Climate and Land Use

Lisa Scherf Talk Summary

Rick Williams Parking Audit White Papers

Does every car need 8 parking spaces?

When parking is not available where a driver would like it, parking management can provide the convenience of a space and funds to sustain the transportation system.

Off-Street Parking Mandates

Overall mandated parking (governmentally required) is 25 to 50% greater than needed and on-street parking has a higher occupancy rate than off-street parking

Townhouse and Residential Parking Near OSU

Neighborhood context like car storage needs of residents, commuter parking needs, commercial traffic, and daily needs affect parking throughout the day and night.

Parking Futures?

The future of parking will be affected by many unknowns. These include transit, shared mobility, and the availability of autonomous travel. Autonomy could evolve as something that brings a good to purchaser’s destinations or goes from the user to pick up goods

Uses of Streets

Since parking is one of the many uses of streets, before setting any parking policy, the purposes for streets should be clearly stated and parking be allocated accordingly. Priorities and purposes include, in the order below, are:

• Public Safety (ambulance, fire, police, disaster evacuation and recovery);

• Commerce and Trade (deliveries and shipments of goods and services to support of a vibrant economy; commercial and public purposes; uses to support local businesses);

• Connectivity (transportation routes to move people from activity to activity such as jobs, education, shopping, visiting, health and personal care, cultural events, pet walking, recreation, and any other activities); connectivity should prioritize persons who are mobility challenged, pedestrians, commercial vehicles, transit, bicycles, personal motorized vehicles)

• Utility and Ecological Pathways (water, sewer, storm water, gas lines, electric and digital cables, rain gardens, bioswales);

• Culture (celebrations, parades, and events [Saturday Market, Open Streets, Fall Festival], public gatherings, education [Safe Routes to Schools, food booths and tables/bike corrals during events; art and architecture for design, community-provided art and sculpture [ex.: 1st Street and Madison Ave Corridor], street painting and integration, plantings in roundabouts and adjacent to streets);

• Vehicle Storage (convenience and accessibility for shoppers, clients, patients, residents, students and others).

Parking is affected by the neighborhood context. Shopping, education, services, storage, and daily needs all affect parking utilization. Each neighborhood has its own set of special circumstance.text

Corvallis has a history of mostly free parking. It has three parking districts. In 2019, it declared

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