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Council backs next steps on paid curb pricing after study shows high occupancy and overstays
Summary
After a year-long curb-pricing study and outreach, council directed staff to proceed with administrative tasks to enable paid on-street parking in downtown, Wilburton and BelRed, aiming to improve turnover and enforcement. Staff projected upfront equipment costs of about $1.6M, operating costs of about $2.0M annually and modeled revenue of roughly $4.3M.
Bellevue staff presented a curb-pricing study on Nov. 25 that recommends demand-based paid on-street parking for the city’s urban core (downtown, Wilburton and BelRed) to improve curb access, increase turnover for street-level businesses, and reduce parking-seeking congestion.
Field data collected in 2024 showed most blocks in the study area exceed an 80% occupancy target by midafternoon and that more than 25% of vehicles overstay time limits by three hours or more,…
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