Downtown Parking Study 2006

The Study Process Included:

Ø      Development of a stakeholder outreach plan .

Ø      A survey of downtown businesses (final results) .

Ø      Interviews with downtown stakeholders (view summary of interviews) 25 pages- may be a long download .

Ø      Development of a draft a set of guiding principles which were presented at community briefings

Ø      Development of a draft set of parking management strategies , a documentshowing how the strategies support the guiding principles and a  table  summarizing the strategies  which were also reviewed and revised through stakeholder involvement.

Ø      A survey of parking demand.  See highlights below.

Highlights of the Survey of Parking Demand Included:

Ø      2/3 of overtime parking citations went to those parked in 30-minute spaces.

Ø      Salem’s downtown had 202 thirty-minute parking spaces, an unusually high number and more than Portland and Seattle combined.

Ø      The average duration of stay was 1 hr and 25 minutes.

Ø      In the most congested downtown core utilization was 90% during the peak hour and constrained from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The complete results of the study are available for review: Demand Analysis Summary

Timeline of Events                   

Ø      July 17 -  Salem City Council Presentation

Ø      July 18 -  Parking Forum

Ø      July 27 - Presentation to the Downtown Advisory Board

Ø      August 9th  - Update for CANDO

Ø      August 11th  - Interagency Parking Group

Ø      August 21st  - Council work session; Copy of Presentation  (36 pages; may be a long download)

Ø      August 22nd - Parking Forum; Handouts; Copy of Presentation ; (37 pages; may be a long  download); electronic polling results

Ø      August 23rd - Live internet chat with Tony Mounts, Administrative Services / Finance Director  - transcript of chat

Ø      Sept 13th – Update for CANDO

Ø      Sept 13th – Update for SCAN

Ø      Sept 18th - NorthEast Neighborhood Association

Ø      Sept 20th - Salem Downtown Association

Ø Sept 28th - Downtown Advisory Board

Ø      October 23-  City Council Public Hearing; Copy of Presentation ( may be a long download).

Council Approval and Outcomes of the Downtown Parking Study 2006

On October, 23, 2006 the City Council adopted final Guiding Principles and 19 Strategies for parking in the Downtown and Capital Mall areas. All strategies will be considered for implementation over time. Council directed staff to implement 2-hour time-limited parking immediately, to be effective February 1, 2007.

For more information about the implementation and expansion of 2-hour parking time limits downtown see Two-Hour Parking Downtown February 2007 .