Price Street Parking Options
Agenda Item 12.C
By: Benjamin A. Fine, P.E.
Director of Public Works/City Engineer
Meeting Date: October 3, 2023
Background
•Curb-to curb width
•Bay to San Luis ~ 60’
•San Luis to Pomeroy ~ 65’
•January 16, 2003
•2 lanes in each direction
•1 lane in each direction with center and curbside parking
2 Background
3 •Prior to 2003 Price Street was a 4-lane roadway with curbside parking only
Price Street Parking – 2003
•Single loaded diagonal parking
•Access from every other block
•Bay to Pomeroy = 169 parking spaces
•No bike lane
Price Street Parking – 2023 Configuration
•February 21, 2023
•Double loaded diagonal parking
•4.5’ Bike land
•11 foot travel lane
•Council direction – Pilot through peak summer with no
bike lane
Price Street
•Anticipated 195 Parking Spaces
•Adjustments made for fire truck
•179 regular + 15 motorcycle
Business Feed Back
•What worked Well
•Additional Parking
•Better visibility of store fronts
•Better visibility for pedestrians
•Perception of increased vitality
Business Feed Back
•What didn’t work Well
•Vehicles speeding/not stopping at stop signs
•Difficult to navigate
•Vehicles backing up every block instead of every other block •Police officers to not have a place to pull vehicles over (same as 2003)
•Several driveway are difficult to access
•Traffic issues due to vehicles backing up
Business Feed Back
•Other Feedback
•Larger loading zones would be appreciated
•Large vehicles, or vehicles that are not pulled fully into the parking space impede the flow of traffic
Additional Parking Configurations
Curbside Parallel Parking Only
•Eliminate all median Parking
•23 foot travel lane
•Could be used to provide a bike lane and better accommodate pulled over vehicles
•89 parking spaces
•Loss of 80 parking spaces (compared to 2003 option)
Hybrid Median/Diagonal Parking
•156 parking spaces
•Loss of 13 parking spaces (compared to 2003 configuration) •17.5 foot travel lanes
2003 Configuration
•Return Price Street to its previous configuration
•Alternating diagonal parking with parking along both
curbs
•Staff recommends removing 8 parking spaces to better
accommodate the City’s fire engines
Summary of Options
Conclusion/Recommendation
•City Council to discuss parking layout options for Price Street
•Provide staff with direction on how to proceed
15 Questions?