Innovative Parking Strategies for the Sacramento Region

Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2007, Sacramento, CA

This day-long event addressed the challenge local jurisdictions face of providing the right amount of parking for retail, residential and other uses, in their efforts to create walkable, livable cities and towns.

Innovative strategies on how to reduce the need for parking while lowering costs were presented and successful case studies were highlighted. The target audience included retailers, developers, planners, local policymakers and parking agencies from the six-county Sacramento region.

Sponsors:

• Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District
• Sacramento Regional Transit

Presentations/Handouts:

• Handout — Parking Cash Out: Implementing Commuter Benefits as One of the Nation’s Best Workplaces for Commuters (PDF, 316 KB)
• Paul Zykofsky, AICP, Local Government Commission, Making the Air Quality and Parking Connections (PDF, 2.1 MB)
• Donald Shoup, Ph.D., FAICP, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, The High Cost of Free Parking (PDF, 3 MB)
• Patrick Siegman, Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Less Traffic, Better Places (PDF, 808 KB)
• Dan Zack, City of Redwood City, CA, The Downtown Redwood City Parking Management Plan (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• Patrick Kennedy, Panoramic Interests, Inc., Parking: One Path to Righteousness (PDF, 784 KB)
• Mark Yamarone, City of Pasadena, CA, City of Pasadena Innovative Parking Strategies (PDF, 124 KB)
• Mary Catherine Snyder, City of Seattle, WA, Top Five Lessons from the Paid Parking Trenches of Seattle (PDF, 440 KB)
• Terry Bellamy, Transportation Engineering & Operations, Arlington County, VA, Innovative Solutions: Arlington County, Virginia (PDF, 360 KB)