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Old Town parking pilot shows most stays under an hour; city to refine data
Summary
City staff updated the Old Town Local Advisory Committee on the Frog parking pilot, reporting Saturdays as the busiest day, most stays under an hour, occasional peak-hour utilization near an 85% threshold and plans to refine data with the vendor.
The Old Town Local Advisory Committee received an update on the city’s Frog parking pilot program, with staff saying that most on‑street stays are under an hour and Saturdays are the busiest day.
Eric Jones, a staff member presenting the Frog Parking Pilot Program update, told the committee the city is “seeing a continuation of the trends” reported for the past months, with April 5 recorded as the busiest day so far and the majority of parkers occupying spaces for an hour or less. Jones said peak‑hour utilization hits the 85% threshold at times — the common planning cutoff for adding parking supply — but “overall, on average, [we’re] not hitting the 85%.”
The pilot is limited to Old Town Front Street, committee members clarified. Committee member Carleen asked whether the pilot covers residential streets; Jones confirmed it does not. Jones said phase two would expand monitoring to “every single publicly available parking spot including the garage.”
Committee members asked about verifying the sensor data in the field. Jones said staff can isolate specific parking spots in Frog’s dataset and do in‑person checks. The committee also asked staff to analyze utilization during business hours rather than across a 24‑hour period; Jones said staff will remove overnight hours to focus on hours when businesses are open and present data at a future meeting.
The committee acknowledged the update and the record will reflect that the committee received and filed the Frog update.
What the committee said and asked: Committee member Carleen said residents near the farmers market “are probably gonna show different data.” Another committee member asked staff to conduct field checks at specific spaces where vehicles appear to remain for long periods; Jones said the data can be isolated and field verified. Jones said the city is working with Frog’s data scientists to refine the dataset and provide additional context over time.
Next steps: staff will provide a follow‑up report isolating business‑hour utilization, will run field verifications on suspect spots identified by members, and will continue to work with Frog to refine the data the vendor provides.
