Attachment F - Carparking Evaluation -Noosa Carparking Study - McGagney report

                                                                                                       Noosa Council
                                                                                  Noosa Car Parking Study 2017 - 2032
                                                                                                         Final Report


These travel demand measures are used primarily for development inside the Gold Coast transport hub however
for developments outside the transport hub, car sharing is identified as an accepted travel demand measure.

Noosa Shire currently allows developers to reduce their carparking requirement through substitution of four (4)
motorcycle parking spaces for one (1) carparking space.

Such a policy framework would allow developers to reduce their minimum parking requirements, which are
currently considered to be on the upper end, relative to other similarly situated regional councils, while also
incentivising more sustainable transport access to development. It is considered that parking reductions
provided through travel demand management measures would go hand-in-hand with voluntary “Infrastructure
Agreements”. That is, a developer could ameliorate their minimum parking requirements either through a
contribution or through self-funded travel demand management measures. It should be noted that combination
is likely to reduce revenue obtained through voluntary “Infrastructure Agreements”.

Incorporation of travel demand parking reductions into Noosa’s Parking scheme while parking minimums are in
place could be considered to allow Council to gauge the market intersection between supply and demand.
Similar to voluntary “Infrastructure Agreements”, such policy is applicable only in the event that parking
minimums are retained. Where the regulatory framework does not specifically require developments to provide
on-site parking, i.e. minimum parking rate requirements do not apply, then the application of alternative parking
demand management measures becomes redundant.

As an example of potential travel demand management measures that could be employed, shared parking and
unbundled parking are discussed further below.

Shared Parking
The mixed-use environment typical of town centres creates many opportunities to share parking between uses
with complementary periods of peak operation. Shared parking facilities are a much more efficient way of
providing parking, as they account for the different demand profiles of different uses across the day, allowing a
smaller parking supply to be provided when peak periods of some uses correspond with off-peak periods of
adjacent uses. Each parking space could be used across more hours during the day or utilised on more days
(i.e. weekends).

There are no significant operating and management constraints to preclude the development of a shared
parking facility. However, a number of factors must be considered to ensure the efficient design, operation and
management of shared parking facilities (Smith, 2005). These include local peak times of demand, availability
of access by a number of different users, clear information about appropriate use and availability, and a good
pedestrian (and/or public transport) access between the facility and the destinations it serves.

Shared parking arrangements can be broadly categorised into three types:
   Private contractual arrangements between developments with adjacent, complementary uses. As part of the
    development approval process, the developer(s) would need to demonstrate the presence of
    complementary parking demands to achieve reduced parking requirements;
   Privately managed parking districts (i.e. mixed-use developments with reduced parking requirements for
    complementary uses). As developments are all owned by the same developer, no contractual arrangement
    is necessary. However, the developer(s) would need to demonstrate the presence of complementary parking
    demands to achieve reduced parking requirements;
   Government managed parking districts. Like privately managed parking districts, parking (on and off-street)
    is shared between all uses in the district. This allows for the possibility of extensive remodeling and
    consolidation of parking provisions. Properties would be levied a parking fee to support government
    management of parking within the district.



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