PARKING

Fehr & Peers has prepared hundreds of parking studies for public, private, and institutional clients throughout the western United States.  We frequently perform:

• Parking Supply/Inventory Evaluations
• Parking Demand Analysis
• Shared Parking and Parking Variance Evaluations
• Parking Garage Access and Circulation Analysis
• Parking Pricing Strategies
• On-Street Parking Design and Management Strategies
• Special Event Parking Plans

We provide innovative, yet practical solutions to complex parking situations, frequently drawing on our expertise in travel demand forecasting, traffic operations and simulation, traffic calming, and traffic engineering design in our studies.  We focus on vehicular access as well as the safety and convenience of pedestrians and bicyclists.   

Unique State-of-the-Art Technologies

We are often called upon to use state-of-the-art technologies to evaluate unusual parking situations. Examples include:

• GIS to determine spatial parking demand based on various walk-time contours.
• Micro-simulation at parking garage accesses to model the interactions of automobiles, pedestrians, and bicyclists.

Parking Demand/Revenue Models

We have considerable experience in the development of models that predict parking demand based on a variety of independent variables (e.g., building square footage). These models are used to calculate the required parking supply. We develop parking revenue forecasting models.  These models are used to forecast the likely effects of potential base parking rates and discount schemes, and to formulate optimum pricing strategies.

For more information, please contact John Gard.