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<strong>WMATA</strong> Real-Time Parking<br />
Inform<strong>at</strong>ion Feasibility Study<br />
Franconia/Springfield<br />
Chapter 2: EXISTING PARKING CONDITIONS<br />
Five driveways and seven lanes are available to enter the Franconia/Springfield <strong>parking</strong><br />
garages. The peak hour <strong>of</strong> entering traffic is from 6:45 to 7:45 AM. This hour represents<br />
about 30 percent <strong>of</strong> the total entering traffic from midnight until 2:15 PM. There was a<br />
very distinct 15-minute surge in entering traffic<br />
when 422 vehicles were counted from 7:15 to 8:15<br />
AM. Approxim<strong>at</strong>ely 61 percent <strong>of</strong> all entering traffic<br />
arrived between 6:00 and 8:15 AM.<br />
Vienna/Fairfax<br />
This st<strong>at</strong>ion has four distinct <strong>parking</strong> facilities th<strong>at</strong><br />
are not connected; therefore, the entering d<strong>at</strong>a are<br />
presented for each <strong>of</strong> the four facilities. Like<br />
Franconia/Springfield, the peak hour <strong>of</strong> entering<br />
traffic occurs from 6:45 to 7:45 AM, representing<br />
about 30 percent <strong>of</strong> the total entering traffic. The count d<strong>at</strong>a indic<strong>at</strong>es th<strong>at</strong> almost 55<br />
percent <strong>of</strong> the entering traffic arrives between 6:15 and 8:15 AM. At the North Lot and<br />
South Garage the peak entering hour was from 7:00 to 8:00 AM, and <strong>at</strong> the North<br />
Garage it was 15 minutes l<strong>at</strong>er, from 7:15 to 8:15 AM. At the South Lot the peak hour<br />
was from 6:15 to 7:15 AM.<br />
Van Dorn<br />
The 183 entering vehicles between 6:00 and 7:00 AM were 44 percent <strong>of</strong> the total<br />
entering volume. Within this peak entering hour, 38 percent entered within the 6:30 to<br />
6:45 AM peak 15-minute period.<br />
West Falls Church<br />
This st<strong>at</strong>ion had a unique entering p<strong>at</strong>tern because the peak 15-minute period occurred<br />
from 7:15 to 7:30 AM when 230 vehicles entered, then it declined to 203 in the next 15<br />
minutes, and finally increased again in the next two 15-minute periods with 219 and 216<br />
vehicles recorded. A total <strong>of</strong> 868 vehicles were counted in the 7:15 to 8:15 AM peak<br />
hour, representing 38 percent <strong>of</strong> total entering traffic.<br />
Driveway Usage<br />
Traffic Backing up on Saintsbury<br />
Drive for the South Garage and Lot<br />
Counting entering and exiting traffic <strong>at</strong> the driveways also provides an indic<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> which<br />
are the most popular driveways. Figures 2-12 through 2-15 represent snapshots <strong>of</strong> the<br />
daily entering traffic distributions for the individual st<strong>at</strong>ions between 5:00 AM and 2:00<br />
PM.<br />
Page 2-19 June 2009
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