WESTLAKE AVENUE NORTH CYCLE TRACKWĂƌŬŝŶŐhƟůŝnjĂƟŽŶ^ƚƵĚLJ^ƵŵŵĂƌLJ

The intent of the study was to inventory the parking supply and examine occupancy for the Westlake Avenue North corridor from Aloha Street to just north of Halladay Street. The Westlake Avenue North right of way is 150 feet wide, and includes the parking lot between the roadways and Lake Union [insert link to ŚƩƉǁǁǁƐĞĂƩůĞŐŽǀƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚĂƟŽŶǁĐƚŚƚŵdŚĞƐƚƵĚLJǁĂƐĂůƐŽŝŶƚĞŶĚĞĚƚŽƐƵƉƉůĞŵĞŶƚƚŚĞƐĞĮŶĚŝŶŐƐǁŝƚŚĚĂƚĂĐŽůůĞĐƚĞĚďLJƚŚĞŝƚLJĚƵƌŝŶŐƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐƐƚƵĚŝĞƐĂŶĚƚŚĞ^ĞĂƩůĞŶŶƵĂůWĂŝĚWĂƌŬŝŶŐ^ƚƵĚLJdŚĞƌĞƐƵůƚƐĂƌĞĂŶĂƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚŽĨŚŽǁŵƵĐŚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐŝƐĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞĂŶĚƵƟůŝnjĞĚǁŝƚŚŝŶƚŚĞĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌ

dŚĞĚĂƚĂǁĂƐŶŽƚŝŶƚĞŶĚĞĚƚŽďĞƐƵĸĐŝĞŶƚƚŽĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞŚŽƵƌůLJoccupancy or turnover rates for individual stalls.

dŚĞƐƚƵĚLJĐŽǀĞƌĞĚƚŚĞĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐŝƚĞŵƐͻ On-street public parking supply (number of spaces) ͻ KīͲƐƚƌĞĞƚƉƌŝǀĂƚĞƉĂƌŬŝŶŐƐƵƉƉůLJ;ŝŶƐƵƌĨĂĐĞůŽƚƐĂŶĚŐĂƌĂŐĞƐ

both public paid and private paid immediately adjacent to the right-of-way)

ͻ KŶͲƐƚƌĞĞƚĂŶĚŽīͲƐƚƌĞĞƚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶƐĂŶĚƌĂƚĞƐ;ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƟĂůƉĞƌŵŝƚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐͿ

ͻ >ŽĂĚŝŶŐnjŽŶĞƐĂŶĚŽƚŚĞƌƵŶŝƋƵĞƉĂƌŬŝŶŐƵƐĞƐŽďƐĞƌǀĞĚ(e.g., garbage trucks, boat storage etc.)

ͻ KŶͲƐƚƌĞĞƚŽīͲƐƚƌĞĞƚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐŽĐĐƵƉĂŶĐLJ;ŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨƐƉĂĐĞƐoccupied).

WƌĞƉĂƌĞĚďLJdŽŽůĞĞƐŝŐŶ'ƌŽƵƉMarch 21, 2014

Fig. 3. Boat access across pedestrian path (2700 block, north of Halladay Street)

Fig. 1. Parking use by larger vehicles (2400 block, south of Halladay Street)

&ŝŐϮ,ŝŐŚĞƌƵƐĞŽĨƵŶƉĂŝĚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐ;ĂƚůĞŌin photo) than paid (1700 block, between Galer and Blaine Streets)

tŚĂƚǁĞƐĞƚŽƵƚƚŽŽďƐĞƌǀĞŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨƉĂƌŬŝŶŐƐƉĂĐĞƐĂŶĚƚŚĞŝƌƵƐĞ

,ŽǁƚŚĞ^ƚƵĚLJǁĂƐŽŶĚƵĐƚĞĚ

ŽůůĞĐƟŽŶƟŵĞƐĂƚĂǁĂƐĐŽůůĞĐƚĞĚŝŶ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌϮϬϭϯĚƵƌŝŶŐďŽĂƟŶŐƐĞĂƐŽŶƌĂŶŐĞŽĨĚĂLJƐĂŶĚƟŵĞƐǁĞƌĞƐĞůĞĐƚĞĚƚŽĐĂƉƚƵƌĞďŽƚŚƉĞĂŬĂŶĚŽīͲƉĞĂŬŚŽƵƌƐ;^ĞĞdĂďůĞϭͿ^KdƉĂƌŬŝŶŐŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚƐƚĂīǁĂƐĐŽŶƐƵůƚĞĚĨŽƌƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚĚĂLJƐĂŶĚƟŵĞƐWƌĞǀŝŽƵƐparking studies were reviewed as well as the City’s paid parking data.

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Fig. 6. Service road (1500 block/Marina Mart Building)

ŽůůĞĐƟŽŶĂƌĞĂƐOn-street parking along the corridor was divided into block lengths represented by Zones A to M (see Figure 7) to evaluate the parking ŝŶǀĞŶƚŽƌLJĂŶĚƚƌĞŶĚƐĂůŽŶŐƚŚĞĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌŝŶĚŝƐĐƌĞƚĞďůŽĐŬͲƐŝnjĞĚƐĞŐŵĞŶƚƐ/ƚǁĂƐŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚƚŽďƌĞĂŬƚŚĞĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌŝŶƚŽƚŚĞƐĞnjŽŶĞƐƚŽƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŚŽǁƚŚĞĂĚũĂĐĞŶƚůĂŶĚƵƐĞĂīĞĐƚĞĚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐŽŶĂďůŽĐŬďLJblock basis.

Types of parkingThe number of paid and free parking spaces and the number ŽĨƐƉĂĐĞƐĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚƚŽƐƉĞĐŝĮĐƵƐĞƐƐƵĐŚĂƐĂĚŝƐĂďůĞĚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐĚƵŵƉƐƚĞƌƐĂŶĚŵŽƚŽƌĐLJĐůĞƉĂƌŬŝŶŐǁĞƌĞƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĞĂĐŚƟŵĞperiod, the occupancy was collected by individual parking space. The total number of spaces in surface lots and garages adjacent to the right-of-way and the occupancy of the publicly available spaces were also recorded.

WEEKDAY&ƌŝϵϭϯϮϬϭϯ 7 AM Noon ϲWD Midnight

WEEKEND^ĂƚϵϭϰϮϬϭϯ Noon ϲWD

WEEKDAY tĞĚϵϭϴϮϬϭϯ 7 AM Noon ϲWD

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tŚĂƚǁĞůĞĂƌŶĞĚ

On-street Public Parking SupplyThe corridor has 1,271 parking spaces in the public right-of-way. &ŝŐƵƌĞϴƐŚŽǁƐƚŚĞďƌĞĂŬĚŽǁŶŽĨƵŶƉĂŝĚƚŽƉĂŝĚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐWĂŝĚparking spaces are located on the east side of the right-of-way along the businesses on the shore line. Free parking is located along the west side of the parking lot, adjacent to the Westlake Avenue North roadway.

Of the parking spaces available on the corridor, 6% were not available ĨŽƌŐĞŶĞƌĂůƉƵƌƉŽƐĞƉĂƌŬŝŶŐ;ĞŐůŽĂĚnjŽŶĞƐŵŽƚŽƌĐLJĐůĞƉĂƌŬŝŶŐĂŶĚĚŝƐĂďůĞĚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐͿƵŵƉƐƚĞƌƐŽĐĐƵƉŝĞĚϮϳƉĂƌŬŝŶŐƐƉĂĐĞƐŽƌϮйŽĨthe total.

dŚĞƌĞŝƐůŝƩůĞƚŽŶŽĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůŽŶͲƐƚƌĞĞƚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐďĞLJŽŶĚƚŚĞtĞƐƚůĂŬĞǀĞŶƵĞEŽƌƚŚƌŝŐŚƚŽĨǁĂLJĨƌŽŵ'ĂůĞƌ^ƚƌĞĞƚŶŽƌƚŚĚƵĞƚŽƚŚĞƉŚLJƐŝĐĂůŝƐŽůĂƟŽŶĨƌŽŵƚŚĞŚŝůůƐŝĚĞƚŽƚŚĞǁĞƐƚĂŶĚ>ĂŬĞhŶŝŽŶƚŽƚŚĞeast.

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&ŝŐϱdžŝƐƟŶŐWĂƚŚǁĂLJǁŝƚŚŚŝŐŚƉĞĚĞƐƚƌŝĂŶƵƐĞŵŝdžĞĚǁŝƚŚďŝŬĞƐ;ƐŽƵƚŚŽĨ,ŝŐŚůĂŶĚDrive)

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PARKING MANAGEMENTFree Parking (in public right of way)Paid Parking, 9 am - 4 pm (in public right of way)2-Hour Time Limit (in public right of way)Private Parking Lot

PARKING MANAGEMENTFree Parking (in public right of way)Paid Parking, 9 am - 4 pm (in public right of way)2-Hour Time Limit (in public right of way)Private Parking Lot

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KīͲƐƚƌĞĞƚWƌŝǀĂƚĞWĂƌŬŝŶŐ^ƵƉƉůLJWƌŝǀĂƚĞƉĂƌŬŝŶŐƐƵƌĨĂĐĞůŽƚƐĂŶĚŐĂƌĂŐĞƐŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞůLJĂĚũĂĐĞŶƚƚŽthe Westlake Avenue North right-of-way were included in the study. There were 257 private paid parking spaces counted as available to ƚŚĞƉƵďůŝĐĂƚƚŚĞ>ĂŬĞhŶŝŽŶƵŝůĚŝŶŐĂŶĚ'ƵŝůĚŝŶŐ;dĂďůĞϮ). WĂƌŬŝŶŐŝƐĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞϮϰϳ

/ŶĂĚĚŝƟŽŶƚŽƉƌŝǀĂƚĞƉĂŝĚůŽƚƐ;ƐƵƌĨĂĐĞůŽƚƐĂŶĚŐĂƌĂŐĞƐͿƌĞƐĞƌǀĞĚparking on private property was counted (dĂďůĞϯ). These spaces ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚƌĞƐĞƌǀĞĚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐƐƉĂĐĞƐĂƚƚŚĞ'ĂŶĚ>ĂŬĞhŶŝŽŶBuilding, as well as single and double length parking spaces immediately adjacent to the right-of-way on private property presumably used by adjacent business employee and customer ƉĂƌŬŝŶŐdŚĞƌĞǁĞƌĞϭϴϰŽĨƚŚĞƐĞƐƉĂĐĞƐĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ/ŶƚŽƚĂůƚŚĞƌĞwere 441 private parking spaces available adjacent to but outside the public right of way.

With these spaces taken into account there is a total of 1,712 parking spaces available along the corridor.

dŝŵĞ>ŝŵŝƚƐĂŶĚ&ĞĞƐThe rate for paid parking in the street right-of-way is $1 per hour for ƵƉƚŽϳŚŽƵƌƐϵDͲϰWDDŽŶĚĂLJƚŚƌƵ&ƌŝĚĂLJdŚĞŵĂũŽƌŝƚLJŽĨƉĂŝĚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐƐƉĂĐĞƐĚŽŶŽƚŚĂǀĞƟŵĞůŝŵŝƚƐďĞĨŽƌĞĂŌĞƌŽƌĚƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĞϳŚŽƵƌƐŽĨƉĂŝĚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐƚƚŚĞŶŽƌƚŚĞŶĚŽĨƚŚĞĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌŝŶŽŶĞ<;DĐ'ƌĂǁ^ƚƌĞĞƚƚŽƌŝǀĞǁĂLJηϭϭͿƚŚĞƌĞĂƌĞϱϬƵŶƉĂŝĚƟŵĞͲůŝŵŝƚĞĚ(2-hour) parking spaces.

Overall OccupancyThe City’s target occupancy for paid parking in the City overall is 70%-ϴϱйdŚŝƐĂůůŽǁƐĨŽƌƚŚĞĂǀĂŝůĂďŝůŝƚLJŽĨŽŶĞƚŽƚǁŽƉĂƌŬŝŶŐƐƉĂĐĞƐŽŶaverage, per block face throughout the day.

WĂƌŬŝŶŐŽĐĐƵƉĂŶĐLJǀĂƌŝĞƐĂůŽŶŐƚŚĞĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌ dŚĞŚŝŐŚĞƐƚŽĐĐƵƉĂŶĐLJƌĂƚĞƐŽĐĐƵƌƌĞĚĂƚƚŚĞƐŽƵƚŚĂŶĚĐĞŶƚƌĂůƉŽƌƟŽŶƐŽĨƚŚĞĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌ dŚĞstudy showed that the noon hour was the highest occupancy and is therefore considered the peak.

ŽƌƌŝĚŽƌͲǁŝĚĞƵƟůŝnjĂƟŽŶƐŚŽǁƐƚŚĂƚǁŚŝůĞƚŚĞƌĞŝƐŚŝŐŚĚĞŵĂŶĚĨŽƌunpaid parking; use of the paid parking supply (see Figure 9) is below the City’s target parking targets.

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PRIVATE PARKING INVENTORY

'ƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ϭϱϯƐƉĂĐĞƐLake Union Building 104 spaces

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PRIVATE RESERVED PARKING INVENTORY

'ƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ϯϲƐƉĂĐĞƐ,ĞďĞƌƚzĂĐŚƚƐ ϯϬƐƉĂĐĞƐLake Union Building ϵϯƐƉĂĐĞƐWĂĐŝĮĐŽĂƐƚzĂĐŚƚ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ 4 spacesStarbucks ϭϯƐƉĂĐĞƐWestlake Landing Building ϴƐƉĂĐĞƐ

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WĂƌŬŝŶŐhƟůŝnjĂƟŽŶ^ƚƵĚLJ^hDDZzϱ

dŚŝƐĂǀĞƌĂŐĞŽĐĐƵƉĂŶĐLJĂƚĂůůƟŵĞƐ;ϱϬйƉĂŝĚϵϭйƵŶƉĂŝĚͿĚŽĞƐŶŽƚƌĞŇĞĐƚƚŚĞƚƌĞŶĚƐƉĞƌďůŽĐŬǁŚĞƌĞƉĂƌŬŝŶŐĚĞŵĂŶĚŝƐŚŝŐŚĞƌĂƚƚŚĞƐŽƵƚŚĞŶĚĂŶĚŵŝĚͲĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌ dŚĞĮŶĚŝŶŐƐĂƌĞĐŽŵƉĂƌĂďůĞƚŽƚŚĞƌĞƐƵůƚƐŽĨƚŚĞϮϬϭϯWĂƌŬŝŶŐ^ƵŵŵĂƌLJZĞƉŽƌƚǁŚĞƌĞƉĂŝĚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐŽĐĐƵƉĂŶĐLJĚƵƌŝŶŐƚŚƌĞĞŚŽƵƌĚĂLJƟŵĞƉĞĂŬĂǀĞƌĂŐĞĚϳϲй

Occupancy by ZoneKǀĞƌĂůůŽĐĐƵƉĂŶĐLJǁĂƐŚŝŐŚĞƌŝŶŽŶĞƐ&ĂŶĚ/&ŝŐƵƌĞϲƐŚŽǁƐƚŚĞŽĐĐƵƉĂŶĐLJƌĂƚĞƐĂůŽŶŐƚŚĞĞŶƟƌĞĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌĨŽƌƚŚĞƉĞĂŬǁĞĞŬĚĂLJƟŵĞ;&ƌŝĚĂLJĂƚŶŽŽŶͿŽŶĞƐĂŶĚĂƌĞǁŝƚŚŝŶĂďůŽĐŬŽĨƚŚĞ'Building private parking lot, which is available to the public for paid parking. Zones F and I are within one to two blocks of the Lake Union Building where paid parking is available.

KĐĐƵƉĂƟŽŶƌĂƚĞƐŝŶĨƌĞĞƉĂƌŬŝŶŐĂƌĞĂƐǁĞƌĞŚŝŐŚĞƌƚŚĂŶŝŶƉĂŝĚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐĂƌĞĂƐĨŽƌŵŽƐƚďůŽĐŬƐƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĞŶŽŽŶŚŽƵƌ ƚŚĞĨƌĞĞparking in Zone B, F and I was near full occupancy. The most abundant free parking was available in Zone M at the northern ĞŶĚŽĨƚŚĞĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌǁŚĞƌĞŽŶĂǀĞƌĂŐĞĂƚŶŽŽŶŽŶůLJϱϬйŽĨƚŚĞϭϴϲavailable stalls were occupied.

Occupancy for the private paid parking lots was also counted during ƚŚĞƐĂŵĞƐƚƵĚLJƉĞƌŝŽĚƵƌŝŶŐĐŽƵŶƚƟŵĞƐƚŚĞŽĐĐƵƉĂŶĐLJĂǀĞƌĂŐĞĨŽƌďŽƚŚůŽƚƐǁĂƐϱϴй

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WĂƌŬŝŶŐhƟůŝnjĂƟŽŶ^ƚƵĚLJ^hDDZzϲ

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WĂƌŬŝŶŐhƟůŝnjĂƟŽŶ^ƚƵĚLJ^hDDZzϳ

ͻ The study provided an understanding of block-by-block parking needs which will help to inform a balanced approach to changes made within the corridor.

ͻ dŚĞƐƚƵĚLJŽĨĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌͲǁŝĚĞƉĂƌŬŝŶŐƵƟůŝnjĂƟŽŶƐŚŽǁƐƚŚĂƚǁŚŝůĞƚŚĞƌĞŝƐŚŝŐŚĚĞŵĂŶĚĨŽƌƵŶƉĂŝĚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐ, ƵƐĞŽĨƚŚĞƉĂŝĚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐƐƵƉƉůLJŝƐďĞůŽǁƚŚĞŝƚLJƉĂƌŬŝŶŐƵƟůŝnjĂƟŽŶƚĂƌŐĞƚƐ. The study found that parking is available along the corridor in free, ƉĂŝĚĂŶĚƉƌŝǀĂƚĞƉĂƌŬŝŶŐƐƉĂĐĞƐĚƵƌŝŶŐƉĞĂŬƐĞĂƐŽŶĂƚĂůůƟŵĞƐof day.

ͻ There are njŽŶĞƐǁŝƚŚŝŶƚŚĞĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌĂŶĚƟŵĞƐǁŚĞƌĞƉĂƌŬŝŶŐŽĐĐƵƉĂŶĐLJƌĂƚĞƐĂƌĞŽǀĞƌϵϬйŵĂŬŝŶŐŝƚĚŝĸĐƵůƚĨŽƌƉĞŽƉůĞŝŶǀĞŚŝĐůĞƐƚŽĮŶĚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞůLJĂĚũĂĐĞŶƚ to their ĚĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶ

ͻ dŚĞŚŝŐŚĞƐƚĚĞŵĂŶĚĂƌĞĂƐĂƌĞŽŶĞƐ&ĂŶĚ/

ͻ WƌŝǀĂƚĞƉĂƌŬŝŶŐůŽƚƐwith lower than on-street parking occupancy ĂƌĞĂůƐŽǁŝƚŚŝŶƌĞĂƐŽŶĂďůĞǁĂůŬŝŶŐĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞŽĨŚŝŐŚĚĞŵĂŶĚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐĂƌĞĂƐ.

ͻ dŚĞůŽǁĞƐƚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐŽĐĐƵƉĂŶĐLJƌĂƚĞƐĂƌĞŝŶƚŚĞĂƌĞĂǁŚĞƌĞŵŽƐƚŇŽĂƟŶŐŚŽŵĞƐĂŶĚůŝǀĞͲĂďŽĂƌĚƐĂƌĞůŽĐĂƚĞĚ

ͻ dŚĞĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌŝƐĂĚĞƐŝŐŶĂƚĞĚZĞƐƚƌŝĐƚĞĚWĂƌŬŝŶŐŽŶĞ;ZWͿĂŶĚƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐŵĂLJŽďƚĂŝŶZWƉĞƌŵŝƚƐƚŽĞdžĞŵƉƚƚŚĞŝƌǀĞŚŝĐůĞƐĨƌŽŵƚĞƌŵůŝŵŝƚƐĂŶĚƉĂLJƐƚĂƟŽŶĨĞĞƐZWƉĞƌŵŝƚƐǁĞƌĞŶŽƚŽďƐĞƌǀĞĚƚŽďĞŚĞĂǀŝůLJƵƐĞĚĂůŽŶŐƚŚĞĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌ

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