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Long Description: Feasibility Study Checklist - Step 3

Step 3. Parking Demand Analysis

Assessment: Review of on-site parking supply

If Assessment applies:

  • Input into parking occupancy study Input into Site Access and Parking Plan

Tips/Examples:

  • Account for spaces lost to background traffic, event sponsors, bus staging, limousine and taxi staging, media parking, event employee parking, and event participant parking
  • If parking area(s) is unstriped, then use 150 cars/acre to estimate the number of available spaces
  • Consider as a rule of thumb that 90 to 95 percent lot occupancy represents a full parking area

Assessment: Need for off-site (overflow) parking

If Assessment applies:

  • Input into parking occupancy study
  • Input into Site Access and Parking Plan

Tips/Examples:

  • Determine if demand will potentially exceed supply
  • Consider walking distance to event venue
  • Parking areas located further from the venue (> 15-minute walk) would require a continuous shuttle service

Assessment: Parking occupancy study

If Assessment applies:

  • Input into traffic demand analysis

Tips/Examples:

  • Perform an iterative parking demand analysis, over hourly time periods as necessary, if considering parking areas characterized by high background parking turnover

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