Development Application part 2 of 2 Covering Letters & Plans - MCU13/0069

                                                                   Traffic Engineering Report
                                                             Quamby Place Car Parking Review
                                                    OOILVIE BACON PARTNERSIllP PTY LTD
                                                                                   April 2013



5.      CAR PARKING DEMAND AND UTLISATION


To determine the appropriate car parking requirements for the site, an assessment of
the existing parking demand and utilisation was undertaken within the surrounding
area.Parking surveys were undertaken for all on-street and off-street parking areas
within the Study area. Parking areas were divided up into 9 zones and surveys were
undertaken every 30 minutes. The weather was fme and sunny on both days. Results
of car parking demand for each zone is provided in Appendix A.


Parking demand surveys of all parking areas were undertaken on;
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       Thursday 1 November 2012 between 9:OOam and 3:OOpm
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       Saturday 3rd November 2012 between 10:00am and 3:00pm.

It should be noted that given the mixed land uses surrounding the site, only daytime

surveys were undertaken. The survey times were deemed to include the peak times,
when all offices, businesses and restaurants were in operation and the park area
occupied. In the evening when restaurants were in peak operation (7:00pm), offices
and some shops were closed and therefore undertaking parking surveys at night was
not considered to be representative ofthe true peak demand period.




                    Figure 1   -
                                  Car Parking Survey Zones 1 to 9


5.1     Survey Results

Results indicated that the peak period for car parking within the site (Area 1) occurred
on  Thursday and Saturday at 2:00pm. The most well utilized area was Area 2 on-       -




street parking which is conveniently located adjacent to the convenience store. The

average parking demand for the on-site car parking areas occurred on Thursday with
79% and Saturday was 51%. The loading bay was well utilised and only 1 of the
three motorcycle bays were occupied during the survey period.


          Table 3   Thursday Survey Results
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                                                    On & Off-Street Parking




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