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What do you think of a proposed plan to manage on-street parking in higher demand areas?

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Do you live in Provo?

Response Percent Response Count
Yes 94.4% 660
No 5.6% 39

If you don’t live in Provo, what activities bring you to Provo? (check all that apply)

Response Percent Response Count
Work/business 48.0% 73
School 84.9% 129
Shopping/dining/events 37.5% 57
Other 12.5% 19

In your experience, are there issues with crowded parking in Provo?

Crowded parking
Response Percent Response Count
no problem 3.1% 22
in a few areas 34.6% 242
in many areas 41.3% 289
everywhere 20.9% 146

How much should cost recovery or subsidization be part of more parking enforcement?

Cost of parking enforcement
Response Percent Response Count
0% subsidized, 100% cost recovery 11.9% 83
25% subsidized, 75% cost recovery 8.7% 61
50% subsidized, 50% cost recovery 14.6% 102
75% subsidized, 25% cost recovery 13.3% 93
100% subsidized, 0% cost recovery 51.5% 360

Rate your support of the concept of paid parking as a mitigation tool against crowded on-street parking?

Support
Response Percent Response Count
Don't support at all 80.1% 560
- 7.9% 55
Might support 6.0% 42
+ 3.0% 21
Really support 3.0% 21

How important are these factors in a parking management program?

More enforcement
Response Percent Response Count
Not important 51.4% 359
Somewhat important 25.9% 181
Important 14.2% 99
Very important 5.7% 40
Not sure 2.9% 20
Clear signage
Response Percent Response Count
Not important 4.1% 29
Somewhat important 4.7% 33
Important 21.9% 153
Very important 68.5% 479
Not sure 0.7% 5
Ease of payment for parking
Response Percent Response Count
Not important 21.9% 153
Somewhat important 12.0% 84
Important 21.7% 152
Very important 38.2% 267
Not sure 6.2% 43
Permits for property owners
Response Percent Response Count
Not important 17.9% 125
Somewhat important 14.3% 100
Important 23.7% 166
Very important 37.5% 262
Not sure 6.6% 46
Time limits
Response Percent Response Count
Not important 50.4% 352
Somewhat important 27.0% 189
Important 13.6% 95
Very important 6.7% 47
Not sure 2.3% 16
Cost recovery
Response Percent Response Count
Not important 51.4% 359
Somewhat important 20.2% 141
Important 11.2% 78
Very important 7.4% 52
Not sure 9.9% 69
Parking fees
Response Percent Response Count
Not important 62.7% 438
Somewhat important 16.7% 117
Important 10.9% 76
Very important 6.7% 47
Not sure 3.0% 21
Resident input
Response Percent Response Count
Not important 4.7% 33
Somewhat important 5.3% 37
Important 11.3% 79
Very important 75.3% 526
Not sure 3.4% 24

Do you have any other comments about this proposal?

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Rosie Durland inside Joaquin
October 15, 2021, 2:04 AM
  • Do you live in Provo?
    • Yes
  • If you don’t live in Provo, what activities bring you to Provo? (check all that apply)
    No response.
  • In your experience, are there issues with crowded parking in Provo?
    • Crowded parking - in many areas
  • How much should cost recovery or subsidization be part of more parking enforcement?
    • Cost of parking enforcement - 75% subsidized, 25% cost recovery
  • Rate your support of the concept of paid parking as a mitigation tool against crowded on-street parking?
    • Support - Don't support at all
  • How important are these factors in a parking management program?
    • More enforcement - Not important
    • Clear signage - Important
    • Ease of payment for parking - Somewhat important
    • Permits for property owners - Somewhat important
    • Time limits - Not important
    • Cost recovery - Not important
    • Parking fees - Not important
    • Resident input - Important
  • Do you have any other comments about this proposal?

    I strongly disagree with this proposal. I had similar comments last time this input went around.
    Provo (especially Joaquin) has more cars than there are places to park. We have a problem of too much demand and not enough supply. This proposal attempts to decrease the demand for parking under the assumption that maybe less people will park in Joaquin if they have to pay for it. However, there is no way to get less people to park in Joaquin, because we live here. We have to park here. It is very difficult to change the demand in this situation. Typically, if you charge a higher price, demand goes down. But if the city charges a high price for parking, and less people can afford it, then you have some people paying a large fee to park close to their own apartments, and other people parking farther and farther away. This is a lose-lose. If you charge a very low price, then every student will be able to afford it, and it won't change the demand at all. Instead, we need to change the supply. There are several very old buildings in Joaquin, and probably a couple aren't earthquake safe. If we were able to knock down a couple apartment buildings, and build a parking garage, we could increase the supply of parking available. Please consider building a parking garage in Joaquin. Metered parking will NOT solve the problem; there will be the same amount of cars that need to park by the apartments that they live in.

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For the next question, it is helpful to understand some of the terms we are using.

  • Cost recovery refers to recovering the costs of the expense of additional enforcement by charging a fee to those who use the parking in the OSPM area.
  • Subsidization refers to having covering some of the expense from other revenue sources collected by the City (which has an impact on other services provided by the city).
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