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Table 22.7 Examples of utilization of HOV park-and-ride facilities
HOV system (year)
Number
of lots
Number of
spaces
Parked
vehicles
Percent
capacity (%)
Houston
I-45 North (1998)
5
7,386
3,643
49
US 290/Northwest (1998)
3
3,852
2,069
54
I-10 West/Katy (1998)
3
4,525
2,764
61
US 59 South/Southwest
(1998)
8
7,308
2,481
34
I-45 South/Gulf (1998)
3
3,018
1,694
56
Los Angeles-San Bernardino Transitway
El Monte Station (1994)
1
2,100
2,100
100
Minneapolis-I-394 (1993)
7
936
558
60
89
a
91
b
Seattle-I-5 North/Community
Transit (1998)
18
4,200
n/a
n/a
—
Information not available except by inference based on the
“
Percent Capacity
”
values, which
come from estimates or other derivations used by the reporting agencies
Source
Reference [
1
], pp 3
20, Table 3.4
-
a
Major lots
b
Minor lots
22.3.5 Relation of Park-and-Ride Size to Boarding
Passengers
The number of boarding passengers per parking space (and spaces provided per
boarding passenger) at rail transit and commuter rail stations in selected cities are
shown in Tables
22.9
,
22.10
and
22.11
.
Table
22.9
shows system spaces and boardings for rapid transit (heavy rail) and
light rail
Table
22.10
shows system spaces and boardings for commuter lines
Table
22.11
shows parking spaces and boardings for a sampling of stations in
seven cities
It is clear from these exhibits that park-and-ride spaces are a sizable number. The
park-and ride spaces in several urban areas equal or exceed the downtown parking
space supply.
The variability in these relationships comes from the different development
densities around the stations service areas and the availability of alternative modes
for station access.
At rail rapid transit and light-rail transit stations that rely on auto access, there
are about two to three boarding passengers per parking space
