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6. Manage parking effectively.
The parking in the station area and the
greater East Liberty business district is a
poorly managed mix of public and private
surface lots, limited structure parking
associated with newer developments
and on-street spaces, some of which are
regulated by residential permit areas.
Currently there is no dedicated parking for
the station, although a section of the Shady
Hill Plaza is signed to allow for station
parking in what appears to be an effort
to manage a tendency for unintended use
of an over-sized parking field next to the
station. Typically for a mixed use station
park and ride provision is not a major goal,
and parking is instead treated as a shared
resource to support development with
limited if any dedicated transit parking
provided.
Better parking management in the district
around the station is however essential and
much needed. Future parking management
and provision should be oriented towards
managing existing resources more
effectively in a coordinated manner with
better wayfinding and more consistent,
demand driven pricing. As parking supply
is increased to support redevelopment
efforts parking should be developed and
managed as a shared resource to the
degree possible.
7. Capture the value of transit
Significant investment and redevelopment
has already occurred around the
station area over the last decade. Despite
these successes, further investment is
constricted by limited and obsolete public
infrastructure, especially connections to
the transit system. A mechanism is need
to capture the value of transit to reinvest
in the station itself, and the infrastructure
around it in order to facilitate future transit-oriented
development. To date the primary
mechanism for this has been through
large-scale project based TIFFs. This study
will explore the feasibility and implications
of creating a Transit Revitalization Investment
District as a means of capturing the
value of transit district wide and reinvesting
in a range of infrastructure needs in the
station area, as well as supporting key TOD
projects.
East Liberty TRID Study | Pittsburgh Department of City Planning