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City receives downtown parking study urging management, shared parking and employee permits
Summary
Consultants told the Lafayette City Council that downtown parking supply is adequate systemwide but unevenly distributed; they recommended a phased Phase 1 focused on inventory, employee/shared parking, simplified rules, signage and wayfinding. Council directed staff to return with a detailed implementation work program and budget.
Consultants presented a downtown parking management study to the Lafayette City Council concluding that the system has capacity overall but that users perceive shortages because parking is unevenly distributed and managed across public and private owners.
The study, funded by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and presented by Patrick Golia with Alta Consulting, said systemwide peak occupancy is only about 55 percent, with localized hotspots near Lafayette Plaza Center, Diablo Foods and the Fiesta Lane area. Golia and team said the key problems are fragmented management (more than 75 percent of off‑street spaces are privately owned),…
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