Parking Management
Transportation Master Plan
We have a parking shortfall and traffic congestion in downtown Banff. In 2013, council adopted the integrated and updated Transportation Master Plan. One of the recommendations of the plan was to explore user-pay parking as a means to reduce the parking shortfall and reduce the traffic congestion in downtown Banff. So that council can explore the concept thoroughly, the Town issued an RFP to industry experts to recommend how user-pay parking might be implemented in downtown Banff to effect positive change. We need your help. Please review this information and provide your feedback. • Current shortfall of 125 stalls at peak periods
Key findings
• Shortfall projected to increase to 360 in 10 years; 600 in 20 years with no action taken Within Banff, the top three occupations in 2011 were: Middle management occupations in retail and wholesale trade and customer services Service representatives and other customer and personal services occupations Service supervisors and specialized service occupations
• 30% of traffic (est.) is caused by drivers circling looking for parking • 500 vehicles enter the town between 7 and 9 a.m. daily during peak and nonpeak months This compares to Alberta as a whole, where the top three occupations in 2011 were:
Industrial, electrical, and construction trades Administrative and financial supervisors and administrative occupations Service support and other service occupations
• 900 Canmore residents listed Banff as their place of work, 2011 Census • During the 2013 June highway closure, ridership on the free Roam service was In terms of self-employment, 8.7% of all total employed workers in Banff in 2011 considered themselves approx.self-employed, 500 each morning and evening commute compared to 12.1% of all total employed workers in Alberta. Mode ofsurveyed Transportation Work had expected to pay or would be willing to pay • 72% of3.5.3 visitors into2012 Banff’s top two methods of travelling to work in 2011 were driving a vehicle ( 41% of the labour force for parking compared to 76% in Alberta) and walking (40% of the labour force compared to 5% in Alberta). Biking was the third most popular method of travelling to work, (10% of the Banff workforce, compared to 1% in Alberta). In 2011, 4.3% of commuters in Banff used public transit to get to work. This compares to 10.5% in Alberta. The average commuting time to work in Banff was 12.9 minutes, compared to 25.1 minutes for Alberta.
A Snapshot of Banff ’s Commute Figure 3.20– Mode of Transportation to Work in Banff Other Bike Walk
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(Statistics Canada, National Household Survey (NHS),Focus on Geography Series, 2011) Since 2006, these numbers have stayed relatively consistent, with the exception of driving a vehicle which has increased by approximately 5% (it was 35% in 2006) and walking/biking which has reduced by the same percentage (it was 56% in 2006).
17 ~Banff Community Social Assessment – January 2014~
Goals
• Improve visitor experience and enhance business economy by increasing parking availability in downtown • Increase parking stall turnover downtown • Provide a new, non-tax source of revenue for transportation system improvements • Shift a portion of the burden for building and maintaining parking to users of parking • Encourage shift to transit/walking/cycling among the locals and commuters • Minimize impact of user-pay parking on residential streets
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Parking Management
Transportation Master Plan
Right Pricing There’s no such thing as free parking. Parking costs someone. In Banff, residential and commercial taxpayers are currently paying for public parking infrastructure, both on-street and off-street. Right pricing is designed to place a value on a parking stall that will encourage 80% occupancy—out of 10 stalls, two are always vacant so that visitors can find a place to park. Right pricing is not too expensive to discourage any parking, but not free, which encourages all-day parking and displaces visitors. The preliminary rates proposed below were determined by input from industry experts, and based on the right pricing model, as well as other factors, such as transit fares. Summer Rates 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. • $3 per hour for on-street • $2 per hour for off-street (surface lots and public parkades)
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• Increased parking turnover benefits businesses, by allowing more customers to park and shop downtown. Experience in other jurisdictions shows that visitors are willing to pay for parking if it guarantees them a convenient place to park. • Currently, an estimated 30% of traffic congestion downtown is caused by motorists circling looking for parking. Those visitors would rather be exploring downtown Banff, shopping, dining or gallery hopping. • With the above right pricing, and depending on the extent of user-pay parking areas as shown on the map, the estimated net annual revenues from userpay parking would be $1.9 million to $2.4 million Q • Free parking time provided to residents described above would impact these estimated revenues.
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Parking Management
Transportation Master Plan
Technology Options Licence plate technology is used successfully in municipalities such as Calgary, White Rock, Vancouver and Penticton. A wireless, handheld device used by a parking officer, which can also be mounted in a vehicle, scans plates and communicates with wireless pay stations to confirm whether parking has been paid. No need to display a ticket in a windshield. And with smart technology, motorists can purchase and extend time either at an on-street kiosk with a credit card or cash, or from their smart phones with a credit card. This technology also allows for registration of plates that make a resident permit program feasible. Residents in designated streets would simply register their vehicle plate annually with the Town. The registration would allow them to park their vehicles on their street for up to 72 hours (as per the current Traffic Bylaw), but restrict nonpermit holders to three hours, for example.
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Parking Management
Transportation Master Plan
The Residential Zone To deter commuters (looking for all-day parking) from parking on residential streets in front of your home, a residential permit system could be employed. Many municipalities have successfully employed residential permit parking. How might it work: • Are you a resident in the free zone—that is, residential streets within a 10-15 minute walk of downtown? See the map for potential resident permit zone. • Register your vehicle’s license plate, annually. • Park in your driveway, or on your street up to 72 hours, as per the current Traffic Bylaw. Be sure to move your vehicle for road maintenance when signed. • All other vehicles potentially may park up to 3 hours. Time limits would be enforced. • Signage would be in place to indicate parking regulations.
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Parking Management
Transportation Master Plan
Help Determine the Solution One of the ways to solve Banff ’s parking shortage in the downtown core is to increase parking capacity, by increasing turnover in stalls or by building more. Another is to reduce demand for all-day parking, by shifting people to other modes of transportation, such as transit or cycling. These solutions have a cost associated with them. To participate, you will be given five sticky dots. Place the dots beside your preferred project and source of funding. The more dots you place on a selection, the more important it is to you. You only have five dots, so consider your selections carefully. Your feedback will be presented to council as part of the administrative report when council considers user-pay parking.
Project
Capital Cost
Overall annual cost*
Increase frequency of Roam regional service (cost split with Canmore)
$565,000
$122,000
0.6%
Increase Roam local service (frequency & routes)
$2.16 mil
$ 850,000
3.7%
Construct parkade in downtown core (240 stalls)
$18.4 mil
$550,000
2.6%
Smart Parking Expansion Provide real-time occupancy for off-street public parking on digital wayfinding signs and online
$605,000
$42,000
0.2%
Enhanced trail connectivity, including a second pedestrian bridge at Central Park
$3.57 mil
$85,000
0.4%
Direct the pay parking revenue towards reducing property taxes (Estimated net revenue= $1.9 $2.4 million)
Potential Funded by tax increase user-pay parking to fund revenues
Funded by alternate sources including tax increases
Per net revenue from user-pay parking option -9% to -11.3% selected by council
These projects are not important at this time *Includes annual operating, amortization and interest costs
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