TO: Committee of the Whole - Planning and Public Works
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CONTACT(S):
Planning and Community Development
Carol Helland
425-556-2107
DEPARTMENT STAFF:
Planning and Community Development
Seraphie Allen
Deputy Director
Planning and Community Development
Michael Hintze
Transportation Planning Manager
Planning and Community Development
Mary L'Heureux
Transportation Planner
Planning and Community Development
Francesca Liburdy
Senior Transportation Planner
TITLE:
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WSDOT Regional Mobility Grant Acceptance
OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
recommendation
The City of Redmond has been awarded the Washington State Department of Transportation's Regional Mobility Grant. In accordance with the Transportation Master Plan and Downtown Strategic Parking Implementation Plan which are under development, these funds will be used to pilot a shared parking program and on-demand shuttle in downtown Redmond. The pilot will be for two years. The goal is to have the shared parking and shuttle operational by the time light rail connects to Seattle.
The shared parking program would involve outreach to commercial properties within the downtown core of Redmond with underutilized parking capacity to develop a shared parking program that would more fully utilize available parking. The primary goal for the shared parking program would be to provide residents and employees of downtown businesses with long term parking solutions (as opposed to time restricted on-street parking) and provide people coming from outside downtown and wanting to connect with light rail additional parking options. This allows for on-street parking to be prioritized for retail customers in the downtown area, as approved in the Downtown Strategic Parking Implementation Plan.
The on-demand shuttle would cover roughly 2-3 square miles in the downtown and Education Hill neighborhoods. This would be a free service for community members and would connect people to transit, grocery s...
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