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<strong>WMATA</strong> Real-Time Parking<br />
Inform<strong>at</strong>ion Feasibility Study<br />
Chapter 2: EXISTING PARKING CONDITIONS<br />
D<strong>at</strong>a Collection<br />
The d<strong>at</strong>a collection activities were <strong>com</strong>prised <strong>of</strong>:<br />
• Confirming and breaking down the <strong>parking</strong> inventory by loc<strong>at</strong>ion and <strong>parking</strong><br />
c<strong>at</strong>egory<br />
• Conducting a <strong>parking</strong> space vehicle occupancy <strong>study</strong> from 5:00 AM until 12:00<br />
NOON (Hour Beginning) <strong>at</strong> 1 hour intervals and from 2:00 to 3:00 PM<br />
• Counting traffic entering and exiting the <strong>parking</strong> facilities <strong>at</strong> 15 minute intervals<br />
from 12:00 MIDNIGHT until 2:30 PM<br />
For the <strong>parking</strong> accumul<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>study</strong>, parked vehicles were recorded by their loc<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
within the <strong>parking</strong> facility and their classific<strong>at</strong>ion: handicap, reserved, multi-day (available<br />
only <strong>at</strong> the Franconia/Springfield st<strong>at</strong>ion), or unrestricted. The <strong>parking</strong> accumul<strong>at</strong>ion and<br />
entering/exiting d<strong>at</strong>a were collected on April 1, 2008, April 2, 2008, and April 3, 2008 – a<br />
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.<br />
Parking Inventory<br />
Table 2-1 presents a summary inventory <strong>at</strong> the four <strong>WMATA</strong> Metrorail st<strong>at</strong>ions studied.<br />
Figures 2-2 to 2-5 are snapshots <strong>of</strong> each <strong>study</strong> site. Combined, the four st<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
contain 12,600 <strong>parking</strong> spaces with 82 percent, or 10,366, spaces loc<strong>at</strong>ed in <strong>parking</strong><br />
garages. The Franconia/Springfield and Vienna/Fairfax st<strong>at</strong>ions have almost the same<br />
number <strong>of</strong> <strong>parking</strong> spaces <strong>at</strong> 5,120 and 5,160, respectively. Approxim<strong>at</strong>ely 1.5 percent<br />
<strong>of</strong> all spaces surveyed are handicap, and they are generally loc<strong>at</strong>ed near the elev<strong>at</strong>ors in<br />
the <strong>parking</strong> garages or in convenient loc<strong>at</strong>ions in the <strong>parking</strong> lots. All <strong>parking</strong> facilities,<br />
except the South Lot <strong>at</strong> Vienna/Fairfax, contain handicap <strong>parking</strong>. There are 1,477<br />
reserved <strong>parking</strong> spaces <strong>at</strong> the four <strong>study</strong> sites th<strong>at</strong> account for 11.7 percent <strong>of</strong> the total<br />
inventory. The vast majority <strong>of</strong> <strong>parking</strong> spaces (86.8 percent) <strong>at</strong> the <strong>study</strong> sites are<br />
unrestricted.<br />
Table 2-1 Summary <strong>of</strong> Parking Inventory<br />
St<strong>at</strong>ion Type Loc<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Franconia 5,120 Handicap 191 Garage 10,366<br />
Vienna 5,160 Reserved 1,477 Lot 2,234<br />
Van Dorn 341 <strong>WMATA</strong> 1 TOTAL 12,600<br />
West Falls Church 1,979 Unrestricted 10,902<br />
TOTAL 12,600 Multiday 29<br />
TOTAL 12,600<br />
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