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The City of Olympia recently released the results of their parking survey. They got 2,623 responses, which is impressive. Over half of participants indicated that parking in downtown was an inconvenience or a deterrent. Perhaps attributing to this, or at least not alleviating the situation, is that 51.4% of respondents indicated that they don't know what off street parking facilities they can park in. At the same time the solution that received the most votes by far was a centrally located parking garage. So while over half of people don't know where they can park off street, the desired solution is to build more off street parking. The third highest voted solution was better signage and education about existing parking. So in the aim of educating the public on their parking options, here is a brief description of the city owned parking lots and how to use them. City owned parking lots are identifiable by their green signs (see right). They may look intimidating with their "PERMIT REQUIRED," but the general public is welcome to park in them for free on weekends. They're also free on weekdays after 5 p.m. until 6 a.m. the following day. Below is a map showing the city owned parking lots in blue. Collectively these parking lots have room for 238 cars. There are also a few on the isthmus that have a capacity of 120 cars, if you're really feeling desperate for parking or want to jog around the lake on a weekend. About a third of participants indicated that they find weekends, and weekday evenings challenging times to find parking. If you're one of these people, check out the parking lots with the green signs. Sources
City of Olympia. (2017, July). Survey Summary Downtown Parking Strategy(Rep.). Retrieved July 17, 2017, from City of Olympia website: http://olympiawa.gov/city-services/parking/parking-strategy.aspx
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Paul Joldersma
9/16/2017 06:07:52 pm
I left the following comment on the Olympia subreddit:
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