Quality Over Quantity:
Say Goodbye to Level of Service and Hello to Safer Streets For All!
HISTORY OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT
The Vicious Cycle
• Separation of Uses
• Induced Demand
• Sprawl
“Thedefinitionofinsanityisdoingthesamethingand
– Albert Einstein
expectingdifferentresults”
HISTORY OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT
“Youcan’tbuildyourway
“Builditandtheywillcome”
outofcongestion”
HISTORY OF MOBILITY PLANS & FEES
• 1985
“Growth Management Act”: Comp Plans & Transportation Concurrency
• 1999 Transportation Concurrency Exception Areas (TCEA)
• 2005 Proportionate Share (Pay-and-Go), Multimodal Transportation Districts (MMTD)
• 2007 Mobility Fees (Alternative fee system)
• 2009 Dense Urban Land Areas (DULA)
• 2010
• 2011
First Mobility Plan & Mobility Fee
“Community Planning Act”: Transportation Concurrency Optional
• 2013 Mobility Plans & Fee Preferred Mitigation Approach
MOBILITY FEES IN FLORIDA
• 36 adopted • 10-15 forthcoming
WHAT IS A MOBILITY PLAN?
• 20-25 Year Vision
• Holistic Approach to Mobility
• Integrates Land Use & Transportation
• Prioritizes:
• Moving People vs. Moving Cars
• Safe Streets for All
• Compact Development
• Placemaking
• Basis for Mobility Fee
• Blueprint for Implementation
WHAT IS A MOBILITY FEE?
• One-time fee paid by (re) development
• Alternative to transportation concurrency & road impact fees
• Intended to offset transportation impact
• Funding source for Mobility Plan projects
• Can be spent on a variety of multimodal infrastructure, policies, programs, and services
Streets of the past
Streets of the Future
• Prioritize high speeds & moving vehicles
• Encourage long trips
• High fatality & injury rates
• Designed for commuters
• Carbon generators
• Prioritize lower speeds, safety, and movement of people
• Encourage accessibility
• Goal of zero road deaths and serious injuries
• Designed equitably for all users
• Carbon mitigators
Cities of the past
Cities of the future
City of St. Augustine
Parking In The Historic District
• Not currently an allowable land use
• No design, dimension, or landscape requirements
• No limits on the number of allowable spaces or design of spaces
• No rules governing use, towing, hours of operation, or rates
• Increasing number of complaints of predatory practices
• Visitors frequently believe lots are City facilities, not privately owned
• Consider banning all paid off-street surface parking (including City)
• Establish regulations for paid off-street surface parking
Parking Outside Historic District
• Allow for shared-use parking studies
• Allow for multimodal off-sets
• Allow off-site parking to meet parking requirements within certain distance
• Allow for on-street parking to be provided versus off-street
• Allow for valet parking and mechanical lifts
• Allow for payment in-lieu of parking spaces (fund multimodal or surface)
• Allow for annual rental of off-site parking spaces (surface or structure)
Public Parking Survey
Q8: If downtown parking inventory was reduced, rank the following parking alternatives in order of preference.
Sunshine bus ride share (Uber/Lyft)
33.33% 44.03% 11.41% 6.68% 2.07% 2.48% 37.47% 28.25% 23.11% 3.90% 3.37% 3.90% 19.03% 18.09% 46.34% 6.44% 5.79% 4.31% 5.67% 5.26% 12.35% 37.83% 25.77% 13.12% 3.55% 2.48% 4.85% 24.11% 44.33% 20.69% 0.95% 1.89% 1.95% 21.04% 18.68% 55.50% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% satellite parking with direct shuttle drop-off satellite parking within walking distance
parking with "circulator" service riding a bike
satellite
1 2 3 4 5 6
Public Parking Survey
Q9: What alternatives to parking downtown would you be willing to use?
satellite parking with direct shuttle drop-off
satellite parking within walking distance
satellite parking with "circulator" service riding a bike Sunshine bus ride share (Uber/Lyft)
Other (please specify)
61.70% 71.14% 47.10% 23.87% 16.13% 19.47% 13.43% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Evolution of Thinking
• Realizing that the tourist economy has changed St. Augustine – 800,000 people tour the Fort per year, 3,000,000 visitors some years as high as 6,000,000 before COVID in a town of 15,000 people
• The congestion is not going to go away with the growth in St. Johns County as well, we are the entertainment district for the area
• We have to adjust and get creative to maintain some sense of livability and balance
• The Comprehensive Plan update process looking at 2040 was really worthwhile, and now is the hard part actually updating the everyday codes that really make it happen
July 2017
Nov 2016