Current Parking Conditions

1. Current Parking Conditions • Garage Methodology • Counts were conducted in the six major public and private garages and lots in the downtown area • These garages included the Center Street Garage, the Allston Street Garage, the Berkeley Way Lot, the Kittredge Street Garage, the Promenade Garage, and the University Hall Garage • Counts were taken at four times of the day, during morning, mid-day, afternoon, and evening hours, on a weekday and a Saturday Methodology – Census Walked every blockface, and recorded number of spaces, colored curbs and time limits On-Street Parking Spaces Off-Street Parking Garages • Info to add: • -Garages hard to find, current policies do not allow directional signage to garages • Incorporate text from Issues of Concern section • Kittredge Garage manager mentions one issue is not being allowed to post signs to the Garage on major streets (mainly Shattuck). • Promenade Garage is similarly difficult to find, especially without prior knowledge. • 1,394 Total On-Street Parking Spaces • 926 metered spaces - $1.00/hour 12% are 1/2 hour 46% are 1 hour 26% are 90 minute 16% are 2-hour • 428 un-metered spaces (2 hours without permit) • 6 major garages 2 – Public 3 – Private 1 – University • Total Spaces: 1,688 • Rates: $1.00-$2.50/hour

2. Occupancy Rates (On-Street Parking and Garages) Methodology – Turnover On-Street Parking Occupancy Weekday Average Occupancy Rate • 76 % during meter hours • 91 % during evening hours Saturday Average Occupancy Rate on Selected 59 Blocks • 78 % during meter hours • 91 % during evening hours • Occupancy/Turnover Methodology • Weekday study covered 100 percent of the blockfaces in the downtown area as well as the blockfaces directly bordering the downtown area • Saturday study covered~40 percent sample of blockfaces • All counts were taken hourly between the hours of 7:30 am and 8:30 pm • While walking along the block, we wrote down license plates, noted empty spaces, and recorded the presence of handicapped placards • We then determined occupancy rates and average stays • Seeing a need for late night data, we then conducted drive-by occupancy surveys of 100 percent of the blockfaces during evening hours up to 11pm on a weekday and a Saturday Current Street Parking Revenue (Estimates) $1,303,380 per year -- Based on the surveyed occupancy rate (59%) that excludes vehicles with disabled placards Off-Street Parking Garages Occupancy Weekday Garage Occupancy Rate Weekend (Saturday) Garage Occupancy Rate • Weekday midday usage highest • Weekend usage light • The usage of University Hall Garage is too low.

3. Average Stay • From the Turnover Study, we also found information on average stay. • Metered Spaces: • Meter feeding from downtown employees and visitors • Small percentage of drivers violate time limit • 7.6% cars with handicapped placard, with an average stay of 3.7 hours • Cluster in the northwest part of downtown Berkeley, near civic buildings and Alta Bates Medical Center on Dwight Way • Only 16 handicapped placard cars in Unmetered spaces compare to 414 cars in metered spaces • Most clustered between University Ave and Addison Street • Most shops and restaurants around University Ave • Unmetered Spaces: • Average stay is significantly higher than metered spaces due to RPPs • 1.1% cars with handicapped placard, with an average stay of 3.1 hours

4. Residential Spillover Study • Residential Spillover Methodology • Sampled 24 blockfaces in and around the downtown that are entirely comprised of residential permitted parking • Sample block faces were selected by creating a 1/4 mile buffer around a collection of downtown establishments we postulated might have significant parking impacts and then selecting a set of clustered spatial samples of block faces from exclusively residential streets on the North, West, and South sides of downtown • We established our best estimate of residential parking on each block face by counting the number of permitted / un-permitted cars parked on the street Monday at 1:00 am. This number was then compared with car counts of permitted / un-permitted cars on the same block faces at noon and 8:00pm on Saturday and Tuesday Total Parking Spillover in Downtown Berkeley • Total of 350 parking spots in the surveyed residential areas • Higher number of permitted cars at night than midday • Higher number of unpermitted cars on weekend than weekday Parking Spillover on East Side of Fulton – Most Extreme Case -Pictures of residential areas, -Methodology section • Total of 10 parking spaces on East side of Fulton • The most extreme spillover case: highest shift between permitted and unpermitted cars during different times of day • Data might be skewed due to spillover from UC Berkeley

5. Introduction Maintain supply of parking in residential areas for residents Residential Perspective Reduce traffic impacts of future downtown development Insure parking availability within the core of downtown Encourage the use of alternative modes Studio Process Asses current parking conditions Emissions Reduction Perspective Business Perspective • This studio has accomplished several tasks towards the goal of developing a parking management strategy for Berkeley’s downtown • Engaged in a variety of data collection and analyses to ascertain current parking conditions in the downtown • Surveyed the Berkeley public about parking downtown and potential improvements in the area • Identified a series of parking related challenges and opportunities that could be addressed through a parking management strategy • Assembled a cost effective, phased parking management strategy for Downtown Berkeley that addresses various issues and opportunities • Estimated the revenue impacts of proposed parking management strategy and provided an expenditure plan funding a variety of targeted improvements in the downtown Reduce congestion related to cruising / circling for parking Maintain or reduce number of parking facilities in downtown Increase total trips to downtown Increase parking facilities in downtown Reduce vehicle trips to and within downtown Identify concerns and opportunities Formulate a parking management strategy Estimate revenue outcome and suggest potential expenditures Framing Parking Beyond addressing the individual parking needs of different downtown visitors, a successful parking management strategy should be crafted in a way that frames parking in terms of a broader economic, environmental, and social context. • Venn diagram to the left presents three distinct hypothetical “paradigms” for thinking about parking and the associated outcomes and policies each might support. • The way parking is framed informs what kinds of policy and management approaches may be appropriate • While different parking “paradigms” may be oriented towards differing goals, they may also have common objectives and preferred outcomes • Focusing on these areas of agreement provides the entry point for crafting a parking management strategy that will be acceptable to many different groups and interests

6. Methodologies to be added to slides • Occupancy/Turnover Methodology • Weekday study covered 100 percent of the blockfaces in the downtown area as well as the blockfaces directly bordering the downtown area • Saturday study covered~40 percent sample of blockfaces • All counts were taken hourly between the hours of 7:30 am and 8:30 pm • While walking along the block, we wrote down license plates, noted empty spaces, and recorded the presence of handicapped placards • We then determined occupancy rates and average stays • Seeing a need for late night data, we then conducted drive-by occupancy surveys of 100 percent of the blockfaces during evening hours up to 11pm on a weekday and a Saturday • Residential Spillover Methodology • Sampled 24 blockfaces in and around the downtown that are entirely comprised of residential permitted parking • Sample block faces were selected by creating a 1/4 mile buffer around a collection of downtown establishments we postulated might have significant parking impacts and then selecting a set of clustered spatial samples of block faces from exclusively residential streets on the North, West, and South sides of downtown • We established our best estimate of residential parking on each block face by counting the number of permitted / un-permitted cars parked on the street Monday at 1:00 am. This number was then compared with car counts of permitted / un-permitted cars on the same block faces at noon and 8:00pm on Saturday and Tuesday • Garage Methodology • Counts were conducted in the six major public and private garages and lots in the downtown area • These garages included the Center Street Garage, the Allston Street Garage, the Berkeley Way Lot, the Kittredge Street Garage, the Promenade Garage, and the University Hall Garage. • Counts were taken at four times of the day, during morning, mid-day, afternoon, and evening hours, on a weekday and a Saturday