parkDC: Penn Quarter/Chinatown Pricing Pilot Final Report

The parkDC: Penn Quarter/Chinatown Multimodal Value Pricing Pilot used the Penn Quarter/Chinatown neighborhoods of Washington, DC as a laboratory to test state-of-the-art strategies to make it easier to find a parking space. The project provided real-time parking-availability information so customers could spend less time searching and changed parking pricing (both raising and lowering prices) so more spaces were available. In addition, the pilot allowed District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT) to test a more cost-effective, “asset-lite” approach to collecting parking data. The pilot was largely successful at achieving its goals. After four years and five price changes, parking availability increased on high-demand blocks and underutilized spaces found more takers; better information from DDOT helped drivers to understand when and where they could park, and where parking was available; and circling for parking and congestion decreased as finding parking became easier. DDOT began to address issues with double parking and illegal use of loading zones by applying pricing to loading zones. The pilot did not negatively affect local businesses and the pilot area still has high usage of non-driving modes. Lastly, the “asset-lite” approach was successful and enabled DDOT to conduct the pilot at lower cost and with fewer assets than the current state of the practice.

• Record URL:
  http://d92016.eos-intl.net/eLibSQL14_D92016_Documents/parkDC_Final_Combined_Report_smaller.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56382
• Corporate Authors:

  Kittelson and Associates, Incorporated

  300 M Street, SE, Suite 810
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Conduent

  Washington, DC  United States 

  District Department of Transportation

  Washington, DC  United States  20003

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Operations
  1200 New Jersey Avenue SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Pochowski, Alek
  • Sanders, Meredyth
  • Taylor, Katie
  • Nevers, Brandon
  • Darst, Matt
  • Cardenas, Eduardo
  • Derrick, Mark
  • Dey, Soumya
  • Dock, Stephanie
  • Perez, Benito
• Publication Date: 2019-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 188p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Congestion pricing; Curb side parking; Data collection; Driver information systems; Parking demand; Parking fees; Pilot studies
• Geographic Terms: Washington (District of Columbia)
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01754658
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DDOT-RDT-19-02
• Contract Numbers: DCKA-2013-T-0100, Task #5
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 14 2020 5:41PM