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University District Parking Plan:
An Assessment and Recommendation for Improvement
METHODS
● NEIGHBORHOOD SURVEYS ● TRAFFIC AND PARKING COUNTS
● ONLINE SURVEYS
SURVEY RESULTS
• 337 residential surveys-1,124 adults , 49 children
• 83% of all adults own a vehicle in the University District
• 89.5% of all available off street spaces are used
• 43.1% pay an off street parking fee
• 70.8% of visitors park on the street
• 17.3% of which park more than a block away
• 24.4% of visitors park off-street in a driveway or other off-street lot
• 64.8% of survey respondents attend OSU
• 62.2% walk to work or school, 26.2% drive
• 3.3% use COTA, 3.1% use CABS
• 47% live in a permit parking area
• 193 permit parking passes in 158 households
• 25% of people not living in a permit area would favor implementation
• Safety, more parking, and parking safety were the three
improvements that residents were most supportive of.
• Residents identified their biggest problem was lack of parking during
the day and most frequent problems they encountered were illegal
parking, and parking noise.
• Online Surveys
• Residential: 190 households, 595 adults, 20 children
• 2.73 cars per household, 75.3% of all available off street spaces are
used, 47% pay an off-street parking fee
• 205 permit parking passes in 124 households
• Commuter: 122 respondents, 94.5% drive to University District alone
• 20% report that they received a parking ticket for illegally parking offcampus in a permit area. 20% percent received tickets for expired
parking meter. 10% received tickets for parking in front of a fire hydrant,
driveway, or intersection.
• 53 business surveys
• 320 off street spaces, 6.4 spaces per business, 39% of businesses
share parking and 43% businesses stated that their customers park on
the street
● NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS
KEY RECOMMENDATIONS
• Expand CABS Bus Service
• Institute a COTA payroll deduction for OSU
employees
• Institute carpooling program organized through
OSU
• Adjust OSU permit system to allow students to pay
on a quarterly basis
• Limit city parking permits to no more than four per
household
• Provide visitor permits on a date basis
• Institute grant program for development and
maintenance of off-street parking
• Provide additional metered parking for businesses
• Develop gateway markers and information kiosks
for business areas identifying parking areas
• Advertise OSU garage availability for evening and
weekend parking
• Develop and improve the bicycle network in the
University District
• Institute a maximum number of parking spaces
required under the zoning code
• Encourage shared parking
• Increase safety through improved lighting and
increased patrols
• Institute volunteer citizen based enforcement
program for parking violations