VEHICLE MODE APPROACH

FIGURE 62: VEHICLE MODE CONNECTIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY

vehicle directional movements bus route movements

PT and drop off zone street based car parking + number spaces for people choosing to drive to the area. Support for active modes and for bus use will be significantly improved.

For Stage 2 the accessibility approach for parking will depend to some extent on the types of uses being established. Assuming Stage 2 includes administration/office use, consideration should be given to:

• rationalising fleet vehicles to those required to undertake work time functions and providing surface parking within a walkable distance.

• reserving surface parking areas for the purpose above.

• preparing a staff Accessibility Plan (and leading by example to encourage other organisations and business to do the same) that promotes and incentivises active mode and PT bus patronage.

• revising the Parking Strategy for the city towards encouraging city centre periphery longer stay parking and shorter stay city centre parking.

Provisioning for EV parking needs to be included.

Public transport is provided by a bus service. The stop on Dalton Street remains. Its significance for customers of the library and other activities in the city is recognised and should be provided from a customer-centric point of view. Direct connectivity for people to the bus facilities from within the civic area and library will be reflected in the design stages and provision made for any transitional arrangement during demolition/construction.

Consideration has been given to re-routing the bus vehicles via Station Street and/or onto Hastings Street for a stop to elevate the customer experience and prominence. However, although the Plan does not prevent this as a future option, the intention at this time is to retain but significantly invest in the bus facilities and customer experience on Dalton Street. The intention is that bus customer experiences will be integrated to new civic buildings.

Uber or taxi vehicles are provided for with drop off areas on Hastings, Station and Dalton Street.

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CAR PARKING

Drop off spaces and accessible parking is provided close by on Station, Dalton and Hastings Street. The current service lane facilitates walking access through, but enables service access. Short term parking will be provided on Station Street similar to current.

A small number of fleet parks are provided for in the lane and these can be used to support vehicles that need proximity to enable gear or goods loading.

Parking will be provided for by a combination of on-street parks and existing Council owned surface parks. Council fleet parking on Council land on Vautier Street is suggested.

There are some 150 street car parks within 1 minute walk of the civic site and some 250 Council owned surface parking spaces (a total of 400 car parks within a 1 minute walk). Council are also looking for further opportunities to partner with nearby landowners / developers to provide additional off-site car parking.

Consideration has been given to car parking within new buildings. The cost of providing parking within buildings is relatively high compared to surface car parking areas or street based parking (approximatively $60,000-$100,000 per parking space given structural requirements for additional floors/ basement, ventilation and fire requirements).

Parking within buildings is less adaptable to alternative future uses. It also presents a prioritisation to car parking as a Council (big) investment relative to other modes and community imperatives.

Parking in a building would need to be above or below ground floor as the civic area needs active publicly accessible ground level uses to support the functions and experiences proposed. Ramps up or down to lower or upper levels are problematic in a high quality active space around the civic area. Basement parking would need tanking and pumping of groundwater constantly with associated energy consumption and costs.

For Stage 1 the accessibility approach for parking is to rely on existing street and surface parking areas

PUBLIC TRANSPORT