Route 132 Corridor Report - Cape Cod Commission

stops include Falmouth Mall, Mashpee Commons, Centerville, West Main
Street and the Hyannis Transportation Center. The bus runs every hour,
Monday through Saturday, between 5:30 am and 5:30 pm. The Barnstable
Villager provides transit between the Barnstable County Complex in Barnstable
Village and the Hyannis Transportation Center. There are several
stops in the study area, including
Festival Mall, Southwind Plaza, the
Cape Codder hotel and the Cape Cod
Mall. The bus runs every hour, Monday
through Saturday, between 7:30
am and 5:30 pm. Establishing additional
public transit nodes along the
corridor that can initially be served
by local bus and transit systems and
with greater frequency (including
Sundays) would offset any reduced
area dedicated to parking. Furthermore,
the corridor may provide a
future opportunity for mass transit,
Existing transit provided at the Cape Cod Mall.
such as bus rapid transit or light rail
service, and therefore these transit
nodes may in the future have the potential to become light rail stops if a
light rail system is pursued. Potential transit stop nodes could include:
entrance to Festival, entrance to Cape Cod Mall/Kmart Plaza, near rotary/
airport, intersection at Route 28 entrance to Cape Cod Mall, Bearse’s
Way/Route 28 intersection.
Opportunity 7C: Encourage Decked Parking
One of the factors that have left large areas of parking under utilized is
the spaces’ proximity to the establishments they are serving. Although
the required parking spaces under zoning is likely established to deal
with peak demand (only reached at a few days/year), the rest of the year
most customers park as close to the buildings they are visiting as possible.
Therefore, the most distant spaces are left for employee parking or are left
empty. This is particularly noticeable at the Cape Cod Mall, where parking
located at the corner of Independence Drive and Route 132, and adjacent
to Route 28 (in the vicinity of the two ponds) is almost never used.
To reduce the amount of surface parking needed, especially in large developments,
reduced parking requirements or incentives to allow decked
parking or parking contained within structures should be explored.
Although more expensive to construct than surface parking, a parking
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september 2010 | route 132 corridor Report