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ix ContentsContentsContentsContents 1 Background and Study Process..............................................................................................1 1.1 Background .................................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Study Area and Process.............................................................................................................................1 2 Parking....................................................................................................................................3 2.1 Existing Parking Supply and Demand....................................................................................................3 2.1.1 Introduction and Key Points..........................................................................................................3 2.1.2 Parking Supply..................................................................................................................................4 2.1.3 Location of Spaces...........................................................................................................................5 2.1.4 Parking Occupancy..........................................................................................................................5 2.1.5 Parking Behavior in Two-Hour Spaces........................................................................................8 2.2 Future Developments and Demand Growth ......................................................................................14 2.2.1 Introduction and Key Points........................................................................................................14 2.2.2 Future Developments and their Parking Demand Rates.........................................................14 2.3 Recommended On-Street Parking Plan................................................................................................16 2.3.1 Introduction and Key Points........................................................................................................16 2.3.2 Recommended Zones and Time Limits for On-Street Parking.............................................16 2.3.3 Designation of Spaces in the Core Zone....................................................................................17 2.3.4 Recommended Policies for Changing Space Designations.....................................................18 2.4 Additional Considerations for Parking Management.........................................................................19 2.4.1 Introduction and Key Points........................................................................................................19 2.4.2 Best-Practice In Downtown Parking Management..................................................................20 2.4.3 Possible Charging Model for Charlottesville .............................................................................20 2.4.4 Recommended Strategy.................................................................................................................21 2.4.5 Travel Demand Management.......................................................................................................22 3 Parking Exempt Zone...........................................................................................................27 3.1 Introduction and Key Points..................................................................................................................27 3.2 Background ...............................................................................................................................................27 3.3 Developers’ Views....................................................................................................................................28 3.4 Parking Provided in Recent Developments.........................................................................................29 3.5 Policies in Comparable Cities.................................................................................................................31 3.6 Potential Strategies for Revising the Parking Exempt Zone Policies..............................................33 3.6.1 Establish minimum and maximum parking requirements.......................................................33 3.6.2 In-lieu parking fees.........................................................................................................................34 3.6.3 Alternatives to providing or paying for parking........................................................................34 3.7 Recommendations....................................................................................................................................35 4 Transit...................................................................................................................................37 4.1 Existing Transit and Other Projects Affecting Downtown ..............................................................37 4.1.1 Introduction and Key Points........................................................................................................37 4.1.2 Existing CTS Transit Routes Serving Downtown....................................................................37 4.1.3 Downtown Transit Center and Routing Around Downtown ................................................37 4.1.4 Other Local Transit Serving Downtown....................................................................................37 4.1.5 Ridership Data................................................................................................................................39 4.1.6 Proposed Streetcar.........................................................................................................................39 4.1.7 Downtown Wayfinding Effort.....................................................................................................40 4.2 Transit Assessment ..................................................................................................................................45 4.2.1 Introduction and Key Points........................................................................................................45 4.2.2 Current Travel Patterns.................................................................................................................45 4.2.3 How Transit Can Help to Reduce Parking Demand................................................................46 4.2.4 Downtown Circulator....................................................................................................................47 4.2.5 Park-and-Ride, Park-and-Pool, and Express Commuter Transit...........................................47