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4 · The Stakeholder Group agreed that there should be a goal to encourage commuters out of the two-hour spaces, to free-up the supply for shoppers and visitors. · There are easily enough spaces vacant in downtown to accommodate these commuters if they switch from 2-hour spaces. The potential concerns have been about the cost penalty (if they switch to off-street spaces) and time penalty (if they switch to either off-street spaces or peripheral on-street spaces). · The time penalty of commuters parking further out is not a major issue. Already people are using time to look for a space, and/or to shuffle; this would be replaced with walk time. · The cost penalty is a potential issue for some people (such as restaurant wait staff on lunchtime shifts). Some businesses reportedly cannot afford to pay their staff to park. The ideal is to provide a free peripheral parking lot, but it has not yet been possible to identify a suitable site. However, there are currently vacant on-street spaces, allowing free all-day parking, at the southern edge of the study area. 2.1.2 Parking Supply Summary: Table 2.1 summarizes the parking supply in the study area. The area includes around 6,000 spaces, of which about 5,000 (84%) are off-street and about 1,000 (16%) are on-street. Table Table Table Table 2222....1111: Summary of Parking Supply in Study Area, By Type of Space: Summary of Parking Supply in Study Area, By Type of Space: Summary of Parking Supply in Study Area, By Type of Space: Summary of Parking Supply in Study Area, By Type of Space TypeTypeTypeType SpacesSpacesSpacesSpaces % of on-street % of on-street % of on-street % of on-street spacesspacesspacesspaces % of total % of total % of total % of total spacesspacesspacesspaces Unrestricted 470 48% 8% 2-hour 265 27% 4% 1-hour 14 1% 0% 30-minute 32 3% 1% 15-minute 32 3% 1% ADA 47 5% 1% Government 36 4% 1% Loading 67 7% 1% Drop-off 7 1% 0% Residential Permit 11 1% 0% Total on-street 981 0% 16% Private off-street 2,875 - 48% Public off-street 2,142 - 36% Total off-street 5,017 - 84% Grand total 5,998 100% 100% The 5,000 off-street spaces include: · public spaces – in which the public can park for a monthly or hourly fee, and · private spaces – restricted to certain users, such as employees or customers of a business. Public off-street parking: There are eight public lots/garages, with a total of about 2,100 spaces. These include the two large garages, which are privately owned by Charlottesville Parking Center, Inc. (CPC).