BFJ Planning is leading a citywide review of parking issues in Stamford, Connecticut in response to recent development trends, expected growth, and the opportunity to provide data-driven recommendations for parking regulations and management. Through the use of an online curb management platform and data collection tool called Coord, BFJ has captured parking regulation information and curbside features to build a parking inventory for Stamford’s study areas (downtown, south end, Springdale and Glenbrook Station areas). This inventory will be the basis of occupancy and turnover data collection. Further contextualizing this data, BFJ reviewed the City’s zoning code requirements for parking. This review resulted in extensive recommendations  to “right-sizing” parking ratios, simplify the requirements and introduce incentives for more efficient parking. 

As a member of the BFJ team Tim Haahs & Associates undertakes a comprehensive review of Stamford’s parking system: opera-tions, pricing, regulations, and payment equipment. This review will better position the study to identify opportunities to enhance user convenience, improve parking system operations, and to reduce unnecessary expenses while optimizing operating revenue. Throughout this process, a key component is a targeted public engagement program that will initially engage representatives from all City neighborhoods to identify parking issues and needs of individual neighborhoods. To build from this feedback, focus groups and a public workshop will further extend opportunities for data collection and feedback on initial recommendations.