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Turning Challenges into Opportunities for TDM and Parking
Jennifer McDowellTransportation Demand Management Coordinator, Engineering Services City of Guelph
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Setting the StageSetting the Stage
• Population Growth– Canada growing from 33M to 36-42 M by
2031– Guelph growing from 120,000 to 165,000 – 2.4 cars per household
• Urban density versus Sprawl• Climate Change• $2.25/L gas (projected 2012)
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Setting the StageSetting the Stage
• Population Growth• Urban density versus Sprawl• Climate Change• $2.25/L gas (projected 2012)
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Ontario Places to Grow ActOntario Places to Grow Act
• Promotes placement of population growth within existing built boundaries– Minimize greenfield development– Promote urban density goals– Energy conservation (e.g. utilities,
transportation)– Walkable communities (transportation
planning)
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Other Provinces
B.C. has planning policy recommendations to:• “Avoid urban sprawl”• “Settlement patterns that minimize the use of automobiles and encourage walking, bicycling, and the efficient use of public transit”• “reducing pollution”
- Section 849(2)
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Setting the StageSetting the Stage
• Population Growth• Urban density versus Sprawl• Climate Change• $2.25/L gas (projected 2012)
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Climate ChangeClimate Change
• Canada is currently 35% ABOVE its Kyoto target of -6% below 1990 levels
• Next round of negotiations for 2012 and onward is sure to produce stricter targets for industrialized nations
• Transportation emissions account for about 1/3 of Canada’s total GHG emissions by sector (Environment Canada)
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Setting the StageSetting the Stage
• Population Growth• Urban density versus Sprawl• Climate Change• $2.25/L gas (projected 2012)
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Fuel Prices
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Transportation Demand Transportation Demand ManagementManagement
• The practices and policies that encourage alternative transportation and discourage single occupant vehicle use.
• Includes providing incentives and disincentives
– E.g. discounts for carpoolers, parking pricing to discourage unnecessary driving
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• Municipal challenges versus private sector challenges
• Who pays? What strategies are available?
Parking Challenges
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Municipalities/Public Sector- Cost, space, and demand –
• How do you provide enough parking but not too much?
• How do you price downtown parking for the maximum economic and community benefit?• On street parking versus off-street parking?
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TDM Strategies for Public TDM Strategies for Public ParkingParking
Trip reduction strategies• Carpooling/ Car Sharing
– Reserve prime parking spots for carpool or car share vehicles
– Provide parking pricing incentive (e.g. discounted rate, gas coupon, etc)
• Active Transportation– Walking/Cycling– Providing amenities in parking lots
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TDM Strategies for Public TDM Strategies for Public ParkingParking
Pricing strategies• Rate differentials to encourage long-term
parking
• Encourage periphery parking (park farther from destination and walk)
• Encourage carpooling or car shares by offering discounts or price incentives
• What about ‘enviro-friendly’ vehicles?
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TDM Strategies for Public TDM Strategies for Public ParkingParking
Design Standards• Minimum number of parking spaces
• Pedestrian-friendly and cyclist-friendly parking facilities
• Parking at rear to make buildings approachable, and provide more ‘eyes on the street’
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Downtown GuelphDowntown Guelph• 1800 spaces for general public
• Uses of lots vary from primarily commuter lots to primarily day-trips/visitors/shopping lots
• Approaching 70% occupancy
• Limitations to height and size of parking structures under the downtown urban design policies
• Cost per parking space = approx $30,000 for the proposed Wilson St. garage
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Downtown Guelph
• 25% off for carpools and car shares
• Bicycle parking in parking facilities
• Preferential parking for carpoolers
• Angled parking downtown on Carden and Wilson streets
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Parking Challenges: Private Sector
• Cheap to build, pricey to maintain
• Where do you grow?
• What strategies are available?
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TDM Strategies: Private TDM Strategies: Private ParkingParking
• Trip reduction strategies
• Encourage carpools and car shares
• Design standards – amount and location of parking
• Park-share
• Parking cash-out
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University of Guelph• 250-400 spaces available daily
• Objective to reduce the # of Single Occupancy Vehicle trips and parking spaces
• Parking pricing system to discourage unnecessary driving to premises
• Parking revenues supports TDM improvements (sidewalks, bike lanes, landscaping, etc)
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More Info
Victoria Transport Policy Institutewww.vtpi.org
Urban Transportation Showcase Programhttp://www.tc.gc.ca/programs/environment/UTSP/menu.htm
Ask me:[email protected]
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