Measure 25 Short Term Parking Scheme 13.6.2012 Katerina Oktabcova Usti nad Labem Municipality

1. Measure 25 Short Term Parking Scheme 13.6.2012 Katerina Oktabcova Usti nad Labem Municipality

2. Background and Objectives • Increasing number of vehicles in the city • Critical parking conditions, primarily in the citycentre and in densely build-up residential areas • New parking strategy for the city is required • Objectives: • Improve conditions for parking in the city with regard to future development • Reduce negative impacts of individual transport and improve living environment in the city

3. Measure overview • Tasks • 11.3.3 Parking Strategy Research • Finished in M18 • RTD task • Analysis of current conditions of parking in the city and future development • 3.7 Short Term Parking scheme • Finished in M40 • DEMO task • Feasibility of a proposal for a parking scheme in the city centre and in residential areas

4. Task 11.3.3 • Parking strategy research • General background –current stateof trafficand parking conditions inthe city • Analysis of the existing parking policyin Ústí nad Labem – for the city centreandfor residential areas • Overview of tools suitable for parking management • Baseline field survey • Identification of problems • Proposal for appropriate solutions • Measure generalised to allow application in other areas in the city

5. Baseline Survey • Assessing various criteria of parking supply • number of parked vehicles • type of parking place (parking lanes, strips, bays, garages or other) • capacity of parking space (field detected or calculated from the official data of the city road network according to dimensional dispositions) • photo documentation • characteristic of parking and typical issues • Conducted on different week-days and at different times during May – June 2009 • Utilising data from previous surveys in the cityand from official records • Parking demand caclulated from the numberof buildings and character of the communemultiplied by the motorisation index • Parking deficit caclulated – difference betweensupply and demand

6. Identification of problems • Major problems: • serious deficit in the number of available parking places • cars parked everywhere, on places inappropriate for parking   • Frequently occurring issues: • parked vehicles creating road bottlenecks • parking in the driving lane of the street • disregard of road signs • longitudinal parking disregarding insufficient width of the road • parking within crossroads causing traffic risks • commercial vehicles parked in the residential area • insufficient space disables transit of larger vehicles, such as fire trucks, garbage trucks and ambulance

7. Typical parking issues – insufficient capacity nedostatečná šířka jízdních pruhů stání uprostřed jízdního pásu nerespektování SDZ stání v křižovatce

8. Proposed solutions • Regulation of existing legal parking spaces • Indication of parking lanes and parking bays on urban road • Indication of areas with forbidden parking by both road marking and signing, especially near crossroads • Modification of selected streets to one-way roads to allow longitudinal parking on one side or on both sides. • Implementation of new parkingplaces • Development of public garages • Police enforcement of traffic laws and monitoring • Implementation of paid parking zones

9. Task 3.7 – New parking scheme • Transport policy • Principles of parking management, parking policy and its effectiveness • Parking fees • Influencing behaviour of drivers • Specifics of the city centre • Specifics of residential areas • Instruments suitable for parking restrictions • Reducing transit traffic, encouraging greater take-up of PT, P&R facilities, paid parking • Best practice from other cities • Parking scheme solutions • Long-term and short-term parking

10. Results in the city centre • situation in the city centre analysed by the field survey • occupancy as parking demand for parking places cannot be reliably determined - practically all parking places permanently occupied, many vehicles park illegally, numerous drivers are not able to park • Parking demand was derived from the methodology based on the Czech standard (ČSN 736110 – Designing local roads) and on general technical requirements for construction in the capital city • overall parking deficit calculated • proposed solutions for the new parking scheme: implementation of paid parking zones and establishing P&G premises on the perimeter of the city centre • after-data calculated through the transport model

11. Results in residential areas • Typical residential area Dobětice surveyed • total number of legal parking places is 1,649, which covers 76% of the parking demand, significant lack of parking spots. • The total number of parking places available after implementing measures for parking improvements will be 2,362, which covers the demand for parking by 108.9% • overall improvement of the parking status is 32.9% • Not sufficient for future development of motorisation prognosed by the Directorate of Roads and Highways of the CR (2%/year) • parking reserve exhausted within four years • more complex long-term solution requires significant investments into collective garages and implementation of charged parking on public roads.

12. Conclusion • The parking scheme issue is quite extensive • Numerous existing parking methods but only few are suitable for the situation in Usti nad Labem • Suitable parking strategy must fulffil compromis between the parking scheme, city traffic, public transportation and public opinion. • It involves technical solution and conveying information to the public - organising intensive advertising information campaign • Requires cooperation with the Police of the Czech Republic and the Municipal Police (control) • It is not possible to cover the present and future parking demand entirely, but the parking deficit can be at least minimised.

13. Support • Parking information leaflets • overview of the existing parking scheme and parking possibilities • basic information about payment methods and rates • lucid map displaying the parking facilities • for visitors, commuters and residents • Sample places for delivery vehicles • 6 parking places implemented in the city centre • designated only for vehicles supplying local shops • identified by vertical and horizontal markings • shopkeepers instructed on the regulations • parking discs distributed among suppliers as a support.

14. Evaluation • Final results in progress • Gathering after data from the transport model • Indicators: • Capacity reserve • traffic survey • number of spaces according to valid legislation • occupancy -> demand for parking • Perception of accessibility • determined by expert estimation based on demand for parking (subjective opinions of drivers not decisive) • Modal split • constant in residential area • in the centre – determination by transport model / expert estimation • Proposal of P&G – the model does not enable calculation of pedestrian flaws

15. Budget and costs • Purchases: • implementation of sample parking places for supply vehicles in the city centre • production and distribution of parking brochures • production and distribution of parking clocks to local businesses • Budget 17 000€ • Actual costs cca 5 000€ • Subcontract: • Field survey of parking conditions inthe city and development of suitable paid parking scheme for the city • Budget 60 000€ • Actual costs 62 244€

16. Thank you! Katerina Oktabcova CIVITAS Archimedes Ústí nad Labem Municipality katerina.oktabcova@mag-ul.cz www.usti-nad-labem.cz/civitas