steering committee
TRANSCRIPT
Tonight’s meeting
• Background
• Importance of Parking
• Importance of Mobility & Access
• Outline of the project
• Next steps / your role
• Feedback on draft Metroquest website
Background
• CMAP is the regional planning agency for the 7 counties around Chicago
• HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning grant to assist with the implementation of GO TO 2040
• Local Technical Assistance program
The Importance of Parking
• Parking is one of the largest single land uses in our municipal footprints
• Parking influences the character, form, function and flow of our communities– Walking & biking
– Flooding, pollution
– Housing cost
• Important to local businesses
• Goal of creating livable communities
Surface Parking
Surface Parking
24 cars
24 drivers
24 pedestrians & bicyclists
24 bus riders
Good streets move people, not just cars
Project Outline
1. Evaluation
2. Education / Outreach
3. Strategy Development
4. Implementation
5. Monitoring / Improvement
Evaluation
• Determine the available parking
• Create inventory tables
• Determine the occupancy by time of day for several days
• Create maps showing occupancy by time of day
Project Outline
1. Evaluation
2. Education / Outreach
3. Strategy Development
4. Implementation
5. Monitoring / Improvement
Outreach
• Public Outreach Strategy document
• Interviews
• Workshops
• Focus groups, as needed
• Interactive website
Project Outline
1. Evaluation
2. Education / Outreach
3. Strategy Development
4. Implementation
5. Monitoring / Improvement
Non-Pricing Strategies
• Employer incentives
• Shared, centralized parking
• Improved biking and walking infrastructure
• Narrowed streets with back-in angled parking
• Changing parking hours or opening “no parking” streets to parking
• Adjusting / simplifying permits
• Car-sharing vehicles
• Pricing is the most effective way to reduce parking congestion
• The goal is to open one or two spaces per block, not to make money
• Set the LOWEST price that will create parking availability so that drivers willing to pay will be able find a spot quickly, others will park further from the high-demand area and walk
• Give people options, make parking friendly
Pricing
Increasing supply
• Open new streets to parking
• Change time limit restrictions
• Angled parking on wide streets
• New lots
• Structured parking
Costs
• $4,000 - $8,000 /space for a surface lot
• $25,000-$35,000 /space for an above-ground structure
• $40,000-$70,000 /space for automated garage
• $40,000-$100,000 /space for an underground structure
Implementation
• After a variety of strategies are agreed upon, a report will be drafted
• Implementation actions items will be identified
• Reviews & revisions of draft plan
• Commitment from CMAP to follow through with implementation for 2 years
Thank you!
Lindsay Bayley, Senior Planner, CMAP
312-386-8826
www.cmap.illinois.gov/parking-strategies
