Parking Management
Transportation Master Plan
We have a parking shortfall and traffic congestion in downtown Banff. In 2013, council adopted the integrated and updated Transportation Master Plan. One of the recommendations of the plan was to explore user-pay parking as a means to reduce the parking shortfall and reduce the traffic congestion in downtown Banff. So that council can explore the concept thoroughly, the Town issued an RFP to industry experts to recommend how user-pay parking might be implemented in downtown Banff to effect positive change. We need your help. Please review this information and provide your feedback. • Current shortfall of 125 stalls at peak periods
Key findings
• Shortfall projected to increase to 360 in 10 years; 600 in 20 years with no action taken Within Banff, the top three occupations in 2011 were: Middle management occupations in retail and wholesale trade and customer services Service representatives and other customer and personal services occupations Service supervisors and specialized service occupations
• 30% of traffic (est.) is caused by drivers circling looking for parking • 500 vehicles enter the town between 7 and 9 a.m. daily during peak and nonpeak months This compares to Alberta as a whole, where the top three occupations in 2011 were:
Industrial, electrical, and construction trades Administrative and financial supervisors and administrative occupations Service support and other service occupations
• 900 Canmore residents listed Banff as their place of work, 2011 Census • During the 2013 June highway closure, ridership on the free Roam service was In terms of self-employment, 8.7% of all total employed workers in Banff in 2011 considered themselves approx.self-employed, 500 each morning and evening commute compared to 12.1% of all total employed workers in Alberta. Mode ofsurveyed Transportation Work had expected to pay or would be willing to pay • 72% of3.5.3 visitors into2012 Banff’s top two methods of travelling to work in 2011 were driving a vehicle ( 41% of the labour force for parking compared to 76% in Alberta) and walking (40% of the labour force compared to 5% in Alberta). Biking was the third most popular method of travelling to work, (10% of the Banff workforce, compared to 1% in Alberta). In 2011, 4.3% of commuters in Banff used public transit to get to work. This compares to 10.5% in Alberta. The average commuting time to work in Banff was 12.9 minutes, compared to 25.1 minutes for Alberta.
A Snapshot of Banff ’s Commute Figure 3.20– Mode of Transportation to Work in Banff Other Bike Walk
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(Statistics Canada, National Household Survey (NHS),Focus on Geography Series, 2011) Since 2006, these numbers have stayed relatively consistent, with the exception of driving a vehicle which has increased by approximately 5% (it was 35% in 2006) and walking/biking which has reduced by the same percentage (it was 56% in 2006).
17 ~Banff Community Social Assessment – January 2014~
Goals
• Improve visitor experience and enhance business economy by increasing parking availability in downtown • Increase parking stall turnover downtown • Provide a new, non-tax source of revenue for transportation system improvements • Shift a portion of the burden for building and maintaining parking to users of parking • Encourage shift to transit/walking/cycling among the locals and commuters • Minimize impact of user-pay parking on residential streets
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