Vallejo Waterfront Studies and Parking Structure, Vallejo, California Status • Phase I Studies completed 2006 • Phase II Parking Structure Phase A completed 2012 • Phase III Parking Operations and Revenue Control Studies completed 2013 • Phase IV Parking Structure Phase B Future Phase
Awards 2013 Project of the Year Award Solano Transportation Authority & Special Congressional Recognition
The City of Vallejo, Calif., went through a process to implement paid parking for a portion of its parking supply related to the Ferry Terminal, which is one of eight stops of the popular San Francisco Bay Ferry. This process required educating stakeholders, developing a pricing strategy, and determining which technology to use to collect and enforce collection of fees. The implementation process took some time but has now been fully incorporated. The city’s journey through this process can assist other organizations as they navigate a similar road.
The District The Vallejo Waterfront includes three districts—the Northern, Southern, and Central Waterfront—totaling
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125 acres. Located between downtown Vallejo and the Vallejo Ferry Terminal, the Central Waterfront is characterized as having a pedestrian-friendly, urban emphasis that is well-connected to the downtown. The existing waterfront area was being used as parking for the ferry terminal, and it was determined that this was not the highest and best use of this land. The city, working with the master developer, created a master plan for the area. The first phase in the development of the master plan called for consolidating the ferry parking into a parking structure to free up the rest of the land for development and to build a bus terminal as part of a multi-modal approach to the area. The complex together is known as the Vallejo Station Intermodal Facility.
Parking The 750-space Vallejo Station Phase A Parking Garage opened on Oct. 15, 2012, as part of the Downtown Specific Plan and Waterfront Planned Development Master Plan. The plan called for the ability to meet the parking needs of the SolTrans Bus Terminal and the ferry terminal while creating an improved pedestrian environment. The structure is a three-level, partially below-grade garage that is designed to expand in a second phase to provide 600 additional stalls. The York Street Paseo runs across the top deck and connects the bus terminal to the ferry, which minimizes pedestrian vehicle conflicts. Phase B of the garage will