111.3.15Park Burlington | Downtown Parking & Transportation Plan

Downtown Parking & Transportation Plan

Public Forum

November 3, 2015

211.3.15Park Burlington | Downtown Parking & Transportation Plan

Three Parking & Transportation Plans

1. Downtown Parking & Transportation Plan (Desman Associates)

2. Residential Parking Management Plan (RSG)

3. Transportation Demand Management Action Plan (RSG)

All plans online at www.ParkBurlington.com

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Downtown Parking & Transportation Plan

State of system when Downtown Parking Initiative launched (2013)

• Deteriorated garages and equipment due to inadequate funding for PM and capital reinvestment

• The Traffic Fund had virtually no fund balance – and was only staying solvent by deferring necessary reinvestment

• Customers complained about having only one way to pay, garage cleanliness and safety, inability to find parking in the absence of clear wayfinding or parking information

• No public/private entity to guide transportation / parking policy or promote transportation options downtown – unlike our peer cities of Ann Arbor and Boulder

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Overview of Proposed Changes3 big goals

Improve customer

experience

Promote vibrant downtown

Financially sustainable

system

511.3.15Park Burlington | Downtown Parking & Transportation Plan

Overview of Proposed Changes3 big goals

Improve customer

experience

Promote vibrant downtown

Financially sustainable

system

Pay by cell at all metersPay by credit card in all lots

Cleaner, safer garagesBetter garage lightingGarage automationMore security

Pay tickets online

Purchase garage permits online

Online and mobile availability info

Achieve 15% vacancy on all streets, lots and garages – you can always find a place to park

Strategies to protect residential transition zones

Merchant sponsored validation for customers

Employee strategies

Open up privatelots to customers

Improved signageto reduce traffic

611.3.15Park Burlington | Downtown Parking & Transportation Plan

Overview of Proposed Changes3 big goals

Base hours of enforcement on market demand and usage data

Pay for $9.2M in deferred garage maintenance Charge for formerly

free high demand on-street spaces in the downtownSet prices based

on market demand for all parking facilities – adjust continually based on usage data

Eliminate 2 hour free at Marketplace Garage

Additional revenue through private space participation

Additional revenue through credit card payment expansion = increased compliance

Charge for Sunday parking based on market demand and usage data

Pay for new technology

Improve customer

experience

Promote vibrant downtown

Financially sustainable

system

711.3.15Park Burlington | Downtown Parking & Transportation Plan

Overview of Proposed Changes3 big goals

Reinvest revenues in alternative transportation

Encourage economic growth and development by using space devoted to parking differently

Reinvest in our downtown garages as engines of the economy

Reinvest revenues in bike parking infrastructure

Build new parking infrastructure where needed to support growth

Protect and strengthen residential transition zones through smart parking strategies

Create a more walkable downtown by replacing surface lots with vibrant uses

Reinvest revenues in safe sidewalks and parking facilities

Improve customer experience

Promote vibrant downtown

Financially sustainable system

Public/private partnership to provide new services

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What is new money needed for?

• $9.2M in deferred capital repairs to the garages Waterproofing, lighting/elevator upgrades, structural repairs

• Garage automation

• New technology like pay-by-cell and credit card accepting meters

• A public/private partnership, Go!Burlington, to coordinate new services: Continual data collection to refine the system through real-time data from

technology, as well as downtown stakeholder feedback Customer-friendly system upgrades Website improvements, mobile availability app, better signage/branding Parking broker – working with private employers and developers to fine tune

their parking solutions within the greater system mitigating impacts on other parking needs

Coordination of merchant validation and employee parking needs

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How are new dollars raised?

• Pricing based on market demand – usage data guides the pricing with a goal of 85% occupancy (if occupancy is higher than that, consider raising price; if occupancy lower, consider lowering price; some formerly free spaces will now cost $)

• Eliminating 2 hour free at Marketplace Garage (it would remain at College and Lakeview Garages near Macy’s)

• Charging downtown on Sundays – starting in the afternoon

• Hours of enforcement based on usage data and market demand

• Increased revenues from better compliance due to better technology

• Revenues from private facilities participating in the system

1011.3.15Park Burlington | Downtown Parking & Transportation Plan

Progress Well Underway

• Installed 280 smart meters

• Traffic Fund outperformed its budget in FY’15

• Completed structural assessment and capital needs for garages

• Initiated first phase ($800K) of garage capital repairs

• Installing wayfinding including dynamic garage signs

• Launching pay by cell in 2015

• Conducting regular data collection

1111.3.15Park Burlington | Downtown Parking & Transportation Plan

Downtown Parking & Transportation

The Traffic Fund has the potential to be a transformative tool for the future mobility needs of downtown

• Provide commute incentives like discounted bus passes to downtown employees

• Improve pedestrian links to parking and improve bike parking

• Launch or expand mobility innovations in our system (pay-by-cell, adaptive signal control, carsharing, dynamic signage, online ticket payments, etc.)

Ann Arbor’sDowntown Parking

& Transportation Resource

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• Oct 16: Plans posted on www.ParkBurlington.com

• Oct 20: Residential Plan Advisory Committee

• Oct 20: Police Commission

• Oct 26: City Council

• Oct 27: Planning Commission

• Oct 28: DPW Commission

• Nov 3: Parks Commission / Downtown Public Forum

• Nov 5: Ward 6 NPA

• Nov 11: Ward 1 NPA

• Nov 15: Public comment period concludes

• Nov 18: Church St Marketplace Commission

• Late November: Final draft plans released

• Nov 30: Downtown Advisory Committee (email approval)

• Dec 7 or 21: Council votes on downtown plan

• Dec 16: DPW Commission votes on residential planNOTE: Plans only recommend changes. All major changes will require additional public process.