EPR staff have been working with the City of Charlottesville for over 12 years. Bill Wuensch, P.E., PTOE, while with a previous firm, ,led a parking inventory and utilization effort, and identification of alternative strategies for meeting the parking demand in the downtown business district of the City. The inventory and utilization effort entailed an extensive GIS mapping exercise and hourly utilization surveys for each block face in the study district. The findings of the utilization study were used to provide recommendations for alternative strategies to meet the hourly and daily parking demand. As part of the study effort, the City’s ordinances and development standards were reviewed and suggestions provided for in-lieu parking fees and reducing parking demand through travel demand management and multimodal strategies. Jeanie Alexander, P.E., former City Traffic Engineer for Charlottesville, managed this effort for the City and is now on staff with EPR. She implemented many of the changes per the study’s recommendations.
Key Aspects of this job:
- Transportation Planning
- Parking Planning
- Policy Planning
Reference:
Jim Tolbert, AICP
Director of Neighborhood Development Services
434-970-3182