Parking and Planning White Paper Series

The Kimley-Horn Parking Practice, in response to the needs of our clients across the country, is developing a series of informational “white papers” on a range of parking and transportation related topics. Many of these white papers will be on topics that are on the obscure side of our business and therefore may not be well known. We will also be addressing topics that are currently debated within the industry. 
 
Four white papers are included in our 2014 series. They will be released throughout the year in each quarterly issue. Our first topic is Parking in Lieu Fees.

1. Parking in Lieu Fees (In-lieu parking fees allow developers to pay fees into a municipal parking or traffic mitigation fund in lieu of providing required parking on site. The fees can then be used to provide centralized public parking. In some cases, the community may wish to establish the fund in such a way that it can also be used for transit, bicycle, and pedestrian improvements that can reduce parking demand. By consolidating parking in centralized public lots or structures and allowing developers an alternative to providing parking on-site, a fee-in-lieu system can encourage in-fill development and redevelopment in existing downtowns or historic buildings. It can also improve the overall efficiency of parking provision by addressing the needs of the area as a whole, rather than the needs of each individual site.)
   
   The remaining topics include:
    
2. Residential Parking Permits
3. Tax Increment Financing
4. Valet Parking Program 
    

Focus Areas to Take Your Parking to the Next Level

The world of parking is changing, and Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.—a national engineering and planning firm—is adapting to help you meet these new challenges. Kimley-Horn has assembled an outstanding team of parking professionals to help you take your parking program to the next level. Whether your needs involve strategic planning, sustainable design solutions, new technology, or routine facility maintenance—we can help you.
 
Our comprehensive service areas include:

• Strategic Planning and Management Consulting
• Design and Construction Phase Services
• Technology Consulting
• Maintenance and Restoration Services

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What's New at Kimley-Horn?

In the Spotlight

At next month’s Parking Association of Georgia (PAG) 2014 Conference and Tradeshow (April 16-18, 2014 in Savannah), Brett Wood will present “Reshaping Public Perception – The Downtown Atlanta Parking Story.”  The presentation will review work completed for the Downtown Atlanta area, including defining a unique public-private parking relationship between the City and private operators, as well as branding, marketing, education, and technology roll out campaigns to help Central Atlanta Progress and the City of Atlanta shift the public perception of parking in the community.

 
 

In the Works

The Kimley-Horn parking team is hard at work serving clients and communities. Here is a brief snapshot of a few recently completed projects:
 

Financial Institution Campus and Parking Deck, Research Triangle Park, NC

A confidential client purchased a group of buildings in Research Triangle Park with the intent of relocating their staff to this centrally located campus. The project includes developing a consolidated master plan, upfitting the existing buildings, and planning for future new buildings. As part of the design team, Kimley-Horn is responsible for designing a 2,200-space employee parking deck, conducting traffic impact and signal warrant analyses, and obtaining air quality permits for the parking structure.









 

City Center Parking Study, Sandy Springs, GA

Kimley-Horn completed a parking study for the City Center area to help the City of Sandy Springs realize a renaissance by setting a platform by which redevelopment can be initiated. The study helped to position the area to support construction of the catalyst project (a municipal complex), while also setting a vision for longer-term parking solutions that will support further redevelopment of the entire City Center over time.

Project tasks included an inventory of existing parking facilities and parking occupancy data collection during weekday and weekend peak and off-peak periods. Following an assessment of the area and data collection, Kimley-Horn used its exclusive Park+ software to model several downtown development scenarios. This software allows different user inputs to be used to develop more appropriate parking demand projections than are typically found using industry standard ULI and ITE parking generation rates. The results of the Park+ analysis help develop parking demand projections for the City Center as it redevelops.

Ask the Professionals

Have a question? Please contact one of our parking experts listed below:

Dennis Burns, CAPP - Strategic Planning/Management Consulting
Dean Penny, P.E. - Design and Construction Phase Services
Chuck Reedstrom, CAPP - Technology Consulting
Adam Cochran, P.E. - Maintenance and Restoration Services

Downtown Burbank Parking Guidance System - Burbank, California

With a mindset that always takes the big picture into account, our team can help you explore solutions that fully integrate your parking system into the broader community. Whether it’s helping your parking program serve as a catalyst for economic development, improving your program’s image, enhancing customer service, reducing operating costs, or developing a sustainable new facility—Kimley-Horn can help you and your parking system reach the Next Level.