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Summary: The purpose of this Tip is to explain how to prepare a parking utilization study. A parking utilization study documents how many legal on-street parking spaces are available within a specific walking distance of a project or development site and the extent to which those spaces are actually used. This provides a useful tool for assessing the potential impacts of a project that is expected to generate spillover parking demand.

Date Revised: 10/05/2022

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