DOWNERS GROVE FOUNDED IN 1832 Illinois October, 2011 Parking Consultants - Planners 26877 Northwestern Hwy, Suite 208 Southfield, Michigan 48033 www.richassoc.com
Acknowledgements Rich and Associates would like to thank the following Village staff and members of the Downers Grove Downtown Management Corporation for their invaluable assistance in the preparation of this report Parking Study Steering Committee Village Staff Nan Newlon Director, Public Works Department Dorin Fera - Public Works Department Tim Sembach - Police Department Allison Deitch - Managers Office Damir Latinovic - Community Development Department Downtown Management Corporation Linda Kunze Dan McCormick Marilyn Weiher
TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY... 1-1 Results... 1-1 Recommendation Summary... 1-4 SECTION 2 CURRENT ANALYSIS... 2-1 Introduction... 2-1 Scope of Work... 2-1 Study Area... 2-2 Map 1 Downtown Study Area... 2-3 Parking Supply... 2-4 Table 2A Parking Supply Summary (Daytime)... 2-4 Table 2B Public vs. Private Parking Supply (Daytime)... 2-5 Table 2C Public vs. Private Parking Supply (Evenings)... 2-5 Table 2D Parking Time Limit Allocation (Public Spaces)... 2-6 Commuter Parking Supply... 2-6 Table 2E Commuter Parking Supply Inventory... 2-7 Map 2 Parking Supply... 2-8 Handicap Parking... 2-9 Table 2F Public Off-Street Handicap Accessible Parking Inventory... 2-9 Future Handicap... 2-9 Turnover / Occupancy Analysis... 2-10 Figure A Thursday Composite Occupancy Results... 2-10 Public Parking... 2-11 Private Parking... 2-11 Figure B Parking Occupancy (Weekday)... 2-11 Zone Analysis... 2-12 North of Tracks Parking Occupancy... 2-12 Figure C North of Tracks Occupancy... 2-12 South of Tracks Parking Occupancy... 2-13 Figure D South of Track Occupancy... 2-13 TC-1
Parking Garage Occupancy... 2-13 Figure E Parking Garage Occupancy... 2-13 Commuter Parking Occupancy... 2-14 Figure F Commuter Parking Occupancy vs. Available Supply... 2-14 Occupancy Analysis by Location... 2-15 Map 3 Thursday Peak Daytime... 2-16 Map 4 Thursday Peak Evening... 2-17 Map 5 Thursday Peak Achieved... 2-18 Map 6 Saturday Peak Daytime... 2-19 Map 7 Saturday Peak Evening... 2-20 Map 8 Saturday Peak Achieved... 2-21 Turnover Results... 2-22 Table 2G On-Street Parking Violation Summary Thursday... 2-23 Table 2H On-Street Parking Violation Summary Saturday... 2-24 Parking Demand Current... 2-25 Table 2 I Parking Square Footage Summary by Land Use... 2-25 Parking Demand Shared Use... 2-26 Figure G Current Parking Demand by Time of Day (Weekday)... 2-26 Calculated Parking Demand by Block Daytime... 2-27 Table 2J Current Daytime Parking Demand vs. Parking Supply... 2-28 Map 9 Daytime Surplus / Deficit (Thursday Daytime)... 2-29 Table 2K Current Evening Parking Demand vs. Parking Supply... 2-30 Map 10 Evening Surplus Deficit... 2-31 Public vs. Private Parking Demand... 2-32 Table 2L Net Surplus / Deficit of Parking... 2-33 Table 2M Net Parking Surplus / Deficit North Side of Tracks... 2-34 Summary Daytime / Evening Parking Demand Versus Parking Supply... 2-35 Tivoli Movie Theater... 2-36 SECTION 3 FUTURE PARKING DEMAND... 3-1 Introduction... 3-1 Summary... 3-1 Table 3A Development Potential within Existing Parking Supply... 3-2 TC-2
SECTION 4 PARKING ECONOMICS... 4-1 Table 4A Comparative Quarterly Commuter Parking Rates... 4-1 SECTION 5 SURVEY DATA... 5-1 Commuters... 5-1 Figure H Commuter boarding s by time of day... 5-1 Commuter Parking Allocation... 5-2 Frequent Visitors... 5-2 Table 5A Summary Frequent Visitor Opinion Responses... 5-3 Figure I Modal Split for Downtown Visitors... 5-4 Table 5B Frequent Visitor Reasons for being Downtown... 5-5 Infrequent Visitors... 5-6 Table 5C Infrequent Visitor Reasons for avoiding Downtown... 5-6 Pedestrian Survey Results... 5-6 Table 5D Pedestrian Survey Results... 5-7 SECTION 6 FINDINGS / RECOMMENDATIONS Findings Parking Supply... 6-1 Parking Utilization... 6-1 Parking Demand vs. Parking Supply... 6-2 Future Demand... 6-2 Parking Operations... 6-3 Parking Enforcement... 6-3 Tivoli Theater... 6-4 Signage... 6-4 Economics... 6-4 Recommendations... 6-5 Primary Recommendations... 6-5 Parking Capacity/ Allocation... 6-5 Item 1: Allocation of Spaces... 6-5 Item 2: Inadequate Handicap Accessible Spaces per ADA guidelines... 6-6 Item 3: Parking Space Time Limits... 6-7 TC-3
Item 4: Additional Parking... 6-8 Enforcement... 6-9 Item 5: Parking Enforcement... 6-9 Parking Management... 6-10 Item 6: Parking Lot / Space Conditions... 6-10 Item 7: Signage and Wayfinding... 6-11 Item 8: Marketing of Parking... 6-13 Parking Economics... 6-14 Item 9: Rate Schedule... 6-14 Item 10: Overnight Parking... 6-14 Additional Recommendations... 6-15 Item 11: Loading Zone... 6-15 Item 12: Train Passenger Drop Off... 6-15 Item 13: Update Utilization Counts... 6-16 APPENDIX A PARKING SUPPLY DETAIL / OCCUPANCY COUNT DETAIL Table A-1 Off-Street Parking Detail... A1-1 through A1-4 Table A-2 On-Street Parking Detail... A2-1 through A2-4 Table A-3 Thursday June 16 Occupancy Count Detail... A3-1 through A3-3 Table A-4 Saturday June 18 Occupancy Count Detail... A4-1 through A4-3 APPENDIX B HANDICAP PARKING REQUIREMENTS Illinois State Attorney General Accessible Parking Brochure... B-1 and B-2 Proposed Accessibility Guidelines for Parking in the Public Right of Way...B-3 Excerpt Pages United States Access Board Proposed Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in Public Right of Way - Technical Requirements... B-4 through B-7 TC-4