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4' <br /> , <br /> Planning and Community Development <br /> '''W2930 Wetmore Ave.,Suite 8-A <br /> f Everett,WA 98201 <br /> www.everettwa.gov <br /> TO: Planning Commission <br /> FROM: David Stalheim, Long Range Planning Manager <br /> DATE: February 23,2018 <br /> RE: Draft Chapter 34,Off-Street Parking and Access <br /> Reviewing the parking requirements for Metro Everett is a significant policy focus of the draft Metro <br /> Everett plan.www.everettwa.gov One year ago,we presented to the planning commission and public <br /> guiding principles and best practices regarding off-street parking. https://everettwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9363 <br /> For Metro Everett,the guiding principles we presented were: <br /> • Promote a pedestrian friendly environment in Metro Everett by reducing automobile trips, <br /> particularly with single-occupant vehicles. <br /> • Establish off-street parking requirements based on the minimum needed, not the desired <br /> average or maximum based on non-metro (i.e. suburban)standards. <br /> • Develop off-street parking requirements which respond to shifting markets(age and travel <br /> patterns), unique populations (low-income,seniors) and proximity to high frequency transit(3-4 <br /> trips per hour). <br /> • Reserve the most convenient parking spaces to support customer,client,vendor and visitor <br /> access to downtown. <br /> The draft parking chapter that planning staff have been working on is proposed citywide,although <br /> special standards are drafted for Metro Everett. <br /> Best Practices—Emerging Trends/Studies <br /> For years,trip and parking guidelines for cities were generated primarily through the Institute of <br /> Transportation Engineers (ITE). However,the ITE trip and parking manuals focused on suburban <br /> locations with limited transit and pedestrian access. New studies focused on transit-oriented <br /> development(TOD) and urbanized areas have identified that fewer vehicle trips are generated for some <br /> developments,and less parking is required at TODs than ITE guidelines have recommended. <br /> Recent research'of five TODs, including a case study of the Redmond Downtown (bus-only)TOD, <br /> showed there to be significantly less demand for parking and driving than the ITE manual recommends. <br /> The vehicle trip and parking reduction research identified: <br /> 1"Trip and parking generation at transit-oriented developments:Five US case studies", Reid Ewing, et al, <br /> Landscape and Urban Planning, December 10,2016. "Trip and parking generation at transit-oriented <br /> developments:a case study of Redmond TOD,Seattle region",Guang Tian,et al,Springer Science+Business Media <br /> New York, May 13,2016 <br /> 4 <br />