Car Park Allocation Modelling AITPM 2014

Simon Latham, Senior Transport Planner, Brisbane

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£4,193

Public Revenue

£8,906

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BROADBEACH PARKING ALLOCATION MODEL

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Contents

Overview• Car parking issues/dilemmas faced by Councils

Development of parking models• UK Applications

• Demonstration of Bespoke Car Park Allocation Model

Gold Coast Parking Strategy & LAPS• Overview of LAPS

• Demonstration of Car Park Allocation Model: Burleigh Heads

Questions

Overview

SUBURBS

CBD

Congestion &CO2

Thinking through the Issues

Development pressures to meet population growth

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P&R

P&R

Shortfall in land to accommodate developmentCar parks often on prime development landCar parks provide revenue stream and service local businessesCar parks encourage private vehicle tripsIntroduce sustainable transport options to accommodate sustainable development?

Development of parking models and UK applications

Model Applications

St Austell

Newquay

FalmouthPenzance

Truro (Pilot)

Map data ©2012 Google

Map data ©2012 Google

Model Results

Gold Coast Parking Strategy & the LAPS toolbox

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Best Practice (LAPS)Linking solutions to issues and opportunities

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Best Practice (LAPS)Linking solutions to issues and opportunities

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LAPS Study Areas

Broadbeach Burleigh Heads

• Understand existing conditions

• Identify issues and opportunities

• Develop LAPS objectives

• Develop measures and targets

• Test measures and targets

• Develop consultation plan

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Broadbeach

• Reduce car dependency and significantly increase levels of walking, cycling, carpooling and public transport use.

• Manage car parking in a way that supports the economic vitality of small businesses and the activity centre.

• Support the transition of Broadbeach to a transit oriented centre • Optimise on-street parking utilisation and reduce cruise times.• Maximise off-street parking assets to reduce pressure on on-street facilities

Burleigh Heads

• Preserve Burleigh Heads relationship with the beach and its village atmosphere• Enhance Burleigh Heads as a place for tourism and leisure• Enhance Burleigh Heads as a place for professional, mixed business and industry

and support Burleigh Heads status as a key employment growth zone • In the medium term encourage trips by walking, cycling and public transport in order

to reduce demand on parking. In the long term support the potential extension of the GCRT

• Maintain and support optimal on-street car parking utilisation to support local businesses

LAPS objectives

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Overview of the Allocation Models

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Potential LAPS measures and targets: Burleigh Heads

Objectiv e Measure Target

In the medium term encourage trips by walking, cycling and public transport in order to reduce demand on parking. In the long term support the potential extension of the GCRT and Burleigh’s transition to a mixed access centre

Consider adoption of public transport related maximum parking requirements for all development located within 800m of the GCRT corridor extension by 2031

n 4% modal shift to active

transport and PT between

2013 and 202 1

n 12% modal shift to active

transport and PT between

2013 and 2031

Support the adoption of travel plans , or (developer travel p lan management initiatives) for new development ; and, or

In the medium to long term sup port the provision of an area wide travel plan to support sustainable transport demand from developments .

Upgrade walking and cycling paths and end of trip facilities within the commercial core . Increase centre permeability wi th additional pedestrian linkages between James Street and Park Avenue

Maintain and support optimal on -street car parking utili sation to support local businesses and reduce parking utilisation at the beachfront

Look to open up availability of on -street p arking at West Street, Park avenue and Ocean street through improved wayfinding and footway improvements

n Average cruise times of

less than 2 minutes on

James Street and Connor

Street

n Performance based

parking – On-street

utilisation target of 85%

n Number of parking

infringements to reduce to

reduce by 25%

n Two payment types

available by 2021

n At least three payment

types available by 2031

Look to increase priced parking on James Street beyond levels on surrounding streets. (initial increases begin at $0.50 / hr ); and, or

Set on -street pricing as double off -street rates. ($2 .00 / hr)

Extend 3P time limited parking to cover all of Goodwin Terrace including parking in Goodwin Cul -de-Sac

In the long term (2031) m igrate to diversified payment system (SMS, credit card, smartphone app)

Trial ANPR enforcement technology to improve compliance levels and increase enforcement efficiencies

Introduce infra -red units (or PODS) at co uncil owned car parks. Link parking database into VMS network to direct users to available off -street car parking (Alex Black)

Objectiv e Measure Target

Preserve Burleigh Heads relationship with the beach and it’s village atmosphere

Implement residential parking permit scheme on Ewart Street to reduce impact of employee parking; or

n Parking on Ewart Street to

be used by patrons of

businesses and residents

rather than commuter

parking

Implement non -paid 2P or 3P parking on Ewart Street to reduce spillover of employee parking

Use revenue from priced parking to support upgrade d walking and cycling paths within the commercial core and between the beach and the centre at Gold Coast Highway.

Enhance Burleigh Heads as a place for professional, mixed business and industry and support Burleigh Heads status as a key employme nt growth zone

Introduce ‘park once’ concept – shared parking initiative which seeks to maximise benefits from private parking. Seek collaboration with developers

n Reduce parking

requirements for private

developments by 10 – 20%

between 2013 and 2031

n 100% of council managed

off -street parking is short

stay by 2031

Encourage unbundling opportunities for new developments

In the long term convert off -street long stay parking to short stay parking

See Travel Plan options

Enhance Burleigh Heads as a place for tourism and leisure

Reduce parking time limits to two hours maximums at Justins car park and Burleigh Head surf club ; or

n Performance based parking

– On -street utilisation target

of 85%

Introduce priced parking at the Beachfron t. Use revenue from priced parking to support upgrade d walking and cycling paths between the beach and the centre at Gold Coast Highway.

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Car Park Model Advantages

• Intuitive graphic user interface• Easy to understand modelling principals• Model predicts changes in:

Car park revenueCar park usagePark-and-ride patronageHighway network use due to parking choice

• Quick and effective platform to option test:Tariff structureParking closure/introductionTiming restrictionsHours of operationPark-and-ride routes and timetablesInter-relationship of measures

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Car Park Model Limitations

• Like any model, the quality of the outputs is limited by the quality of the inputs

• Parking inventory• Parking duration surveys (trickier for on-street)• Parking demand• Parking occupancy• Parking questionnaires

• No pedestrian network currently within models• Reduces potential to evaluate impact of pedestrian

connectivity• Potential to capture the effects of improved

wayfinding/parking information is limited

Questions