Lake Merritt Parking Study
City of Oakland

To obtain a better understanding of parking supply, parking demand, available capacity, and replacement capacity in the eastern Lake Merritt/Lakeshore Avenue corridor in downtown Oakland, the City of Oakland hired TJKM to conduct a study. TJKM conducted a parking inventory (400 on-street and off-street spaces) and analyzed parking occupancy and turnover via a license plate survey method for three periods: weekday, Saturday and Sunday. TJKM also met with local stakeholders including conducting informal interviews with church and large apartment buildings in the study area to get a sense of off-street parking supply and local concerns. The study detailed five options for accommodating the City’s desires including better utilization of three existing parking areas, changes to the current parking restrictions policy and increased parking enforcement.

Contact Chris Kinzel at ckinzel@tjkm.com for parking supply and demand challenges.