™Parking InnovationImproves Mobility

Troy McLeod, P.Eng.CPA General Manager

Agenda• Historical look at parking management in

Calgary • Calgary’s Cash-in-Lieu Policy• CPA’s Transportation Demand Management

Initiatives• CPA’s Parking Technology Enhancements• Value-add services in parking facilities• Future parking trends

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A look back at parking in Calgary…

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1955: parking to attract downtown patrons

• The Downtown Business Association incorporates the Calgary Downtown Parking Corporation (CDCP).

• CDCP operates as a non-profit organization to provide reasonably priced, off-street parking for downtown patrons.

1966: Downtown Master Plan

• Framework for future downtown

• Transit (7th Ave) and pedestrian mall (8th Ave) planned

• Preferred parking locations established

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1968: Calgary Parking Authority Established• City Council

adopts a bylaw toestablish the CalgaryParking Authority

• CPA is responsible forplanning, developmentand operation of public parking facilities

• CPA manages seven facilities

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1970s: Parking Policies and Planning

• City Council adopts the cash-in-lieu policy

• On-site parking limits are established• Policy promotes parking along the

periphery of the business core

Calgary’s Cash-In-Lieu Policy• The cash-in-lieu program

permits only 50% of stalls to be constructed on-site, with the balance of parking constructed in strategically located public facilities.

• The plan specifically stated the intent to under-provide parking was to foster transit use to the downtown.

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Cash-in-Lieu Overview• CPA spent $94M over 28 years to build parkades

using both CPA capital funds (28%) and cash-in-lieu funds (72%)

•$12.4M

•$8.6M

•$12M

•$21M•$20M

•$10M •$10M

2011: Calgary Achieves 50% Transit Modal Split

• Looking Ahead: Calgary Transportation Plan and Centre City Plan looking to achieve a 60% modal split to transit.

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•50% of downtown commuters use transit

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2007: ParkPlus Launched• ParkPlus system launched in Calgary in 2007

to replace over 4,000 on-street parking meters

• Pay-by-plate system that uses central pay machines, mobile phone payment and photo enforcement.

Benefits of ParkPlus

• Customer Convenience– Multiple payment options– Ability to add onto a paid parking

session if running late

• More parking– Enhanced compliance means

more short-term parking– Central pay stations with no

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CPA’s Current Parking Inventory

• 7 parkades and 33 surface lots

Over 6,700 on-street stalls+ Over 5,500 parkade stalls+ 2,700 surface lot stalls 18% of all paid parking in Calgary

TDM: Bicycle Parking

• Added hundreds of secure bicycle parking stalls in 2013 in several downtown locations– Secure facilities as

more people want their bicycles protected

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TDM: Supporting Carpooling• Carpoolers save money, reduce

road congestion and conserve energy.

• CPA’s Carpool Program expedites carpoolers’ move to the top of monthly waiting lists for CPA parking.

• Up to 50% of all new monthly contracts may be allocated to vehicles with two or more occupants.

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Many of our monthly waiting lists are several

months long.

TDM: Supporting Small Vehicles and Motorcycles

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• Park Small, Save Big discount offers 25% off on-street parking for vehicles under 3.8m or less

• Seasonal motorcycle parking on-street as well as discounted monthly motorcycle parking

TDM: Supporting Carsharing

• Carsharing helps ease congestion by taking cars off the road

• car2go members can park or end their vehicle rental in on-street ParkPlus zones and in CPA surface lots and parkades

• There are reserved spaces in six of CPA parkades for car2go vehicles 17

Technology Enhancements: Mobile Phone Payment

• Smartphone use continues to grow• Innovate mobile payment methods

– Text to Park – MyParking App

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Technology Enhancements: Addressing Traffic Congestion

• 33% of traffic congestion is caused by drivers looking for a place to park.

• To help, we introduced our MyParking app and on-street availability information on our website.

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Technology Enhancements: Finding a Stall

• Way-finding signage to help located a parking stall quickly

• Real-time stall counts outside of parkade, online and in app

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Technology Enhancements: Auto Enforcement

• Moving to enforcement by license plate for more than parking payment

• Can be used in residential areas to better manage high parking demand in permit areas

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Technology Enhancements: Online Activations• Businesses can pay for their customers’

parking using our online activation system• Use as an incentive

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ParkPlus Beyond Calgary

• ParkPlus trial in Edmonton to test system

• With new stadium coming in, they are looking for a system that can adjust pricing through virtual operations for better event parking management

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Smart Parking: Demand-Based Pricing• A more consistent,

transparent and fair approach to parking prices

• Currently used by other cities like San Francisco

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Calgary’s new on-street parking policy will see rates increase, stay the same or decrease by a max of $0.25 each year based on occupancy rates.

Smart Parking: Taxi Hydrant Zone

• Make better use of existing on-street space.

• Taxis act as stewards of space.

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Smart Parking: Shared Parking Model

• Optimize use of parking facilities and shared uses

• In entertainment districts, residential buildings

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More than just a parking facility…

Free Value-Added Services:•ParkAid•Car Care Centers•Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

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Looking Ahead: Self-driving Vehicles

• Google Inc. leading self-driving vehicles. – Fleet of a dozen computer-

controlled vehicles logged almost 483,000 km without an accident.

• Impact of self-driving vehicles on parking demand– Vehicles could drive home

after dropping off passenger

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Looking Ahead: Automated Parking Structures

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• Automated parking structures to provide most efficient parking

• Calgary plans to build a 360-stall automated parking garage in downtown by a private company

Looking Ahead: GPS Parking Payment

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• Great for frequent parkers like courier companies

Looking Ahead: Generation Y and Vehicles• Generation Y less interested

in driving than any other generation before– Decreasing number of those

getting a driver’s license– Significant number would

choose Internet access over owning a car

• Impact on parking demand?– Growth of car sharing

programs, transit use

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Questions?

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