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Parking study finds overall capacity but localized congestion; recommends signage, managed lots and a parking-benefit district
Summary
A consultant study found downtown Dallas has adequate parking district-wide but pockets of congestion near the courthouse and busiest commercial blocks, recommending clearer signage, re-striped lots, promotion of underused public lots and creation of a parking district or parking benefit district to fund streetscape improvements.
A parking study presented to the Dallas Urban Renewal Advisory Commission recommends immediate steps to make existing parking easier to find and longer-term management tools to prepare for planned downtown development.
Brian Davis of Studio Davis presented the study and told commissioners the district-wide inventory shows “a whole lot of parking that exists in downtown,” but much of it serves single uses and becomes unavailable to visitors at peak times. Davis said his team conducted weekday and weekend parking counts and found public lots and on-street spaces near the county building and the busiest commercial blocks are the most frequently congested.
Davis summarized a three-part approach: (1) implement cohesive striping and parking signage to identify public lots and direct drivers to available spaces; (2) secure additional public supply by formalizing access to underutilized lots (the county lot on Jefferson…
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