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Add Parking to Other Southern Green Line Stations
If daily parking at Naylor Road Station were to be removed it could be offset by adding an equal
number of parking spaces to other southern Green Line Stations. The parking facilities of Naylor
Road Station (368 spaces) would in theory constitute a modest increase at the other Green Line
Stations with much larger existing parking facilities: Southern Avenue (1,980 spaces), Suitland
(1,890 spaces), and Branch Avenue (3,072). While this strategy maintains the same overall
number of parking spaces along the southern Green Line, implementing additional parking at
other stations would pose challenges.
The Southern Avenue Station footprint is large enough to accommodate additional Park & Ride
capacity. About half of the station area is already consumed by a large parking garage. The other
half contains surface lots that could be converted into additional structured parking. However,
the station lacks quick and convenient access to limited-access highways like Suitland Parkway
and I-495, making it a less-desirable transfer destination for Park & Ride passengers. The
Suitland Station footprint is already mostly occupied by structured parking and opportunities to
add more daily parking would be limited and likely more expensive than other southern Green
Line Stations. The Branch Avenue Station footprint has the most usable space of all these options
as a result of surface parking. However, the station has long been considered a prime candidate
for joint development (see Metro’s 2010 Branch Avenue Station Access and Joint Development Study).
Additional Park & Ride capacity could be incorporated into the parking replacement at the
Branch Avenue station as part of a future Branch Avenue TOD redevelopment.
Advantages
• Expands developable area at Naylor Road Station if on-site parking is removed
• Maintains current amount of southern Green Line parking
Disadvantages
• Capital costs of constructing new structured parking
• Limited options for additional parking on southern Green Line
• Local communities may oppose additional parking
• Accommodating additional traffic near other stations
• Absorbing additional passenger volume within other stations at entrances, mezzanines, and
on platforms
Real-Time Parking Information
Real-time parking information notifies motorists of parking availability. Such information is
updated on a continual basis as parking supply fluctuates throughout the day. Basic real-time
parking information systems can be as simple as electronic signs at Park & Ride entrances
that warn motorists of a full garage. These simple systems reduce time wasted searching for a
parking space, but are less effective compared to more sophisticated systems because they only
interact with the transit customer once a driving trip has already begun. More complex systems
provide up-to-date digital information that is viewable on computers and other mobile devices.
Such systems are more effective because they can reduce driving trips. Motorists may view
real-time parking information before beginning their trip and decide that an alternative mode
of access is faster because parking at the nearest station is already full. Metro is currently testing
a real-time parking information system for Fort Totten and Rockville Station metered parking
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