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Consultant: Brookfield downtown has capacity but needs better wayfinding, reallocation and targeted time limits
Summary
A KLOA parking study found Brookfield’s downtown has roughly 827 spaces and overall spare capacity but identified blocks with 95–100% occupancy; the consultant recommended better wayfinding, a digital parking map, reassigning ~71 commuter spaces to 4-hour limits and stronger enforcement.
A consultant retained by the Village of Brookfield told trustees on Dec. 8 that downtown has sufficient overall parking to meet demand but that localized congestion creates a persistent perception of shortage.
"All in all, the downtown area has sufficient parking to accommodate the actual parking demand," said Javier Moan, principal at KLOA, after presenting an inventory that counted about 556 on-street spaces and 271 private-lot spaces for a total of about 827 spaces. KLOA ran occupancy surveys hourly from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on a Friday and Saturday in April and found peak evening demand tied to restaurants.
Moan pointed to specific stretches that reached near-capacity during sampled hours—examples included a segment of Burlington Avenue…
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