Walker Consultants were paid to study solutions for downtown parking. They asked 498 people to participate in a survey. 318 of these participants took the time to comment. Comments 76 to 105

76 Free mini buses because some people have knee/hip/back issues & can not park near their destinations (shops/antique/library). Free parking - used to be behind Sears (now to be ball park). Parking decks aren't near destinations. At one time, Fayetteville had two rickshaw bikes transporting individuals from M&O Chevrolet Co to restaurants downtown. Removing parking was great for the young but older people park near where they shop. Even at the mall, their destination decides which wing they park their cars. (Sears, Belks, ect.) Therefore not a lot of walking. 6/26/2018 10:13 AM 60 / 76 City of Fayetteville, North Carolina - Downtown Parking Plan Survey

77 Their is other parking in the downtown area without having to walk a mile. The Systel Building parking lot is never advertised as parking for downtown. It is only a block away from downtown , library, and festival park, also only 2-3 block from new baseball field. This parking lot is a paid parking lot, but I imagine that the parking at the new ball field will be paid as well, and I dont think the new baseball field lot will be able to handle all the traffic downtown for games and events. 6/26/2018 8:35 AM

78 I'm concerned that the new baseball stadium will make downtown, as well as Robeson St, insanely congested. Though I'm sure the influx of people will patronize businesses, the lack of parking will become a pain very quickly as the free spots will fill up for baseball attendants (sure they have time limits, but not enforcing it won't make a difference) and leave downtown customers having to pay for parking when they're only spending an hour or two patronizing the stores. 6/26/2018 12:17 AM

79 My main concern will be availability and ease of getting to drop off and pick up at Capitol Encore Academy and the availability to park my work truck downtown while working in local businesses as a contractor. Hauling tool boxes all over downtown is a lot more difficult than just strolling to shop. 6/25/2018 8:58 PM

80 Spend less time and money issuing parking tickets 6/25/2018 8:35 PM

81 Please maintain free hourly parking and work with businesses along Russell Street and Grove Street to provide free Satellite parking and shuttles for baseball stadium. Also provide surrounding neighborhoods with bike sharing services like Lime Bikes and extra police patrols for pedestrians and cyclists after dark. 6/25/2018 7:46 PM

82 Meters will be just fineif they are inexpensive 6/25/2018 6:42 PM

83 Parking is necessary beyond the stadium parking going up. It is nearly impossible going to an event aka First Friday, unless you get there hours in advance. 6/25/2018 6:01 PM

84 Street parking should still be free - in fact parking should be free during the day for everyone. I understand charging during special events but as a small business owner located downtown I am extremely worried about retaining clients and remaining open if all parking will be paid parking. I have been open for almost 6 years and will be very sad if my hard work gets flushed down the toilet because the City wants paid parking. 6/25/2018 5:12 PM

85 Paid parking with phone app for monitoring and adding minutes. 6/25/2018 4:10 PM

86 Parking needs to be convenient and affordable in Downtown Fayetteville. Thought should be given to use FAST Shuttles from larger parking lots to the new baseball stadium venue. They should be available before and after the scheduled games or any special event hosted at the stadium.' Plenty of handicapped parking spaces should be made available (more than the 1-2 planned) 6/25/2018 3:51 PM

87 Add on-street parking on Bow Street, near Person Street. Add on-street on Ann Street, near Bow Street. Add on-street parking on Green Street, between Bow Street and Grove Street. Reduce travel lanes on Hay Street near City Hall as parked vehicles stick out into the travel lanes. Add onstreet parking on Otis Jones Parkway. Delivery trucks on Hay Street always block part of the travel lane and impede traffic flow. Charge for parking at high occupancy rate locations. Eliminate free parking all day parking spots. Maybe implement a bike share program. 6/25/2018 3:19 PM

88 Perhaps more parking (a deck at Festival Park, for example) 6/25/2018 2:54 PM

89 We have our kids at The Capitol Encore Academy, which is the primary reason we come downtown each day (drop-off and pick-up). Please consider the 400+ TCEA families who come in and out of downtown each day for their students during the school year and summer camps. 6/25/2018 2:37 PM

90 Please keep in mind that we are a growing community. Although we have seen a significant expansion and refurbishment, we are still improving and expanding everyday with a long way to go. Paying for parking (metered parking) excluding the parking deck would discourage a lot of patrons including myself to visiting the downtown area. Downtown is one of the places I can take a liesurely stroll, and shop around for a few hours. 6/25/2018 1:47 PM

91 Compared to other metros. Fees are comparable. 6/25/2018 1:43 PM

92 Tax sales.... not parking! 6/25/2018 1:04 PM

93 We need a lot more! And most should be free! 6/25/2018 12:48 PM

94 More parking and the ability to park on the same street in one/same day 6/25/2018 12:23 PM

95 More handicapped and/or purple heart parking spaces adjacent to the baseball stadium. Possibily the AIT lot facing Huske can be converted into handicapped/purple heart spaces. 6/25/2018 11:13 AM

96 Need more free parking hours and spaces downtown during the week. 6/25/2018 10:54 AM 61 / 76 City of Fayetteville, North Carolina - Downtown Parking Plan Survey

97 Consideration needs to be given to the fact that the need for parking for everyday downtown employees, business owners, and customers will intersect with the need for parking for special events. If parking for special events displaces available parking for these regular daily downtown visitors, it will potentially hurt businesses by deterring their regular customers and puts employees in an unfair position of not having access to ample parking to go to work. 6/25/2018 10:22 AM

98 The lack of available parking has a negative effect on business downtown. Adding additional parking regardless of paid or free will enhance consumer spending in the downtown. 6/25/2018 10:11 AM

99 I believe the city is just trying to find new ways to charge people money. I have lived here all my life and I have NEVER had a struggle with lack of parking downtown. Downtown Fayetteville is simply not that large of an area, for parking to have such an issue of scarcity. The greatest need in terms of transportation, is to make it easier to ride bicycles on dedicated paths without sharing space with motor traffic (which is an issue throughout the city). 6/25/2018 8:51 AM

100 The price to park in these tiny parking lots is way to high. Even the people who live in the downtown area sometimes have to pay for parking because there’s no space near their building. The parking lot next to the Train Station could’ve stayed and that stadium could’ve been built somewhere else. What will we do for parking once it opens tear something else down to make space? Is the hotel next? 6/24/2018 10:46 PM

101 Better enforcement of parking conducted in non-parking zones. Free parking (prefered) or affordable, easily paid parking. 6/24/2018 10:03 PM

102 Fayetteville is not used to walking a short distance to visit an event. Please make it clear that public parking is available and there is a cost. Other cities charge for parking. As a resident since 1963 I am excited to see what is happening to downtown Fayetteville. 6/24/2018 8:11 PM

103 I try not to go downtown. There is nowhere to park. I am disabled and cannot walk from one of those lots. The lots seem dangerous to me. There is not much to go to downtown anymore except overly expensive shops and restaurants. Then, nowhere to park. Plus having to pay. Why should I even want to go? I resent the city or whoever it was taking away the AMTRAK parking lot. That is despicable. Also, I understand that there will be none to little parking for that ball park. I do hope that none of my taxes ever go to the ball park, Prine Zcharles, or any parking decks. None of all that helps those who are handicapped and of modest means. 6/24/2018 5:46 PM

104 I have a concern about the handicap parking. I have disabled family and I don’t want them having to walk far to events or have to pay a lot of money to park for handicap. 6/24/2018 5:17 PM

105 I think that paying for parking should really only be applicable when there are special events happening Downtown such as Festivals, baseball games, concerts, etc. During the week, people shouldn't have to pay for the parking because that will cause some of them not to visit downtown at all with costly prices. 6/24/2018 4:01 PM