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Reducing Congestion and Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Parking Policy

Reducing Congestion and Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Parking Policy. Local Government Experience and Perspective. Pasadena Profile. Population - 160,000 Employment - 100,000 Population density: 2,396 persons/square km

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Reducing Congestion and Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Parking Policy

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  1. Reducing Congestion and Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Parking Policy Local Government Experience and Perspective

  2. Pasadena Profile • Population - 160,000 • Employment - 100,000 • Population density: 2,396 persons/square km • Six Metro Gold Line light rail stations, 12 regional and local bus lines • 1,200 metered parking spaces • 8,000 City Owned off-street parking spaces • Diverse mix of land uses and historic downtown • Traversed by 2 major freeways (I-210 and SR 134)

  3. Environmental Stewardship General Plan Guiding Principle:Pasadena will be a city where people can circulate without cars • Pasadena Green City Action Plan • United Nations Green Cities Declaration and Urban Accords

  4. Parking Pricing and Policy • Past • Old Pasadena and other Parking Meter Districts • Residential Preferential Parking Districts • Present • Temporary Overnight Parking Exemption • Multi-Space Meters • New Parking Meter Districts • Parking Maximums in Transit Oriented Districts

  5. Parking Policies • Neighborhood Protection • Congestion Reduction • Trip Reduction

  6. Parking Meter Districts • Old Pasadena Meter rate adjustment $.25 took 14 years • New Parking Meter Districts in the South Lake and Playhouse • Monthly rates to move employee parking to outer garages

  7. Transit Oriented Development • Market is unbundling the cost of the second parking space from residential leases.

  8. Traffic Reduction Strategies • Charging the Right Price for Meter Parking • Residential Parking Benefit Districts • Parking Cash Out • Unbundling of Parking Cost

  9. Parking Policy and Trip Making • Need a robust transportation system to support policies to reduce congestion • Park and Walk • Pedestrian/Bike Environment • Local Transit Circulator

  10. Parking Pricing and Policy • Mark Yamarone Transportation Administrator 626 744-7474myamarone@cityofpasadena.net www.cityofpasadena.net/trans

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