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Edmonton advisory suggests more Park and Ride lots need to have a cost
With 3,500 people on a waiting list for just one of Edmonton’s park and ride lots, council should consider making more spaces available for paid monthly users, argues an advisory group to the city's transit system.

Currently a portion of spots at some park and ride locations are offered as monthly paid parking for $42, but the demand exceeds the supply in many cases with 3,500 people on a wait list for spots at Century Park.

Making sure there's room for everyone will mean making parking spots more expensive and encouraging more people to take the bus to the LRT station, argues the city’s transportation advisory board in a new report going to council next week.

“There is a clear need for an increase in supply. With the opening of the Metro line LRT ridership has increased and will create additional demand for Park and Ride in the northern sections of the transit system,” reads the report from the volunteer group. “Converting more stalls to paid reserved parking will curb excess demand.”

Full Story (Metro Edmonton)

 

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Edmonton considers new park-and-ride lots along LRT lines
Commuter parking in church parking lots, steeper prices for park-and-ride lots — city staff and the transit advisory board are pitching a slate of new ideas to deal with congested parking lots beside LRT stations.

People are now parking on residential roads near the McKernan-Belgravia LRT stop. Could the city get a deal to let them park at the new McKernan Baptist Church if the congregation only needs the parking evenings and Sunday?

“That’s exactly the type of example I use. It’s that flexibility piece,” said Natalie Lazurko, acting director for transportation policy. “But they would have to be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.”

City staff are pitching several changes to the park-and-policy that would let them consider commuter parking lots mid-way along LRT lines, and lots that are shared with other city or third-party facilities. It goes to committee for debate Wednesday.

Full Story (Edmonton Journal)

 

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Prepare to pay at Edmonton's park-and-ride lots
City councillors voted Wednesday to increase prices and convert more free stalls to pay stalls at transit park-and-ride lots to deal with a shortage of parking and frustrated commuters.

The price hasn’t been decided, but starting Sept. 1, riders can expect to pay more than the current $42 monthly fee.

Councillors also committed to investigating long-term solutions such as partnerships with business to let commuters park in underused private stalls at various points along the LRT lines. Plus, they’ll investigate just how many spots are being filled by regional commuters, potentially charging them more.

“There’s obviously oversubscription. There’s more people looking for convenience than there are spots,” Coun. Michael Oshry said. “As for regional users, we don’t exactly know the numbers, but we suspect there’s quite a few of those. That’s something that we’re looking at.”

Full Story (Edmonton Journal)

 

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Edmonton could charge fees for half of all park-and-ride spots
Big changes could be coming to the city's four LRT park-and-ride lots in September. Some spaces that are currently free could come with a fee, and existing paid reserved spots could get more expensive.

City staff are recommending that Edmonton Transit charge for up to half of all park-and-ride stalls at Clareview, Belvedere, Stadium and Century Park lots. The recommendations are in a report going to council's transportation committee this week.

Staff also recommend raising the price for a reserved stall by 25 per cent to $50 per month to take advantage of the ever-growing demand.

Wait lists for reserved stalls at park and ride lots currently range from 149 people at Stadium to 3,540 at Century Park.

Full Story (CBC Edmonton)

 

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City councillors propose to dramatically slash the number of free park-and-ride stalls
Commuters could be paying a lot more to leave their vehicles in an LRT park and ride starting in September.

Councillors voted Tuesday to change up to 75 per cent of the stalls to park and pay.

The decision at transportation committee still needs council support, but if approved, it means up to 977 stalls would be reserved for commuters paying $50 a month at Century Park. That’s up from 184 paid stalls.

There are 3,540 people on the waiting list, unable to get any of the 1,119 free stalls that fill up by 7 a.m. Other park and ride locations have smaller waiting lists and would likely see up to 50 per cent of the stalls converted to park and pay.

“At some point you start to wean people off (parking) or say you’re going to have to pay for it,” saidCoun. Scott McKeen, pushing for a higher number of paid stalls than the 50 per cent administration recommended.

Full Story (Edmonton Journal)

 

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Edmonton council looks for answers on Century Park and Ride
The city is exploring a raft of options to deal with the looming loss of the Century Park and Ride, including a new LRT station, a parkade and a shuttle bus.

The city could lose the current park and ride lot as early as 2020 when the lease on the land expires. The developer of the Century Park area has told the city he is not interested in renewing the lease.

Coun. Michael Walters said he believes the city won’t find just one solution to the problem and will have to run a shuttle from the Heritage Valley bus terminal, consider building a new station near 40th Avenue and find a way to replace at least some of the parking on a city-owned piece of land on the site.

Full Story (Metro Edmonton)

 

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Big jump in paid park and ride stalls at Edmonton LRT stations starts Sept. 1
Securing a parking spot will become a little easier for some Edmonton LRT users – but it will come at a cost.

An increase in Edmonton Transit System paid park and ride stalls goes into effect Thursday morning and the biggest change will affect commuters who use the popular Century Park lot, located at the southern-most LRT station near 111th Street and 23rd Avenue.

READ MORE: Cost and number of paid park and ride stalls in Edmonton going up

Up until now, most of the 1,300 stalls in the gravel lot were free. On September 1 though, up to 75 per cent of those stalls will turn into paid parking (see maps below.) A small area will be for hourly parking, but the vast majority will be for those who have purchased a $50 monthly parking pass, which is going up from $40 a month.)

More paid parking will also be set aside at the three north Edmonton park and ride lots: Clareview, Belvedere, Stadium. The paid lots will be operated by IMPARK.

Full Story (Global Edmonton)

 

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Free parking stalls at Century Park park and ride on the move
Starting next Thursday, people who use the free parking spaces at the Century Park park and ride lot will have to park in a new lot.

On Dec. 1, the city is moving the free parking spaces to another paved lot east of the paid parking stalls.

“The changes are necessary because the developers are trying to develop their privately owned land and so we need to make some changes,” Manuel Quilala, with the City of Edmonton, said.

The new parking lot, which will be connected to the transit centre through a paved walkway, holds the same number of free stalls as the existing free section, the city said.

Full Story (Global Edmonton)

 

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City hoping to expand park and ride options in south-end
A city report on parking for a future transit hub in the south end notes that other municipalities will have to pay their share to build the city's infrastructure.

City administration is beginning the groundwork for parking lots in the in the area of Ellerslie Road and 127 Street, which is eventually expected to become a transportation hub after the Capital LRT Line is extended there from the current Century Park LRT station.

But while the city has secured $27-million to build a 1,200-stall park and ride lot at the site, a report heading to an urban planning committee meeting Wednesday notes that won't be enough.

http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmont...expand-park-and-ride-options-in-southend.html

 

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Edmonton councillor wants to nip future park-and-ride issues before they appear
Coun. Mike Nickel doesn’t want Mill Woods to become a sea of parking.

Nickel’s concerns come after city administration decided Wednesday to postpone its park-and-ride strategy to the spring of 2018 from December of this year.

The strategy will determine where park-and-rides should be located and address current problems.

Nickel said the “parasitic” issues that have stemmed from the park-and-ride at Century Park are a possibility with Mill Woods.

And he said two projects that involve park-and-ride lots are on their way to council for re-zoning approvals. He said the strategy to address the projects’ issues needs to exist before they’re approved.

“These applications could come forward before the strategy,” Nickel said. “So let’s get in front of it and talk about these issues before acting on them after they arise.”

http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmont...councillor-nip-future-parkandride-issues.html

 

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Edmontonians asked to chime in on park and ride survey
Do you have strong feelings about park and rides in Edmonton?

If so, the city has an online survey for you.

They survey will be available online from March 6 to 30, and is part of ongoing efforts to develop a long-term pard and ride strategy.

http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmont...sked-to-chime-in-on-park-and-ride-survey.html

 

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Edmonton is aiming to launch a private park-and-ride at Mill Woods Town Centre next year as part of a pilot project to curb commuters parking in the surrounding neighbourhoods.

The site already hosts a busy hospital and bus terminal, the Valley Line LRT is coming, and Coun. Mike Nickel said neighbours are worried increased transit options will only mean more people leaving their cars on nearby streets during the day.

The town centre has a large mall parking lot that could be used; city staff said they will seek expressions of interests from landowners in the area next.

Staff didn’t say how much parking in a private lot would cost, or even if that would be regulated. But Nickel said there’s no way it can be free. “This is going to be paid park-and-ride. It has to be and that’s the only way we’re going to get this stuff fit in.”

The Mill Woods discussion at council’s urban planning committee Wednesday was part of a larger report on park-and-ride strategies. Staff said they looked at Lewis Farms — the other end of the Valley Line LRT — but it already has a surplus of park-and-ride. Clareview in the north could include more park-and-ride facilities as part of new development on city-owned land.

The new pilot project will also include Century Park. A rezoning proposal for that land is going to council Monday.

Planning director Rhonda Toohey said the city is also looking into parking restrictions on residential streets in Mill Woods to cope with the impact of the Valley Line. That work would also come in 2018.

http://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/urban-planning-committee

 

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Park & Ride changing at Century Park
November 9, 2017

More private redevelopment at Century Park means the number of City of Edmonton Park & Ride stalls will be reduced to 866 from 1,085 starting November 20, 2017. There will be 221 free stalls and 665 reserved stalls available for commuters.

A northwest section of the reserved parking lot will be returned to the landowner, as requested. The central area of reserved stalls remains for Park & Ride customers, while the free Park & Ride stalls continue to be located in the northeast lot. Impark operates the parking areas that the City leases from the landowner. According to lease agreements, the City is required to move and/or return parking spaces to accommodate development plans by the private landowner.

The City has been carefully managing its number of available reserved stalls by not reallocating returned parking passes over the past few months. Therefore, there should be minimal impact on current customers using reserved stalls when this change comes into effect. However, there will be 50 fewer free stalls. Also, the taxi stand is moving to near the accessible parking area.

Transit customers are encouraged to carpool, arrive early, take a bus to the LRT station, or use free parking with express bus service from Lewis Farms bus transit centre (87 Avenue west of Anthony Henday Drive) or the Davies Lot (86 Street and 61 Avenue). Beaumont drivers have the option of using a new direct regional commuter bus from Beaumont to Century Park.

The parking is free in the City/Impark Park & Ride stalls after 5 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends and statutory holidays.

The City of Edmonton will continue to work with the landowner to maximize usage of the lands serving the transit community in the short term, and encouraging transit-oriented development over the long term.

For more information:
takeETS.com/news

Media contact:
Tarra Kongsrude
Communications Advisor, Edmonton Transit Service
Office: 780-496-5751
Mobile: 780-690-1605

 

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Southwest LRT, Park & Ride and new 135 Street
Public Information Session

November 28, 2017

Residents are invited to the Heritage Valley Park and Ride, Capital Line South LRT Extension and 135 Street/Anthony Henday Drive Connection Public Information Session to receive information and updates on these three projects.

Date: November 29, 2017
Time: 4 - 8 p.m. Drop-in
Location: Ellerslie Rugby Park, 11004 Ellerslie Road

The Capital Line South LRT Extension will run from the current Century Park Station to Ellerslie Road. It will connect to the Heritage Valley Park and Ride located at the northwest corner of Ellerslie Road and 127 Street.

The new 135 Street connection to Anthony Henday Drive will replace the existing access at 127 Street. It will also provide transit access from Anthony Henday Drive to Heritage Valley Park and Ride.

City representatives for all three projects will be in attendance to provide more information and answer project specific questions.

For more information:
edmonton.ca/LRTParkandRide135StEvent

Media contact:
Beth Padfield
Communications Advisor
LRT Delivery
780-496-5010

 

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Permit Class Class B
Permit Date Sep 26, 2018
Status In Progress
Description of Development To develop a Minor Impact Utility Services Use (Transit Centre and Park and Ride Facility) with an accessory Convenience Retail Store. (CITY OF ST. ALBERT)
Address 15520 - CAMPBELL ROAD NW
Legal Description Plan 1224335 Blk 1 Lot 2
Neighbourhood ANTHONY HENDAY RAMPART
Neighbourhood Classification TUC Transportation Utility Corridor
Ward Ward 2
Zoning PU