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City engineer shows 82% of Roeland Park streets meet 26-foot guideline; council seeks resident input on parking policy
Summary
City Engineer Dan Miller presented an on-street parking study showing ~82% of the city's streets are 26 feet or wider; council members discussed engineering criteria, emergency access, tree impacts, and directed staff to design targeted resident outreach on narrower streets.
Dan Miller, Roeland Park City Engineer, presented a citywide review of on-street parking and street widths during a post-meeting workshop on April 6. Miller said staff physically measured back-to-back curb widths and coded streets by width: 26-foot-plus streets (green) and narrower streets (yellow/red).
"82% of our streets are 26 foot or wider," Miller told the council, noting that most existing parking restrictions in the city are driven by factors other than width, such as adjacent commercial development, schools, bicycle lanes, or heavy through-traffic volumes. He reviewed national guidance (AASHTO and Institute of Transportation Engineers) that suggests typical street-width thresholds for on-street parking and pointed to trade-offs involving enforcement and neighborhood equity when restricting parking on one side of the street.
Miller recommended any new restrictions be based on engineering factors and study, and suggested requiring engineering analysis and public-safety input for locations where the city receives verified complaints. Several council members said the next step should include targeted outreach to residents on the narrower (red/yellow) streets; staff offered to explore using ETC or a postcard mail survey to gather resident opinion and to prioritize corridors based on public-safety reports and frequency of verified complaints.
Council direction: Staff to evaluate outreach methodology and costs, prioritize engineering studies where necessary, and consider street-wide options during neighborhood street reconstruction projects to incrementally widen sub-26-foot streets where feasible.
