COMPILED BY MIKAH BOYD, ERICK PIRAYESH & BAILEY LEWIS
Study to see if DFWhas too much parking The North Central Texas Council of Governments Regional Transporta- tion Council is conducting a study to see if the Dallas-Fort Worth area has too much parking. As part of the study, the council is putting together a regional parking database to help inform area o cials on ways to develop more e cient parking. Using a 2018 study, the council estimates potentially 40% of the region’s parking spaces are typically unused. The council is an independent policy board made up of o cials from across the metroplex who oversee the transportation planning process for the region. The organiza- tion’s website states the process city planners use for determining parking needs often lacks information and can overestimate demand, leading to
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Shady Lane pavement rehabilitation Tarrant County and the city of Keller began pavement rehabilitation of Shady Lane between Rapp Road and Roy Lane at the end of March, accord- ing to the city’s March 18 newsletter. The construction hours run from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, but residents have access to their prop- erties. The city expects intermittent detours and driving delays during the work hours. The construction work is set to be “substantially” complete by April 29, weather permitting. Timeline: March 28-April 29 (weather permitting) Cost: $278,042 Funding source: city of Keller
The parking study will identify local demand. (Ben Karkela/Community Impact Newspaper)
excess parking. During the council’s March 14 meeting, sta members said the council will be asking for property managers and owners from across DFW to volunteer their properties for multiday parking studies. The council’s website states these studies will identify local demand, reduce the chance of unused parking and informmore accurate parking standards. The study will not include single-family housing developments
or neighborhoods. Catherine Osborn, transportation planner with the council, presented data that estimates there could be 10 million cars in DFW by 2045 based on population growth estimates. She said the data shows there could be around 775 miles of combined land dedicated to parking by that time. “It’s expensive to build parking, especially parking garages,” Osborn said. “Parking also takes away land in valuable areas.”
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