WALKER STUDY SURVEY COMMENTS Part I  parts

Walker Consultants did a parking study. The Participants had opportunity to comment of the 498 who took participated - 318 took time to give their opinion. Who is listening?

1 Make it easier for city employees to have parking available. Remove parking spaces specifically for city attorney and let her walk like other employees have to. 7/11/2018 11:29 AM

2 Parking fee shouldn't be more than $5. 7/11/2018 10:29 AM

3 without additional parking for the current building owners there will be a lag in envelopment. You'll have a beautiful ballpark with vacant buildings that are difficult to renovate or sell due to parking issues. 7/11/2018 5:54 AM

4 Taxes paying residents should not have to pay to park 7/10/2018 8:06 PM

5 A partnership should be made between the parking services and the merchant/restaurant owners so that downtown employees can pay a reduced rate to park in the under utilized parking garage and free up street parking for customers. 7/10/2018 7:32 AM

6 Stop charging for parking. I am avoiding downtown now. 7/9/2018 8:51 PM

7 Free parking 7/9/2018 8:30 PM

8 Train station parking please. 7/9/2018 7:49 PM

9 We could use some more parking decks. Maybe some ride share buses from fast. I would really like to see a well regulated and highly policied trolley to run the existing tracks that the Transportation Museum was formerly a station for. The line goes east to Stedman and north to Fort Bragg. Two Trolleys Running Back and Forth hourly or maybe every half hour one in each direction. 7/9/2018 6:51 PM

10 I believe with the new baseball stadium we need more parking options. 7/9/2018 5:57 PM

11 I gave a handicapped plackard and can never find a space downtown. I cannot walk far from the car to the venue all of the time. Parking issues usually keep me from enjoying downtown events to 7/9/2018 5:37 PM

12 More open parking than covered, decks can be scary places especially in the current downtown. If more people were present or if there was fullytime staff I would say build a deck. 7/9/2018 5:36 PM

13 Fayetteville should offer several paid parking decks; street parking should be free. 7/9/2018 5:25 PM

14 It would be great if we had a good free Haymount-Downtown shuttle loop. 7/9/2018 5:22 PM

15 Why aren’t there more signs with information for new residents or anyone who is unfamiliar with the area? Also, with the train station parking lot being under construction, where are people supposed to park or have their ride come to? 7/9/2018 5:19 PM

16 Make more free parking 7/9/2018 5:12 PM

17 A lot of people will not come down if it's all pay parking event prices are going to be high enough 7/9/2018 5:12 PM

18 More parking decks, free on weekends and after hours, except for special events. 7/9/2018 4:57 PM

19 One parking deck isn't enough. Especially with the new baseball stadium being built. There already isn't enough parking downtown during normal events (dogwood festival, 4th fridays) and most you have to pay because they belong to another business and they up the price. 7/9/2018 4:51 PM

20 I would imagine that parking garages would be beneficial, since I do not see many areas available to create more free parking or lot parking areas. There have been times when I simply drove away after driving around and around looking for a place to park, and not have to walk so many blocks away. 7/9/2018 4:47 PM

21 I will never vote for any city councilmen that votes for parking fees. You at the city need to live within your means and stop gouging the people with your brilliant ideas of how to make us pay more money for taxes and fees! As a resident I am tired of starting to get ahead only to see you at the city raise rates, fees and taxes....... 7/9/2018 4:42 PM 57 / 76 City of Fayetteville, North Carolina - Downtown Parking Plan Survey

22 more and closer to the ball park. 7/9/2018 4:39 PM

23 More bike friendly paths and roads would be helpful 7/7/2018 11:31 AM

24 MAKING MORE SPACES FOR PARKING...POSS TAKING VACANT LOTS AND USING THEM AS PARKING. 7/7/2018 5:31 AM

25 The back doors of City Hall are now closed to the general public. Several employees are leasing parking spaces from private parties. The parking spaces behind City Hall could be leased to employees. While there are other lots for employees with spaces available (i.e. Donaldson, etc) the distance to City Hall brings safety concerns for an individual to walk from/to and inconvenience to weather, security, etc. 7/6/2018 12:09 AM

26 The churches never have anyone in their lots, yet so not let anyone park there. Employees of downtown do not mind paying for parking near their employment. However, when the churches enforce towing, it deters new customers and people from visiting downtown. Meanwhile, their lots are completely empty! 7/5/2018 9:22 PM

27 -Please make sure to take into account electric cars through out downtown and the new stadium.maybe include charging stations in veterans park, air born museum or the new hotel. -I have seen in other cities “Uber” drop off and pick up points. -A short circular bus route between haymount and all of downtown. -Or better ;) a trolley retro style to go from downtown up and down the hill from haymount connecting both areas in a way people would like to use. 7/4/2018 10:26 AM

28 Do not charge special parking fees during events in garages that would be free after hours. I will not come to an after hours event such as Dogwood Festival and have to pay to park in an area that would normally be free. 7/3/2018 11:40 AM

29 Yeah have it ready before any new development is ready. Have entrance\exit plans for Ballgames before the season next year and communicate them outside of Fayetteville\ Hope Mills\Spring Lake and Fort Bragg areas 7/3/2018 11:30 AM

30 I think the parking deck that's being built near the baseball stadium should be opened up for stadium attendees so that they aren't taking up all of downtown parking during ball games. Also, a special shuttle service from Cross Creek Mall to the stadium on game days might help alleviate parking congestion downtown. 7/3/2018 9:56 AM

31 Keep it free, available, and close. And run a new survey asking the right questions in the right way. 7/3/2018 1:07 AM 32 more parking decks 7/2/2018 9:37 PM