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CRA to pilot 100 parking sensors after 29-minute free-parking test

Boca Raton Community Redevelopment Agency · February 10, 2025
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Summary

Staff reported results from a 29-minute free parking pilot and proposed a data-driven follow-up using 100 on-stall sensors to collect occupancy and turnover data in Sanborn Square and Southeast First Avenue to inform enforcement and targeted free-time policies.

Stephen Timberlake, Special Projects Manager in the city’s Financial Services Department, told the CRA Feb. 10 that a recent 29-minute free-parking pilot has recorded roughly 450 free-time transactions — about 12% of on-street transactions — and produced mixed business feedback. Timberlake said about half of those transactions were concentrated in front of a retail business near Palmetto Park Road.

Timberlake proposed a second…

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