Conceptual Master Plan - Emeryville Center of Community Life

Mark Schatz
August 22, 2008
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TABLE 2
PARKING DEMAND FOR TYPICAL USES BY TIME OF DAY 1
Parking Demand
Morning
(8a – 12p)
Afternoon
(12p – 3p)
Late
Afternoon
(3p-5p)
Early
Evening
(5p – 6p)
Evening
(6p – 9p) Weekend
Staff Parking Demand 2 138 138 137 84 38 21
Visitor Parking Demand 2 77 90 96 94 102 101
Library Parking Demand 3 -- -- 12 10 12 12
Service Vehicles 4 10 10 10 10 10 10
Total 225 238 255 * 198 162 144
NOTES: * Peak Parking Demand
1. Parking demand is based on the number of the users expected on the site on a typical weekday and weekend, as
well as the mode split for trip purpose. This does not include the parking demand for special events.
2. These parking demand estimates exclude the library parking demand after school hours.
3. The library is open to public use after school. The parking demand for the Library (and technology lab within the
library) was based on the ITE Parking Generation (2004) publication. For Land Use Type 590, ITE reports an
average peak parking rate of 2.61 vehicles per 1,000 square feet (ksf). This was reduced by 12% to 2.30 based on
BATS data to account for the use of alternative modes
4. The activity program prepared by Field/Paoli shows that parking for ten services vehicles is needed.
Source: Fehr & Peers, 2008.
CONCLUSION
The peak parking demand for typical uses on the site would occur after school during the late
afternoon (3 pm – 5 pm), when the school and community center have the most overlapping
uses. During that time period, approximately 135 K-12 school staff, school district staff, and
Emery Education Foundation staff as well as 33 community center staff would be on-site.
Approximately 30 visitors to the school and 146 visitors to the community center are also
expected to be on site during the late afternoon.
During normal weekday business hours (8 am – 5 pm), the parking demand is expected to be
within 12% of the typical peak parking demand, indicating that little parking would be available for
other uses during those times. However, during the evenings and weekends, the parking
demand for typical uses is expected to only reach approximately 60% of the peak weekday
parking demand. Should enough parking be made available on and around the site to meet the
weekday peak demand, parking would able available to accommodate limited special events.
NEXT STEPS
Our next step is to conduct a field reconnaissance to estimate parking spaces availability for a
typical day within one block of the site. Our next deliverable will be a technical memorandum to
document the availability of surrounding parking spaces and the potential number of parking
spaces on 47 th Street. That memorandum will be delivered in one week. Once the parking
analysis is completed, a traffic analysis report will be produced that will include traffic generation
estimates and a preliminary traffic analysis, as outlined in our scope of work.