City-Wide Parking Occupancy Study - FINAL REPORT

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1 Parking Operations, Maintenance and Development Branch City-Wide Parking Occupancy Study - FINAL REPORT Ottawa, ON October 2009

2 Parking Operations, Maintenance and Development Branch City-Wide Parking Occupancy Study - FINAL REPORT Ottawa, ON October 2009 Consulting Inc Carling Avenue, Suite 500 Ottawa, ON K1Z 8R9 Tel: (613) Fax: (613)

3 Client Project Team Project Manager Project Team Rob Orchin, P.Eng. Scott Caldwell Project Team Principal Project Manager Technical Team Jim Houghton, P.Eng. Krista Tanaka, P.Eng., PE Behtash Ghashghaei Abdi, E.I.T. Andrea Karklins October 2009

4 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Background Study Objective Study Design / Methodology Data Collection Guidelines Survey Groups, Times and Locations Short Day Surveys Control Surveys Occupancy Status Control Survey Adjustments Utilization Rate Calculations Results Appendices A. Control Survey Summaries B. Short Day Survey Data Sheet Summaries Tables Table 1: Monthly On-Street Parking Revenue for the City of Ottawa... 3 Table 2: Locations affected by major construction work... 4 Table 3: Short Day Survey Locations and Data Collection Times... 6 Table 4: Control Survey Locations and Data Collection Times Table 5: Short Day Survey Adjustments for Survey Group 10/ Table 6: Summary of Data by Survey Group Table 7: Utilization Rates by Survey Group October 2009 i

5 1. BACKGROUND In 2008, the Auditor General s office for the City of Ottawa conducted an Audit of the Parking Function. The resulting audit report identified a potential discrepancy between the city-wide revenue collected from on-street paid parking spaces and the utilization of those spaces. The Auditor General identified that the City is collecting, on average, revenues that represent two to three hours per weekday per on-street paid parking space. Of note, the City has reviewed this calculation and concurs with this finding. The Auditor General also notes that the paid utilization rate of two to three hours, may be low, especially given the past occupancy studies and our understanding that there is a general lack of availability of onstreet metered spots in commercial areas during regular business hours. There are implications if there is indeed a gap between the amount of revenue collected from on-street operations and the paid utilization of on-street paid parking. If the amount of revenue being collected is low relative to the city-wide paid utilization rate, this would infer lost revenue by some form of fraud or theft. In order to properly assess whether there is an actual discrepancy, the Auditor General notes that, Parking Operations should conduct a review of parking occupancy rates against revenue generated. The City of Ottawa concurred with this suggestion, noting in the Management response to the audit report that we agree that undertaking a comprehensive study on this matter as part of our overall strategy is very beneficial. In this regard, Consulting Inc. has undertaken surveys of all on-street paid parking spaces and calculated the utilization rates of those spaces on behalf of the City of Ottawa, Parking Operations Maintenance and Development Branch. The methodology, guidelines and the outcome of this study are presented in this report. October

6 2. STUDY OBJECTIVE This study s intent was to measure the levels of utilization at all on-street paid parking spaces within the City of Ottawa. Although the study represents a snapshot in time, the ultimate intent was to provide a city-wide paid utilization rate that is representative and can be used to accurately assess whether the revenue being collected from on-street paid parking is at an expected level. The following results were obtained from this study (at both the City-wide and area/zone levels): Total Parking Utilization Rate (the proportion of operational paid parking spaces with a parked vehicle) Paid Parking Utilization Rate (the proportion of operational paid parking spaces with a parked vehicle where there is paid time remaining on the meter) Unpaid Parking Utilization Rate (the proportion of operational paid parking spaces with a vehicle where there is no paid time on the meter) Rate of Out-of-Service metered Parking devices (the proportion of out-of-service metered parking spaces to the total number of paid parking spaces) October

7 3. STUDY DESIGN / METHODOLOGY In order to ensure an accurate calculation of the city-wide parking utilization rates, all onstreet metered spaces were surveyed, where operational, during the data collection period in June. The demand for parking varies throughout the year. For example, in 2008, monthly revenues from on-street parking ranged from a high of $783,615 (May) to a low of $517,420 (February). In order to ensure that the snapshot acquired through this study was representative of general parking conditions, it was important to undertake the survey at an appropriate and representative time of year. Table 1 illustrates the on-street gross revenue from 2007 and 2008 by month in ranked order (highest to lowest). Table 1: Monthly On-Street Parking Revenue for the City of Ottawa Rank July ($699,719) May ($783,615) 2 May ($687,960) July ($739,586) 3 August ($672,499) September ($732,744) 4 October ($651,942) April ($691,811) 5 April ($617,175) October ($679,292) 6 June ($615,558) August ($674,645) 7 September ($611,243) June ($661,580) 8 November ($594,759) December ($616,912) 9 January ($593,841) November ($597,231) 10 March ($571,707) January ($594,206) 11 February ($506,925) March ($594,083) 12 December ($467,817) February ($517,420) In 2007 and 2008, June most consistently falls around the median. In addition, the revenue for June is no more than 1.3% off of the average monthly revenue for each year. As such, it was determined that the month of June would be the most appropriate time to conduct the study. In any given year there are likely to be streets with paid parking that undergo significant construction work. That was the case in June 2009 as portions of Bank Street and Preston Street were shut down for this purpose. In these locations, the affected and adjacent meters were not surveyed as part of this study. Table 2 contains a list of the locations where construction was on-going during the survey period. There were approximately 390 spaces affected. October

8 Table 2: Locations affected by major construction work Street Bank Street Extent Somerset Street to Catherine Street McLaren Street Gilmour Street Lewis Street James Street Waverley street Affected Side Streets (Adjacent Mid-Blocks) Florence Street Frank Street Gladstone Avenue McLeod Street Argyle Street Preston Street Somerset Street to the Queensway Eccles Street Anderson Street Poplar Street Laurel Street Willow Street Larch Street Balsam Street Gladstone Avenue Louisa Street Preston Street Beech Street to Carling Avenue Norman Street Pamilla Street Adeline Street Sidney Street To determine the occupancy status of the metered parking spaces, surveys were undertaken, during weekday and weekend periods as appropriate. The data collected during these surveys were used to determine the city-wide occupancy rates of metered parking spaces. These surveys are referred to hereafter as Short Day Surveys". Short Day Surveys were carried out by having a surveyor walk a data collection route, recording the status of each metered parking space s occupancy once during the period. Two Short Day Surveys were undertaken to capture the parking space occupancy for each metered parking space during the weekdays. Where paid parking was in effect on, two Short Day Surveys were carried out as well. Sunday data were also collected along Ruskin Street within the Miscellaneous West Survey Group area. During the course of data collection, some metered parking devices were recorded as out-ofservice in the first survey and operational in the following survey at the same location (or vice versa) which might have caused some discrepancies between the total numbers of recorded meters. Issues as such were noted by data collectors and verified by consulting. 3.1 Data Collection Guidelines In order to ensure that the parking surveys were conducted at appropriate days/times and that the resulting data represented typical/average conditions, the following guidelines, provided by the City of Ottawa, reviewed and deemed reasonable by Consulting, were used to guide the scheduling of the surveys: October

9 Weekday surveys were conducted in the morning (between 9:30am and noon) and afternoon (between 1pm and 3:30pm) periods; and Sunday surveys were conducted in the morning (10 AM to 12 PM), the noon (12 PM to 2 PM) and the afternoon (2 PM to 4 PM) periods; The two weekday surveys for each metered location took place on different days of the week and at different times (i.e. once in the morning and once in the afternoon); Each metered location was not surveyed more than once on a Monday or Friday (i.e. if the first survey was conducted on a Monday or Friday, the second survey was carried out on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday); The two or Sunday surveys for each metered location took place at different times (i.e. once in the morning and once in the afternoon or once in the morning and once at noon or once at noon and once in the afternoon); Each metered location was not surveyed twice during inclement weather conditions; and A survey did not take place if there was a special event taking place in close proximity. 3.2 Survey Groups, Times and Locations The paid parking locations within the City of Ottawa were broken down into 13 distinct Survey Groups that were defined by specific geographic boundaries. The survey groups covered a large area and so each Survey Group was further broken down into Sub-groups to ensure that data collection for each Sub-group could be accomplished within the timeframes of the AM, noon or PM collection windows. The data are summarized at both the Sub-group and Survey Group levels Short Day Surveys Weekday Short Day Surveys were carried out between Tuesday, June 2 nd 2009 and Friday, June 19 th Short Day Surveys were conducted on June 6 th, 13 th, 20 th and 27 th Sunday Short Day Surveys (sub-group 1-10am and 12pm) were undertaken on June 14 th 2009 for applicable meters on Ruskin Street (where paid parking was in effect). In addition, a supplementary study was carried out on By-ward Market counts on June 27 th 2009 (survey sub-group 10B) during the AM counts as one of the data collectors could not locate the parking lot (compound). Table 3 summarizes the locations, dates and times of data collection for each of the survey groups. October

10 Table 3: Short Day Survey Locations and Data Collection Times Locations Date Survey Group Survey Sub-Group Sub-Group Name Sub-Group Boundaries AM PM Weekend 1A Centrepointe All meters on Constellation & Centrepointe 1B Ruskin All meters on Ruskin 10:00, 06/06/09 1 1C 1D 1E Holland Cross Parkdale Market War Museum All meters on Spencer, Holland; meters on Hamilton between Bullman and Spencer All meters on Hamilton between Wellington and Armstrong All meters on Wellington between Portage and Vimy Tuesday 06/02/09 Wednesday 06/03/09 14:00 06/13/09 10:00 & 12:00 Sunday 06/14/09 (Ruskin Street Only) 2A Preston North of 417 All meters on Preston north of St. Anthony 2 2B Preston Side Streets North of 417 2C Preston South of 417 2D Preston Side Streets South of 417 All meters on streets adjacent to Preston north of St. Anthony (not including Somerset) All meters on Preston south of St. Anthony All meters on streets adjacent to Preston south of St. Anthony Thursday 06/04/09 Friday 06/05/09 12:00 & 14:00 06/13/09 2E Booth/ Rochester All meters on Rochester, Booth, Daniel McCann and Norman south of the A 3B Somerset Somerset Side Streets All meters on Somerset between Preston St and Lyon St All meters on streets adjacent to Somerset between Preston and Lyon (not inclusive) Wednesday 05/27/09 Thursday 06/04/09 12:00, 06/06/09 10:00, 06/13/09 October

11 Table 3: Short Day Survey Locations and Data Collection Times Locations Date 4A Centretown Northwest All meters west of Bank, north of Gloucester (including the north side of Gloucester) and east of Bronson 4 4B Centretown Centre- West All meters west of Bank (including the west side of Bank), south of Gloucester (including the south side of Gloucester), north of Somerset (including the north side of Somerset) and east of Bronson Tuesday 06/09/09 Friday 06/05/09 n/a 4C Centretown Southwest All meters on Kent south of Somerset and on south side of Somerset 4D Centretown Bank- West All meters on west side of Bank and adjacent to side streets to Bank on the west side, south of Somerset (not including Somerset) 5A Centretown Elgin- North All meters on streets adjacent to Elgin on the west side, north of Somerset (including the north side of Somerset) and south of Gloucester (including the south side of Gloucester) 5 5B 5C Centretown Northeast Centretown Centre- East All meters east of Bank, north of Gloucester (including the north side of Gloucester) and west of Elgin All meters east of Bank (including the east side of Bank), south of Gloucester (including the south side of Gloucester), north of Somerset (including the north side of Somerset) and west of Metcalfe (including Metcalfe) Friday 06/05/09 Thursday 06/04/09 n/a 6A Centretown Elgin- South All meters on streets adjacent to Elgin on the west side, south of Somerset (including the south side of Somerset) and north of McLeod (not including McLeod) 6B Centretown Southeast All meters on McLeod, Argyle, Catherine and Elgin south of McLeod 6 6C Centretown Centre- East All meters on O'Connor and Metcalfe south of Somerset and north of McLeod and on Waverley, Lewis, Gilmour, MacLaren and the south side of Somerset between O'Connor and Metcalfe Friday 06/05/09 Thursday 06/04/09 n/a 6D Centretown Bank- East All meters on east side of Bank and adjacent side streets to Bank to the east, south of Somerset (not including Somerset) October

12 Table 3: Short Day Survey Locations and Data Collection Times Locations Date 7 7A 7B Elgin Elgin Side Streets All meters on Elgin St between Laurier and McLeod All meters on streets adjacent to Elgin to the east between Laurier and McLeod Tuesday 06/02/09 Wednesday 06/03/09 n/a 7C Cartier All meters on Cartier St 8 8A 8B Bank in the Glebe Bank Side Streets in the Glebe All meters on Bank St between 417 and Holmwood All meters adjacent to Bank St between 417 and Holmwood (inclusive) Friday 06/05/09 Tuesday 06/09/09 14:00, 06/06/09 9A By-Ward - Lowertown All meters north of St. Patrick (not including St. Patrick) 9B By-Ward - Perimeter East All meters north of George (not including George) and east of Cumberland (including Cumberland) 9C By-Ward - Permeter North All meters north of Clarence (not including Clarence), west of Cumberland (not including Cumberland), south of St. Patrick (including St. Patrick) and east of Sussex 9/ 10 9D 9E 9F By-Ward - Central George St - North Side Pay & Display - York All meters north of George (not including George), east of Sussex, west of Cumberland (not including Cumberland) and south of Clarence (including Clarence) All meters on the north side of George between Sussex and Cumberland All P&D spaces on York Street (between Sussex and Parent and between William and Dalhousie) Friday 06/05/09 Thursday 06/04/09 14:00 06/13/09 12:00, 06/20/09 9G Pay &Display - William/ByWard All P&D spaces on William and ByWard 10A George St - South Side All on-street meters on the south side of George between Sussex and Cumberland and on Dalhousie between Rideau and George 10B George St Compounds All meters in the 'parking lot' compounds on the south side of George between Sussex and Cumberland October

13 Table 3: Short Day Survey Locations and Data Collection Times Locations Date 11A Rideau St - east of King Edward All meters on Rideau east of King Edward 10/ 11 11B 10C 10D Rideau Side Streets (E of King Edward) Rideau St - west of King Edward Dalhousie/ Cumberland/ Besserer All meters adjacent to Rideau east of King Edward All meters on Rideau west of King Edward All meters on Dalhousie south of Rideau, on Cumberland south of George and on Besserer Thursday 06/04/09 Friday 06/05/09 10:00 06/06/09 14:00 06/20/09 10E George St - East All meters on George east of Cumberland 12/ 13 12A 12B Montréal - east of Vanier Pkwy Montréal - west of Vanier Pkwy All meters on Montreal Rd east of Vanier Pkwy All meters on Montreal Rd west of Vanier Pkwy 13C Montgomery/ Selkirk All meters on Montgomery & Selkirk Wednesday 06/03/09 Tuesday 06/02/09 12:00, 06/06/09 10:00 06/13/09 13A Sanford Fleming All meters on Sanford Fleming (north of Industrial) 13 13B 13D Off Beechwood Vanier Side Streets All meters on streets adjacent to Beechwood (Loyer & Charlevoix) All meters on streets adjacent to Montreal Rd east of Vanier Pkwy Tuesday 06/09/09 Friday 06/05/09 12:00 06/06/09 13E Nicholas/ Daly All meters on Nicholas and Daly 13F Mackenzie All meters on Mackenzie October

14 3.2.2 Control Surveys Additional day-long surveys were undertaken for weekday and s for a selected number of Survey Groups to determine the time-of-day occupancy trends and to be used to adjust any Short Day Survey data that were significantly different from the typical. During these day-long surveys, referred to hereafter as Control Surveys, the occupancy status of each metered parking space was recorded on an hourly basis. It should be noted that data were collected for a sub-set of the total meters within the Survey Group. Data collected during the Control Surveys were not used in the City-wide occupancy rate calculations other than when used to factor atypical Short Day Survey data. Weekday and Control Surveys were undertaken between Friday, June 9 th 2009 and, June 20 th Table 4 summarizes the Control Survey locations and data collection times. Control Survey data summaries are found in Appendix A. Table 4: Control Survey Locations and Data Collection Times Survey Group Survey Group Name # Meters Surveyed Weekday Data Collection Times 2 Preston 61 9:30 16:30 Monday 06/15/ Somerset 117 8:30 16:30 Friday 06/19/ Centretown West 150 9:30 14:30 Monday 06/15/ & 6 Centretown NE & SE 176 9:30 14:30 Friday 06/12/ Elgin 49 9:30 14:30 Friday 06/19/ Glebe 105 9:30 14:30 Thursday 06/18/2009 9/10 ByWard Market 170 9:00 16:00 Wednesday 06/17/ /11 Rideau 122 9:30 14:30 Thursday 06/18/ /13 Vanier 85 8:30 14:30 Tuesday 06/16/2009 Time Data Collection Times - 8:30 16:30 06/20/ :30 16:30 06/20/2009 9:00 16:00 06/20/2009 8:30 16:30 06/20/2009 8:30 16:30 06/13/ Occupancy Status For each metered parking space, the following questions were addressed during Short Day Surveys and Control Surveys in order to determine the occupancy status of the metered parking space: Was the space occupied? October

15 Was the meter in service / operational? Was the meter malfunctioning or was it hooded? Was there paid time on the meter? 3.4 Control Survey Adjustments Short Day Survey results were compared to Control Survey results to determine if Short Day Surveys were representative of typical parking patterns or if adjustments were required to account for variations. In most cases the Short Day Survey data corresponded to the findings of the Control Survey data. A factoring method was developed to adjust the Occupied Paid and Occupied Unpaid parking values of the Short Day Surveys that were found to be inconsistent with other Short Day Survey and the Control Survey data. In the following two cases, the number of occupied metered parking spaces (Occupied Paid + Occupied Unpaid) was significantly higher than observed during the other weekday or weekend Short Day Survey conducted: Survey Group 10/11 - Friday June 5, 2009, 13:00 to 15:30; and Survey Group 12/13 - June 20, 2009, 14:00 to 16:00 The following adjustment factor was developed and applied to the Short Day Survey data mentioned above: Adjustment Factor = (Occupied Paid + Occupied Unpaid) Control Survey (Occupied Paid + Occupied Unpaid) Short Day Survey Table 5 shows the survey results for the weekday Short Day Surveys and the Control Survey for Survey Group 10/11. The number of occupied metered parking spaces (both paid and unpaid) in the weekday Short Day Surveys for Survey Group 10/11 were compared to the occupied metered parking spaces in the weekday Control Survey. The number of occupied metered spaces (Occupied Paid + Occupied Unpaid) was found to be significantly higher for the Friday June 5 th Short Day Survey ( = 85 occupied spaces) than it was for the Thursday June 4 th Short Day Survey (9 + 5 = 14 occupied spaces). The data from the Friday Short Day Survey (13:00 15:30) were also evaluated versus the Control Survey data for the comparable time of day (13:30-14:30). The Friday data were also found to be high (21 occupied spaces in the Control Survey vs. 85 occupied spaces in the Friday Short Day Survey). October

16 Table 5: Short Day Survey Adjustments for Survey Group 10/11 Survey Type Time Total Metered Spaces Weekday Control Survey Subset of Survey Group 10/11 (Tues, June 16) (Surveyed subset of the 170 metered parking spaces within the Survey Group) Short Day Survey Subset of Survey Group 10/11 ORIGINAL Short Day Survey Survey Group 10/11 ADJUSTED Short Day Survey - Survey Group 10/11 (Used in occupancy calculations) Operational Meters Occupied Paid Occupied Unpaid Empty Out of Service 9:30-10: :30-11: :30-12: :30-13: :30-14: :30-12:00 (Thurs, June 04) 13:00-15:30 (Fri, June 05) 9:30-12:00 (Thurs, June 04) 13:00-15:30 (Fri, June 05) 13:00-15:30 (Fri, June 05) Hooded October

17 The Friday data were therefore adjusted to a more typical parking level by applying the adjustment factor calculated as per the above equation. For Survey Group 10/11, the adjustment factor of was applied to Occupied Paid and Occupied Unpaid numbers for the Friday Short Day Survey. The number of Out-of-Service (1) and Hooded (0) meters were assumed to remain as observed during the Short Day Survey and the number of Empty spaces was recalculated (Operational Meters Occupied Paid Occupied Unpaid = = 138). The adjusted Friday Short Day Survey numbers were used in the occupancy calculations. The same procedure was used to adjust the June 20 th Survey Group 12/13 data. 3.5 Utilization Rate Calculations The adjusted results obtained for each Survey Group were consolidated and average rates were calculated. For Survey Groups with only weekday data collections, the data were simply averaged to come up with a single number for the Survey Group. Where data were collected on weekdays and /Sunday, the data were averaged using weighting factors to account for the distribution of paid parking days throughout the year. October

18 For Locations with Weekday + Parking Weekday weights were calculated as follows: 261weekdays = Paid Parking Days = ( for two weekday surveys) weights were calculated as per the following: 52 s = Paid Parking Days = ( for two surveys) = ( for three surveys) For Locations with Weekday + + Sunday Parking Weekday weights were calculated as follows: 261weekdays = Paid Parking Days = ( for two weekday surveys) October

19 Weekend weights were calculated as per the following: 104 weekend days = Paid Parking Days 4( for = four weekend surveys) Weekend data were collected for only a select number of the Sub-Groups within Survey Groups 1 and 2. The numbers were therefore averaged by Sub-Group as per the methodology described above (i.e., weighted averages were calculated for Sub-Groups for which weekend data were collected and simply averaged for Sub-Groups for which only weekday data were collected) and then summed to determine the total Survey Group parking numbers. The following utilization rates were calculated for each of the Survey Groups and the City based on averaged survey numbers for the weekday and weekend Short Day Surveys: Total Parking Utilization Rate: the proportion of operational paid parking spaces with a parked vehicle Total Parking Utilization Rate = (Occupied Paid + Occupied Unpaid) Operational Metered Spaces Paid Parking Utilization Rate: the proportion of operational paid parking spaces with a parked vehicle where there is paid time remaining on the meter Paid Parking Utilization Rate = Occupied Paid Operational Metered Spaces Unpaid Parking Utilization Rate: the proportion of operational paid parking spaces with a vehicle where there is no paid time on the meter Unpaid Parking Utilization Rate = Occupied Unpaid Operational Metered Spaces Out-of-Service Rate: the proportion of out-of-service metered parking devices to the total number of meters Out-of-Service Rate = (Out-of-Service + Hooded) (Total # of Meters) Where: Total Metered Spaces = the total number of metered parking spaces surveyed during the survey period. October

20 Operational Metered Spaces = the total number of metered parking spaces with meters that were considered operational during the survey period (Total # of Meters Out-of-Service Hooded). Occupied Paid = any metered parking space with a parked vehicle and paid time remaining on the meter. Occupied Unpaid = any metered parking space with a parked vehicle that had no time remaining on the meter. Empty = the total number of operational metered parking spaces that were not occupied by a vehicle during the survey period. Out-of-Service = any metered parking space with a defective meter or rendered unusable due to construction activities, maintenance activities or vendor activities. Hooded = any metered parking space with a meter fitted with a parking meter hood - a bag or other covering for a parking meter that is placed over a parking meter by the General Manager to indicate that a parking meter is not to be used. 4. RESULTS A total of 3,791 metered parking spaces were surveyed during this study. Table 6 summarizes the data by Survey Group and Table 7 summarizes the findings of the utilization rate calculations. The survey data sheet summaries are included in Appendix B. October

21 Table 6: Summary of Data by Survey Group Survey Group Survey Day / Date Total Metered Spaces Operational Meters Occupied Paid Occupied Unpaid Empty Out of Service Subgroups Survey 1 (am) Tue, June A & Survey 2 (pm) Wed, June E-1 Sub-Group Average Subgroups 1C & 1E-2 Subgroup 1B 1 Subgroup 2C-1 Survey 1 (am) Tue, June Survey 2 (pm) Wed, June Survey 3 (Sat am) Sat, June Survey 4 (Sat pm) Sat, June Sub-Group Average (weighted) Survey 1 (am) Tue, June Survey 2 (pm) Wed, June Survey 3 (Sat am) Sat, June Survey 4 (Sat pm) Sat, June Survey 5 (Sun am) Sun, June Survey 6 (Sun pm) Sun, June Sub-group Average (weighted) Survey Group Average (partially weighted) Hooded Survey 1 (am) Thurs, June Survey 2 (pm) Fri, June Survey 3 (Sat noon) Sat, June Survey 4 (Sat pm) Sat, June Sub-Group Average (weighted) October

22 Table 6: Summary of Data by Survey Group Survey Group Subgroup 2C-2, 2D & 2E Survey Day / Date Total Metered Spaces Operational Meters Occupied Paid Occupied Unpaid Empty Out of Service Survey 1 (am) Thurs, June Survey 2 (pm) Fri, June Sub-Group Average Average (partially weighted) Survey 1 (am) Wed, May Survey 2 (pm) Thurs, June Survey 3 (Sat am) Sat, June Survey 4 (Sat pm) Sat, June Average (weighted) Survey 1 (am) Tue, June Survey 2 (pm) Fri, June Average Survey 1 (am) Fri, June Survey 2 (pm) Thurs, June Average Survey 1 (am) Fri, June Survey 2 (pm) Thurs, June Average Survey 1 (am) Tue, June Survey 2 (pm) Wed, June Average * Data varied significantly from Control Survey and was adjusted according to approach outlined in Section 3.4. Hooded October

23 Table 6: Summary of Data by Survey Group Survey Group 8 9/10 10/11 12/13 Survey Day / Date Total Metered Spaces Operational Meters Occupied Paid Occupied Unpaid Empty Out of Service Survey 1 (am) Fri, June Survey 2 (pm) Tue, June Survey 3 (Sat am) Sat, June Survey 4 (Sat pm) Sat, June Average (Weighted) Survey 1 (am) Fri, June Survey 2 (pm) Thurs, June Survey 3 (Sat am) Sat, June Survey 4 (Sat pm) Sat, June Survey 5 (Sat pm) Sat, June Average (Weighted) Survey 1 (am) Thurs, June Survey 2 (pm) * Fri, June Survey 3 (Sat am) Sat, June Survey 4 (Sat pm) Sat, June Average (Weighted) Survey 1 (am) Wed, June Survey 2 (pm) Tue, June Survey 3 (Sat noon) Sat, June Survey 4 (Sat 2 pm) * Sat, June Average (Weighted) * Data varied significantly from Control Survey and was adjusted according to approach outlined in Section 3.4. Hooded October

24 Table 6: Summary of Data by Survey Group Survey Group 13 Survey Day / Date Total Metered Spaces Operational Meters Occupied Paid Occupied Unpaid Empty Out of Service Survey 1 (am) Tue, June Survey 2 (pm) Fri, June Survey 3 (Sat am) Sat, June Survey 4 (Sat pm) Sat, June Average (Weighted) CITY TOTALS * Data varied significantly from Control Survey and was adjusted according to approach outlined in Section 3.4. Hooded October

25 City-Wide Parking Occupancy Study - FINAL REPORT Table 7: Utilization Rates by Survey Group Survey Group Area Total Parking Utilization Rate Paid Parking Utilization Rate Unpaid Parking Utilization Rate Out-of-Service Rate 1 Misc West Preston Street Somerset Centretown West Centretown NE Centretown SE Elgin Street Glebe /10 ByWard Market /11 Rideau Street /13 Montreal Road Misc East City of Ottawa The parking utilization rate for the City of Ottawa was found to be 0.45 during the month of June. The paid parking utilization rate was found to be The following statistics were observed: The highest parking utilization was found to be in the Centretown NE and the ByWard Market areas with approximately 69% and 65% of spaces used, respectively. The lowest parking utilization was found to be in the Montreal Road and Miscellaneous East areas with approximately 16% of spaces used. October