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Santa Barbara committee eyes pay-by-plate pilot for Depot Lot to reduce exit queues and cut staffing costs
Summary
Staff proposed converting Lot 13 (the Depot Lot) from gated kiosks to a pay-by-plate/pay-by-phone model as a near-term experiment to improve circulation, reduce kiosk staffing costs and better serve Amtrak and bus users. The committee asked about pricing, enforcement and impacts on long-term parkers.
The Downtown Parking Committee on Feb. 12 heard a staff proposal to convert Lot 13, the city’s Depot Lot, from a gated, kiosk-operated facility to a pay-by-plate/pay-by-phone model as a short-term experiment.
Roy Forney, downtown parking operations supervisor, told the committee Lot 13 is a “mixed use lot, with 193 total parking spaces” serving Amtrak, intercity buses and short-term downtown customers. Forney said the lot’s layout and the need to accommodate buses and validations for transit users have made full automation difficult under the current gated system.
“Moving the depot lot to a non-gated model would help with the user expectations aligned with kind of what we see with the waterfront,” Forney said, arguing…
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