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VISION Concepts HOW DO I STOP IN DOWNTOWN PAWTUCKET CONCEPT 3 : “P”ARKING “P”arking goals Make finding parking easy Encourage development Reduce water run-off “P”arking components Enforce on-street parking Add on-street spaces Create “P” signage at parking lots Increase pervious surfaces Add trees Renovate City Garage Change parking requirements Historically, Pawtucket’s downtown street edges were lined with commercial buildings as it was developed prior to the use of the automobile. Originally, pedestrian movement was the primary form of getting through the downtown; then carriages and streetcars became common. Eventually, the downtown streets were redesigned to accommodate cars, a system that also included parking lots, wider streets, and larger sidewalk corner radii. Currently, 25% of all land area in downtown is surface parking. There are currently 1,730 parking spaces, 10% of which is on street parking, 90% of which is in parking lots. 70% of all parking spaces are found on private lots; 30% of parking spaces are on public streets, lots or garages. The biggest users of parking in the core of downtown are City Hall, the Visitors Center building, the YMCA and the Public Library. After reviewing recent parking studies completed for the city, the PDDP found that parking is ample for the current and anticipated uses in the near future. The parking system, however, does not work efficiently because lots are not adequately signed and on street parking limits are not enforced. There is enough activity by businesses and offices in downtown that employees generally park in the on street parking locations during daytime hours, restricting those spots for commercial customers and short-term parking. Having a system of moving spaces is important to keeping up the flow of traffic, density of commercial activity and encouraging retail shopping. The “P”arking project addresses the above concerns by developing a set of program and physical infrastructure improvements: enforce the two-hour parking limit for on street parking spots, provide standard “P” signage for public lots that clarifies how it can be used, fund City garage renovations to make it safer and more appealing, increase on street parking spaces through the turnpike system and roadway diets, and, for the public surface parking that remains, use more pervious paving and tree edges on public lots to decrease the heat island effect, water run-off issues, and add density along the sidewalk. Additionally, the large amount of surface parking is a result of zoning laws that have required businesses to provide the maximum needed parking for the uses of their occupancy. As property values have decreased, this has encouraged the demolition of older buildings for the creation of surface parking to support the remaining businesses. As well, recent parking studies have recommended more surface parking be added in anticipation of unrealistic downtown growth. In some cases, they have recommended removing important historic structures. This project addresses the abundance of surface parking by changing the zoning regulations so that there is zero requirement for parking for commercial uses and limited parking requirements for residential uses in the downtown area. 34 PDDP VISION
PROJECT 3 : “P”ARKING The above diagram shows all of the public and private surface parking areas in downtown Pawtucket. The bottom images show the type of building-lined streets typical of its early urban development, particularly in the late 1800s and into the 1930s. The picture on the lower right shows the more typical condition today-- gaps between buildings filled with surface parking. Also as is shown, surface parking is generally not filled to capacity. PDDP FINAL REPORT 35
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Page 4 and 5: TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION VISI
Page 6 and 7: P P P P P P EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Pawtu
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DESIGN Bicycle & Transit Systems BI
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STREETSCAPE AND PEDESTRIAN SYSTEMS
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DESIGN Landscape LANDSCAPE PLAN GOA
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DESIGN Landscape TREE ORDINANCE GOA
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DESIGN Landscape ECOLOGICAL GREEN S
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DESIGN Landscape BRIDGE PARK EAST G
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DESIGN Regulatory Framework The PDD
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STATUS AND IMPLEMENTATION
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