Department of Transportation

Reducing Congestion and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

through Parking Policy

Local Government Experience and Perspective

Department of Transportation

Pasadena Profile

• Population - 160,000

• Employment - 100,000

• Population density: 2,396 persons/square km

• Six Metro Gold Line light rail stations, 12 regional and local bus lines

• 1,200 metered parking spaces

• 8,000 City Owned off-street parking spaces

• Diverse mix of land uses and historic downtown

• Traversed by 2 major freeways (I-210 and SR 134)

Department of Transportation

Environmental Stewardship

General Plan Guiding Principle:Pasadena will be a city where people can circulate without cars

• Pasadena Green City Action Plan

• United Nations Green Cities Declaration and Urban Accords

Department of Transportation

Parking Pricing and Policy• Past

• Old Pasadena and other Parking Meter Districts

• Residential Preferential Parking Districts

• Present• Temporary Overnight Parking

Exemption• Multi-Space Meters• New Parking Meter Districts• Parking Maximums in Transit Oriented

Districts

Department of Transportation

Parking Policies

• Neighborhood Protection

• Congestion Reduction

• Trip Reduction

Department of Transportation

Parking Meter Districts

• Old Pasadena Meter rate adjustment $.25 took 14 years

• New Parking Meter Districts in the South Lake and Playhouse

• Monthly rates to move employee parking to outer garages

Department of Transportation

Transit Oriented Development

• Market is unbundling the cost of the second parking space from residential leases.

Department of Transportation

Traffic Reduction Strategies

•Charging the Right Price for Meter Parking

•Residential Parking Benefit Districts

•Parking Cash Out

•Unbundling of Parking Cost

Department of Transportation

Parking Policy and Trip Making

•Need a robust transportation system to support policies to reduce congestion

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Parking Pricing and Policy

• Mark YamaroneTransportation Administrator626 744-7474myamarone@cityofpasadena.net

www.cityofpasadena.net/trans