TDM & Strategic Parking Considerations ACT Canada TDM Summit, Halifax, NS October 22 , 2008

1. TDM & Strategic Parking Considerations ACT Canada TDM Summit, Halifax, NS October 22, 2008

2. Parking is not just a place to leave your vehicle It is also an important ingredient in: • Transportation Demand Management • Good Urban Design • Sustainable Economic Development These should be the major objectives of any Modern Municipal Parking Strategy

3. Transportation Demand Management (TDM) . . . requires careful coordination of several initiatives . . . . . . must deliver effective alternatives to driving during peak periods . . .

4. Transportation Demand Management (TDM) 1. Transit - must deliver effective alternatives to driving York Region – Markham

5. Transportation Demand Management (TDM) 2. Car/Van Pooling – must deliver alternatives to SOV driving Credit / Source: Colin McConnell/Toronto Star

6. Transportation Demand Management (TDM) 3. Appropriate Pricing (and Supply) of Parking

7. An Integrated Parking & TDM Plan Mississauga City Centre Parking Strategy

8. Mississauga City Centre HurontarioSt. City Centre Transit Terminal Square One Shopping Centre Central Library Living Arts Centre Highway 403 Burnhamthorpe Rd. City Hall

9. Mississauga City Centre Parking Strategy Major concerns regarding parking include: • Is the cost of providing garage parking an obstacle to office development in City Centre? • How is parking affecting transportation goals and transit investment? • Should the City be providing more municipal parking? • If so how, where and at what cost? • Do we need a Parking Authority?

10. Mississauga is Evolving . . . Initially At Final Development

11. Unsustainable Sustainable

12. Mississauga City Centre Parking Strategy Primary Study Recommendations • Continue to implement paid parking on existing and new public streets at every opportunity • Open up City Hall, Library & LAC garages for paid public parking use • Implement paid staff parking to demonstrate TDM leadership, recover operating costs and fund future TDM & parking programs • Revise OP policies & zoning bylaws to encourage shared parking, public private partnerships and TDM provisions • Employ strategic investment in new public parking facilities to act as a development catalyst for new office, institutional and hotel development in the City Centre • Develop a funding plan & organizational structure to efficiently and effectively implement the strategy • Extend elements of the Strategy to TOD Nodes & HOT Corridors outside the City Centre

13. Mississauga City Centre Parking Strategy Transportation Demand Management • Parking can be a powerful tool in shifting peoples’ travel choices • Parking supply, location & price used to promote less automobile use • Applicable mainly to employee parking demand management • Requires careful co-ordination of several initiatives to deliver effective results • Convenient transit service • Employee discounted transit passes • Auto Share service • Guaranteed Ride home service • Promotion of ridesharing, scooter/motorcycle use, bicycling, walking

14. Mississauga City Centre Parking Strategy Major Investment in Bus Rapid Transit & HOT on Hurontario Integrated TDM approach will increase ridership

15. Mississauga City Centre Parking Strategy City Centre Office Travel Mode & Parking Demand Target Assumptions Parking demand estimates are based upon employee density of 4/1000 sq.ft., 90% peak accumulation factor and visitor requirement of 0.30/1000 sq.ft. existing and 0.25 future. This will reduce future parking supply needs by 1250 stalls Saving at least $35 million in garage costs

16. Mississauga City Centre Parking Strategy Start by Maximizing the Utility of Existing & Currently Proposed Facilities • Spend roughly $0.75 million to open up existing garages for public use • Implement paid public and staff parking in garages in conjunction with supportive TDM programs in order to: • Demonstrate TDM leadership & increase transit ridership • Municipal employee transit use is only 7% compared to 13% overall for City Centre • Clearly establish a paid parking environment • Recover Operating Costs • Assist in funding future parking facilities & TDM programs • $0.8 million (approx.) per year in revenue could initially be generated • Could also extend program to Provincial Offences Courts & City Satellite office at 950 Burnhamthorpe Road West

17. Mississauga City Centre Parking Strategy

18. Mississauga City Centre Parking Strategy Future Economic Development • Mississauga Office Strategy Study • City Centre demand range is very wide – 1.0 to 2.5 million sq.ft. • Primary impediment is cost of underground parking • Pedestrian environment & lack of urban ambience also issues • City Centre demand range is very wide – 1.0 to 2.5 million sq.ft. • Primary impediment is cost of underground parking • Pedestrian environment & lack of urban ambience also issues • City Centre demand range is very wide – 1.0 to 2.5 million sq.ft. • Primary impediment is cost of underground parking • Pedestrian environment & lack of urban ambience also issues • Catalyst for New Hotel or Post Secondary Educational Institution in City Centre • Joint venture or wholly owned City Garage • Shared Parking is more cost effective and less space intensive

19. Mississauga City Centre Parking Strategy

20. Mississauga City Centre Parking Strategy Proposed Zoning By-Law Recommendations • Establish separate Payment in Lieu of parking category for City Centre • Update Shared Parking Schedule for City Centre • Allow private shared parking arrangements within 300 metres • Provide Auto Share parking supply reduction for residential & commercial uses • Require bicycle and car/vanpool parking for residential & commercial uses • Require participation in local TMA Smart Commute Program • Implement similar parking & urban design policies in TOD Nodes & HOT Corridors

21. Uptown Waterloo Parking Strategy May, 2008

22. Uptown Waterloo Parking Strategy PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE • Demand for development is strong! • Provincial and Community support for more sustainable development through intensification, good urban design and TDM is also strong • Existing Municipal Parking lots are the key to future development > A Parking Strategy for the future is required

23. ConceptualIllustration of Future Southside Development Potential & Garage Options Uptown Waterloo Parking Strategy

24. Uptown Waterloo Parking Strategy MUNICIPAL PARKING SYSTEM GUIDING PRINCIPLES 1. Maintain an appropriate supply of affordable, secure, convenient and appealing shared public parking that is accessible to all segments of the community. 2. Enhance the attractiveness of Uptown Waterloo by utilizing progressive urban design principles that support compact urban development, walk-ability, safety, security, and visual appeal. 3. Encourage and support sustainable economic development in the urban core by engaging the private sector in partnerships for the provision of strategically located municipal parking structures. 4. Provide facilities and programs that support public transit, taxis, ride sharing, cycling and walking by demonstrating Transportation Demand Management Leadership. 5. Operate as a financially self-sustaining parking enterprise in order to effectively deliver services that support good urban design, economic development and transportation demand management. 6. Engage the Community in consultation to support decision making and operate with transparency by regularly communicating with Community stakeholders.

25. Uptown Waterloo Parking Strategy ACTION PLAN a 10% reduction in SOV demand will save the need for 200 parking spaces or $5.5 million.

26. Becomes an integrated TDM strategy Saint John, NB Strategic Parking Plan Update

27. Coast Guard Site Residential, Hotel, College317 spaces Water St. Reconstruction125 spaces Pugsley Park & Hotel125 spaces Water St. Properties 335 spaces Market Square Office132 spaces Loft Apartments+ 200± spaces Centre Beam (Irving)132 spaces New YMCA 65 spaces New Police Headquarters 229 spaces Justice Complex 244 spaces Red Rose Office96 spaces Smythe St. Residential108 spaces NET Future Parking Needs – 1,851 spaces (2,108 less 257) [assume new developments meet min. bylaw requirements]

28. Saint John Strategic Parking Plan Table 1 – Future Parking Supply Targets A 400 stall reduction in future municipal parking garage needs will save $10.0 million in capital costs and free up more land for development.

29. Saint John Strategic Parking Plan Original Target was to reduce parking demand by 400 vehicles per day over several years After 1 Year a 280 vehicle per day reduction has been achieved Already looking at expansion plans For more PNR spaces and bus Service Simultaneously raised monthly parking rates an average 7% and hourly 25% with regular follow up increases planned Sold off a 100 space municipal parking lot for condominium development Source: Saint John Parking Commission & Saint John Transit Commission

30. Saint John Strategic Parking Plan Source: Saint John Parking Commission & Saint John Transit Commission

31. Saint John Strategic Parking Plan Parking Commission wrapped a bus with advertising to Promote Ridesharing ! Source: Saint John Parking & Transit Commissions They also introduced a ride matching web service to reduce parking demand!!

32. Saint John Strategic Parking Plan Next Steps: • The Transit & Parking Commission’s will jointly promote the ridesharing program by engaging large employers and advertising. • Express Bus Service will be expanded to meet demand and possibly extend to University & Hospital Complex north of core area. • Parking Prices will continue to be increased on a regular basis. • A new 600 stall public parking garage will be constructed to accommodate new Courthouse and Police HQ and replace lost surface lots. • Consideration will be given to incorporating Green Building features in new garage: • Car/van pool spaces • Possibly Auto share vehicles • Bicycle storage • Low energy use features • Green Roof • Developer interest in building over new garage with residential condominiums.

33. The Link Between Parking & TDM ACT Canada TDM Summit, Calgary, AB November, 2007