for

new

d

evel

op

men

t.

With

in t

he P

E D

istr

ict,

par

king

dem

and

is s

atis

fi ed

p

rimar

ily w

ith p

ublic

par

king

and

sup

ple

men

ted

by

priv

ate

par

king

. The

ana

lysi

s as

sum

es a

n al

loca

tion

bet

wee

n p

rivat

e (o

n-si

te) a

nd p

ublic

(off-

site

)

par

king

. Out

sid

e o

f the

PE

Dis

tric

t m

ost

of t

he

par

king

dem

and

is m

et w

ith p

rivat

e o

n-si

te p

arki

ng

and

a s

mal

ler

frac

tion

uses

pub

lic o

n-st

reet

sp

aces

.

The

anal

ysis

use

s th

e m

etho

do

log

y an

d p

arki

ng

dem

and

ass

ump

tions

cus

tom

arily

use

d in

the

p

arki

ng in

dus

try

and

pub

lishe

d b

y th

e In

stitu

te

of T

rans

po

rtat

ion

Eng

inee

rs (I

TE) a

nd t

he U

rban

La

nd In

stitu

te (U

LI).

Park

ing

dem

and

met

hod

s an

d

assu

mp

tions

incl

ude:

• Pa

rkin

g d

eman

d r

ates

(the

num

ber

of

accu

mul

ated

par

ked

car

s ex

pec

ted

for

a sp

ecifi

c ty

pe

and

am

oun

t o

f lan

d u

se

at it

s p

eak

gen

erat

ion

on

a w

eekd

ay

or

wee

kend

day

) are

fro

m t

he IT

E’s

Park

ing

Gen

erat

ion,

4th

Ed

itio

n. P

arki

ng

Gen

erat

ion

is a

sta

ndar

d re

fere

nce

used

b

y ju

risd

ictio

ns t

hro

ugho

ut t

he c

oun

try

for

the

estim

atio

n o

f par

king

dem

and

p

ote

ntia

l of p

rop

ose

d d

evel

op

men

ts.

• D

eman

d r

ates

are

use

d t

o e

stim

ate

the

add

itio

n o

f par

king

dem

and

fro

m n

ew

dev

elo

pm

ent

and

the

sub

trac

tion

of

par

king

dem

and

fro

m e

xist

ing

use

s th

at

are

pro

po

sed

to

be

red

evel

op

ed.

• 10

0 p

erce

nt o

f the

City

co

de-

req

uire

d

par

king

wo

uld

be

pro

vid

ed o

n-si

te fo

r re

sid

entia

l use

s w

ithin

the

PE

Dis

tric

t an

d

all u

ses

out

sid

e o

f the

PE

Dis

tric

t, e

xcep

t sm

alle

r d

evel

op

men

t si

tes

in t

he O

xbo

w

Dis

tric

t w

here

it is

infe

asib

le t

o p

rovi

de

on-

site

par

king

. Dem

and

gen

erat

ed b

y th

e sm

all d

evel

op

men

t si

tes

will

rely

on

pub

lic

par

king

.

MA

Y

20

12

CH

AP

TER

6

182

• W

ithin

the

PE

Dis

tric

t, n

on-

resi

den

tial

dev

elo

pm

ent

wo

uld

no

t b

e re

qui

red

to

pro

vid

e o

n-si

te p

arki

ng b

ut, f

or

the

pur

po

ses

of t

his

anal

ysis

, it i

s as

sum

ed th

at

abo

ut 2

0 p

erce

nt o

f the

Dis

tric

t’s d

eman

d

wo

uld

be

pro

vid

ed b

y o

n-si

te p

arki

ng.

Tab

le 6

.3: P

arki

ng S

upp

ly/D

eman

d a

t B

uild

out

of

Spec

ifi c

Plan

sum

mar

izes

the

futu

re p

arki

ng s

upp

ly

and

dem

and

in D

ow

nto

wn

with

bui

ldo

ut o

f the

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an’s

dev

elo

pm

ent

pro

gra

m. A

s sh

ow

n in

th

e ta

ble

, the

par

king

dem

and

ana

lysi

s es

timat

ed

a p

eak

wee

kday

dem

and

for

pub

lic p

arki

ng (o

n-st

reet

and

off-

stre

et p

ublic

lots

and

gar

ages

) of

1,88

9 ve

hicl

es w

ithin

the

PE

Dis

tric

t, 8

67 v

ehic

les

in t

he D

ow

nto

wn

Frin

ge

Are

a an

d 1

62 v

ehic

les

in

the

Oxb

ow

Dis

tric

t, o

r a

tota

l wee

kday

dem

and

of

2,91

8 p

ublic

par

king

sp

aces

. Ref

er t

o t

he S

pec

ifi c

Plan

EIR

for

a co

mp

rehe

nsiv

e d

escr

iptio

n o

f the

p

arki

ng a

naly

sis.

The

tota

l pea

k o

ff-si

te fu

ture

par

king

dem

and

of

2,91

8 sp

aces

do

es n

ot

exce

ed t

he t

ota

l fut

ure

par

king

sup

ply

of 3

,078

4 sp

aces

with

in D

ow

nto

wn.

H

ow

ever

, the

to

tal d

eman

d e

xcee

ds

the

pra

ctic

al

cap

acity

5 (85

per

cent

) of t

he o

ff-si

te p

arki

ng s

upp

ly.

Furt

her,

the

futu

re p

arki

ng d

eman

d fo

r th

e O

xbo

w

Dis

tric

t an

d t

he P

E D

istr

ict

exce

eds

futu

re p

arki

ng

sup

ply

, res

ultin

g in

a p

arki

ng d

efi c

it w

ithin

the

se

area

s.

TA

BL

E 6

.3:

Pa

rk

ing

Su

pp

ly/

De

ma

nd

at

Bu

ild

ou

t o

f S

pe

cif

ic P

lan

Dis

tric

t

Futu

re O

ff-Si

te P

arki

ng

Sup

ply

Futu

re P

eak

Off-

Site

Par

king

Dem

and

Futu

re

Surp

lus/

D

efi c

it

%

Occ

up.

On-

Stre

etO

ff-St

reet

Tota

lE

xist

ing

D

eman

d

Exi

stin

g

Dem

and

D

isp

lace

d

Ad

ded

O

ff-Si

te

Dem

and

Tota

l Fu

ture

D

eman

d

Park

ing

E

xem

pt

Dis

tric

t48

41,

296

1,78

01,

320

-1,0

38+

1,60

71,

889

-109

106%

Do

wnt

ow

n Fr

ing

e A

rea

602

560

1,16

266

80

+19

986

7+

295

75%

Eas

t o

f So

sco

l Ave

/

Oxb

ow

D

istr

ict

136

013

673

0+

8916

2-2

611

9%

Tota

l D

ow

nto

wn

1,22

21,

856

3,07

82,

061

-1,0

38+

1,89

52,

918

+16

095

%

Not

es:

Perio

d o

f Fut

ure

Peak

Par

king

Dem

and

= W

eekd

ays

(No

n-Fr

iday

) bet

wee

n 1:

00 P

M –

3:0

0 PM

.

Park

ing

occ

upan

cy g

reat

er t

han

85 p

erce

nt in

dic

ates

tha

t th

e p

arki

ng d

eman

d e

xcee

ds

“pra

ctic

al c

apac

ity”

whi

ch

is c

ons

ider

ed t

o b

e th

e hi

ghe

st p

eak

par

king

occ

upan

cy t

o m

aint

ain

an e

ffect

ive

and

effi

cien

t p

arki

ng s

yste

m.

Sour

ce: D

ow

nto

wn

Nap

a Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an T

raffi

c an

d P

arki

ng Im

pac

t A

naly

sis

for

the

Dra

ft E

nviro

nmen

tal I

mp

act

Rep

ort

, Kim

ley-

Ho

rn a

nd A

sso

ciat

es, I

nc.,

No

vem

ber

201

0.

4 N

ote

tha

t th

e b

asel

ine

futu

re p

ublic

par

king

sup

ply

is le

ss t

han

exis

ting

par

king

sup

ply

due

to

a lo

ss o

f par

king

sp

aces

in c

onj

unct

ion

with

the

Oxb

ow

Byp

ass

pro

ject

.

5 Th

e p

ract

ical

cap

acity

for

par

king

is d

efi n

ed a

t 85

per

cent

to

90

per

cent

util

izat

ion

of p

arki

ng s

pac

es. K

eep

ing

ab

out

10

per

cent

to

15

per

cent

of t

he s

pac

es v

acan

t p

rovi

des

a c

ushi

on

in e

xces

s o

f nec

essa

ry p

arki

ng s

pac

es

to a

llow

for

the

dyn

amic

s o

f par

king

(i.e

., p

eop

le c

ircul

atin

g in

sea

rch

of a

sp

ace,

and

mo

ving

in a

nd o

ut o

f p

arki

ng s

pac

es).

Whe

n o

ccup

ancy

exc

eed

s th

e p

ract

ical

cap

acity

, driv

ers

will

exp

erie

nce

del

ays

and

frus

trat

ion

whi

le s

earc

hing

for

a p

arki

ng s

pac

e, a

s w

ell a

s co

ntrib

ute

to a

rea

traf

fi c c

ong

estio

n w

hile

circ

ling

the

blo

ck

loo

king

for

par

king

.

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

SP

EC

IF

IC

P

LA

N

CIR

CU

LATI

ON

AN

D P

AR

KIN

G

183

PU

BLI

C P

AR

KIN

G S

UP

PLY

AN

D

PR

OP

OS

ED

FA

CIL

ITIE

S S

TR

AT

EG

IES

Ad

diti

ona

l pub

lic p

arki

ng is

nee

ded

to

ac

com

mo

dat

e th

e fu

ture

pea

k p

arki

ng d

eman

d

and

rem

ain

with

in t

he p

ract

ical

cap

acity

re

qui

rem

ents

(85

per

cent

occ

upan

cy) o

f D

ow

nto

wn.

The

follo

win

g re

com

men

dat

ions

wo

uld

sa

tisfy

the

are

a’s

need

s:

• Th

e Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an’s

prim

ary

reco

mm

end

atio

n is

to

co

nstr

uct

bet

wee

n 30

0 an

d 4

00 p

arki

ng s

pac

es w

ithin

D

ow

nto

wn

wes

t o

f So

sco

l Ave

nue

in

ord

er t

o a

cco

mm

od

ate

the

futu

re p

arki

ng

dem

and

with

bui

ldo

ut o

f the

Pla

nnin

g

Are

a an

d t

he lo

ss o

f so

me

pub

lic p

arki

ng

due

to

the

Oxb

ow

Byp

ass

pro

ject

. A

four

-leve

l par

king

str

uctu

re o

n o

ne h

alf

of a

typ

ical

blo

ck in

Do

wnt

ow

n w

oul

d

pro

vid

e ap

pro

xim

atel

y 37

3 to

400

sp

aces

. Th

e g

ener

al v

icin

ity o

f the

inte

rsec

tion

of

Pear

l Str

eet

and

Wes

t St

reet

with

in t

he P

E

Dis

tric

t ha

s b

een

iden

tifi e

d a

s a

po

tent

ial

loca

tion

for

a fu

ture

par

king

str

uctu

re. T

his

area

is id

eally

loca

ted

to

ser

ve t

he p

arki

ng

need

s o

f the

are

as w

here

futu

re p

arki

ng

dem

and

is h

ighe

st.

• E

valu

ate

the

po

tent

ial f

or

exp

and

ing

the

PE

bo

und

ary.

• A

dju

st t

he P

arki

ng Im

pac

t Fe

e to

mo

re

clo

sely

refl e

ct t

he a

ctua

l co

st o

f pro

vid

ing

p

arki

ng.

• Pr

ovi

de

an a

dd

itio

nal 7

5 to

100

pub

lic

par

king

sp

aces

in t

he O

xbo

w D

istr

ict.

A

po

tent

ial s

trat

egy

is t

o s

eek

a p

ublic

/p

rivat

e ve

ntur

e to

co

nstr

uct

a p

arki

ng

stru

ctur

e w

ith p

ublic

ly a

vaila

ble

sp

aces

as

par

t o

f red

evel

op

men

t o

f the

are

a. A

ce

ntra

lly lo

cate

d p

ublic

/priv

ate

par

king

fa

cilit

y w

ithin

the

Dis

tric

t al

low

s th

e m

axim

izat

ion

of d

evel

op

able

land

on

the

Dis

tric

t’s s

mal

ler

par

cels

, avo

ids

the

need

an

d c

ost

of a

gg

reg

atin

g p

rop

erty

for

a la

rge

pro

ject

, and

imp

rove

s th

e p

edes

tria

n en

viro

nmen

t. In

the

inte

rim, i

f dem

and

st

arts

to

exc

eed

sup

ply

, a t

emp

ora

ry

stra

teg

y in

clud

es in

vest

igat

ing

the

op

tion

of l

easi

ng t

he C

oun

ty C

orp

Yar

d o

r an

oth

er s

urfa

ce p

arki

ng s

ite in

the

are

a.

• A

s a

long

er t

erm

op

po

rtun

ity, t

he C

ity m

ay

cons

ider

red

evel

op

men

t o

f the

Sec

ond

St

reet

Gar

age.

With

co

mp

letio

n o

f the

C

oun

ty’s

pla

ns t

o c

ons

truc

t ne

w o

ffi ce

s o

n Th

ird S

tree

t, t

he C

arrit

her’s

Bui

ldin

g m

ay

MA

Y

20

12

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AP

TER

6

184

bec

om

e su

rplu

s an

d t

he C

ity w

oul

d h

ave

a fi r

st r

ight

to

acq

uire

the

pro

per

ty. T

his

is

an o

pp

ort

unity

to

wo

rk w

ith a

dev

elo

per

to

red

evel

op

the

site

and

incl

ude

pub

lic

par

king

.

Bas

ed o

n th

e av

erag

e co

st o

f $32

,000

6 p

er s

pac

e to

co

nstr

uct

a ne

w s

truc

ture

d p

arki

ng fa

cilit

y in

Do

wnt

ow

n, t

he c

ost

of t

he re

com

men

ded

ne

w 3

00 t

o 4

00 s

pac

e p

arki

ng s

truc

ture

with

in

Do

wnt

ow

n w

est

of S

osc

ol A

venu

e is

est

imat

ed a

t ap

pro

xim

atel

y $1

2 m

illio

n (e

xclu

din

g la

nd c

ost

s) t

o

$14.

3 m

illio

n (in

clud

ing

co

sts

of l

and

acq

uisi

tion)

. Tw

o p

ote

ntia

l fun

din

g o

ptio

ns t

hat

may

be

pur

sued

to

fund

the

reco

mm

end

ed s

truc

ture

incl

ude:

• Th

e cr

eatio

n o

f a n

ew a

sses

smen

t d

istr

ict

app

licab

le o

nly

to n

ew/r

edev

elo

ped

no

n-re

sid

entia

l pro

per

ties

with

in t

he P

E D

istr

ict

to fu

nd t

he e

xact

co

st o

f the

str

uctu

re

reco

mm

end

ed a

bo

ve. I

f ad

op

ted

, thi

s w

oul

d re

pla

ce t

he c

urre

nt P

arki

ng Im

pac

t Fe

e w

ith t

he a

sses

smen

t d

istr

ict.

The

cu

rren

t B

usin

ess

Lice

nse

Tax

asse

ssm

ent

coul

d b

e co

ntin

ued

for

op

erat

ions

and

m

aint

enan

ce o

f exi

stin

g fa

cilit

ies.

• Th

e co

ntin

uatio

n o

f the

cur

rent

Par

king

Im

pac

t Fe

e p

ract

ice,

but

ad

just

men

t o

f th

e fe

e to

mat

ch t

he a

ctua

l co

st o

f new

p

arki

ng a

nd in

clud

e la

nd a

cqui

sitio

n in

the

fe

e. T

his

pra

ctic

e co

uld

beg

in im

med

iate

ly,

with

a g

rad

ual i

ncre

ase

fro

m t

he c

urre

nt

fee

to re

ach

the

des

ired

am

oun

t o

ver

a p

erio

d o

f thr

ee t

o fi

ve y

ears

. Unl

ike

asse

ssm

ent

fees

, par

king

imp

act

fees

ca

nno

t b

e us

ed t

o p

ay o

per

atio

n an

d

mai

nten

ance

co

sts

of e

xist

ing

or

pla

nned

p

arki

ng fa

cilit

ies.

• B

egin

par

king

man

agem

ent

stra

teg

ies

such

as

char

gin

g fo

r co

nven

ient

par

king

an

d s

pec

ial e

vent

s p

arki

ng.

The

cost

of t

he re

com

men

ded

new

par

king

and

o

ptio

ns fo

r fu

ndin

g a

re d

iscu

ssed

in fu

rthe

r d

etai

l in

Cha

pte

r 8

– Im

ple

men

tatio

n an

d in

Ap

pen

dix

C:

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Ana

lysi

s.

PA

RK

ING

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

RE

CO

MM

EN

DE

D

AC

TIO

NS

This

sec

tion

sum

mar

izes

the

str

ateg

ies

to

sup

po

rt t

he im

ple

men

tatio

n o

f the

Sp

ecifi

c Pl

an’s

reco

mm

end

atio

ns fo

r ne

w p

ublic

par

king

faci

litie

s an

d p

arki

ng s

trat

egie

s fo

r ef

fect

ivel

y m

anag

ing

the

ex

istin

g a

nd fu

ture

par

king

sys

tem

as

the

Spec

ifi c

Plan

’s d

evel

op

men

t p

rog

ram

bui

lds

out

.

1.

Co

nstr

uct

a 30

0 to

400

sp

ace

par

king

str

uctu

re

with

in t

he P

E D

istr

ict,

po

tent

ially

with

in t

he

vici

nity

of t

he in

ters

ectio

n o

f Pea

rl St

reet

and

W

est

Stre

et. B

egin

co

nstr

uctio

n o

f thi

s fa

cilit

y w

hen

the

pea

k o

ccup

ancy

of p

ublic

par

king

co

nsis

tent

ly re

mai

ns n

ear

85 p

erce

nt o

r w

hen

a si

te b

eco

mes

ava

ilab

le.

2.

Seek

a p

ublic

/priv

ate

vent

ure

to c

ons

truc

t a

par

king

str

uctu

re w

ith p

ublic

ly a

vaila

ble

sp

aces

in

the

Oxb

ow

are

a. In

the

inte

rim, i

mp

lem

ent

a te

mp

ora

ry s

trat

egy

of l

easi

ng e

xist

ing

sur

face

p

arki

ng lo

ts o

n th

e C

OPI

A p

rop

erty

so

uth

of

Firs

t St

reet

. Eva

luat

e an

d e

xpan

d o

n-st

reet

p

arki

ng in

the

Oxb

ow

Dis

tric

t w

here

ver

it is

fe

asib

le.

3.

Acq

uire

the

Car

rithe

r’s B

uild

ing

pro

per

ty w

hen

the

Co

unty

dec

lare

s it

surp

lus

and

rese

rve

the

site

for

red

evel

op

men

t in

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith n

ew

priv

ate

dev

elo

pm

ent

and

/or

rep

lace

men

t o

f th

e Se

cond

Str

eet

Gar

age.

4.

Co

ntin

ue t

he c

urre

nt im

pac

t fe

e p

ract

ice,

b

ut a

dju

st t

he fe

e to

mo

re c

lose

ly m

atch

the

ac

tual

co

st o

f new

par

king

and

incl

ude

land

6 Th

e so

urce

of t

he p

arki

ng s

truc

ture

co

st p

er s

pac

e is

the

rece

nt c

ons

truc

tion

of t

he C

oun

ty’s

Fift

h St

reet

G

arag

e. T

he p

er s

pac

e es

timat

e in

clud

es c

ons

truc

tion

and

“so

ft”

cost

s o

f pla

nnin

g a

nd d

esig

n, c

ons

truc

tion

adm

inis

trat

ion,

and

co

ntin

gen

cy, b

ut d

oes

no

t in

clud

e th

e co

st o

f pro

per

ty a

cqui

sitio

n.

FI

NA

L

DO

WN

TO

WN

N

AP

A

SP

EC

IF

IC

P

LA

N

CIR

CU

LATI

ON

AN

D P

AR

KIN

G

185

acq

uisi

tion

in t

he fe

e. B

egin

ning

imm

edia

tely

, g

rad

ually

incr

ease

the

cur

rent

fee

to re

ach

the

des

ired

am

oun

t o

ver

a p

erio

d o

f thr

ee t

o fi

ve

year

s.

5.

Eva

luat

e th

e fe

asib

ility

of c

reat

ing

an

asse

ssm

ent

dis

tric

t ap

plic

able

onl

y to

new

/re

dev

elo

ped

no

n-re

sid

entia

l pro

per

ties

with

in t

he P

E D

istr

ict

to fu

nd t

he e

xact

co

st

of t

he s

truc

ture

reco

mm

end

ed a

bo

ve. I

f ad

op

ted

, rep

lace

the

cur

rent

Par

king

Imp

act

Fee

with

the

ass

essm

ent

dis

tric

t. C

ont

inue

th

e cu

rren

t b

usin

ess

licen

se t

ax a

sses

smen

t fo

r o

per

atio

ns a

nd m

aint

enan

ce o

f exi

stin

g

faci

litie

s.

6.

Est

ablis

h a

resi

den

tial p

erm

it p

arki

ng

pro

gra

m in

the

nei

ghb

orh

oo

ds

surr

oun

din

g

Do

wnt

ow

n, if

nee

ded

. Im

ple

men

t th

e p

rog

ram

usi

ng t

he C

ity’s

curr

ent

po

licie

s an

d p

roce

dur

es. T

he p

rog

ram

may

nee

d t

o

be

fully

or

par

tially

fund

ed b

y p

erm

it fe

es t

o

cove

r th

e co

sts

of e

nfo

rcem

ent.

7.

Mai

ntai

n th

e ec

ono

mic

vita

lity

of t

he

Do

wnt

ow

n re

tail

and

ent

erta

inm

ent

uses

b

y p

lann

ing

and

imp

lem

entin

g o

n-st

reet

co

mm

erci

al t

ruck

load

ing

zo

nes

with

tim

e re

stric

tions

in s

trat

egic

loca

tions

. Im

ple

men

t p

erm

anen

t o

n-st

reet

load

ing

are

as w

hen

conc

entr

atio

ns o

f del

iver

y-re

liant

land

use

s w

arra

nt a

ll d

ay lo

adin

g. E

stab

lish

truc

k p

arki

ng a

nd lo

adin

g a

reas

to

red

uce

load

ing

in

terf

eren

ce w

ith t

raffi

c fl o

w o

r d

isru

ptio

n o

f th

e p

edes

tria

n en

viro

nmen

t.

8.

Whe

n p

arki

ng le

vels

incr

ease

to

una

ccep

tab

le

leve

ls w

ith t

ime

rest

rictio

ns a

nd s

tro

ng

enfo

rcem

ent,

co

nsid

er a

do

ptin

g p

olic

ies

that

in

stitu

te p

arki

ng p

ricin

g s

trat

egie

s. D

evel

op

a p

arki

ng p

ricin

g a

nd a

dju

stm

ent

po

licy

that

m

oni

tors

and

set

s va

riab

le p

ricin

g le

vels

for

diff

eren

t le

ngth

s o

f tim

e an

d p

eak

per

iod

s to

en

cour

age

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

e m

od

es o

f tr

avel

and

rese

rve

spac

es fo

r th

e sh

ort

-ter

m

need

s o

f vis

itors

and

cus

tom

ers.

Idea

lly, t

he

pric

e o

f par

king

in t

he P

E D

istr

ict

sho

uld

ev

entu

ally

refl e

ct m

arke

t ra

tes.

9.

Co

nsid

er a

do

ptin

g t

he re

com

men

ded

D

ow

nto

wn

par

king

rat

ios

pre

sent

ed in

Ta

ble

6.2

to

avo

id t

he c

ost

s o

f pro

vid

ing

ex

cess

par

king

and

to

furt

her

sup

po

rt t

he

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Dem

and

Man

agem

ent

and

p

arki

ng m

anag

emen

t st

rate

gie

s p

rese

nted

in

the

Spec

ifi c

Plan

.

10.

Whe

n p

arki

ng d

eman

d re

ache

s ap

pro

xim

atel

y 85

per

cent

, ins

tall

Smar

t M

eter

s th

at p

rovi

de

varia

ble

pric

ing

bas

ed o

n tim

e o

f day

and

cur

rent

dem

and

with

a g

oal

to

mai

ntai

n 85

per

cent

occ

upan

cy fo

r vi

sito

r an

d c

usto

mer

co

nven

ienc

e.

11.

Wo

rk w

ith D

ow

nto

wn

stak

eho

lder

s an

d

asso

ciat

ions

to

revi

ew, r

efi n

e an

d d

isse

min

ate

par

king

info

rmat

ion;

pro

mo

te D

ow

nto

wn

par

king

; and

dev

elo

p a

way

fi nd

ing

sys

tem

. E

vent

ually

imp

lem

ent

a p

arki

ng g

uid

ance

sy

stem

, with

at

leas

t re

al-t

ime

par

king

av

aila

bili

ty s

igns

at

gar

age

entr

ance

s.

12.

Enc

our

age

and

req

uire

, whe

re a

pp

rop

riate

, d

evel

op

men

t to

pro

vid

e cr

oss

acc

ess

ease

men

ts b

etw

een

priv

ate

par

king

lots

to

in

crea

se s

hare

d p

arki

ng o

pp

ort

uniti

es a

nd

faci

litat

e in

form

al c

onn

ectio

ns b

etw

een

par

king

lots

and

bui

ldin

gs.

Way

fi ndi

ng si

gnag

e, as

desc

ribed

in th

e pub

lic re

alm

sec

tion

of C

hapt

er 5

– D

esign

Gui

delin

es, w

ill b

e an

impo

rtan

t asse

t to

Dow

ntow

n vi

sitor

s.