What will happen to on-street parking on University Avenue?
University Avenue will retain 175 of its 1,150 on-street parking spaces after 675 spots are removed to make way for mandatory elements such as the 15 LRT stations, 250 are eliminated to accommodate non-signalized pedestrian crossings, 40 are removed to provide secondary station access, 20 are lost to make room for three-car station platforms and 40 are eliminated to allow space for minimizing traffic lane transitions. Project studies show 560 on-street parking spaces are available on north-south cross streets within a block of the corridor and 15,300 off-street parking spaces are available within one block of University Avenue. A 2006 city of St. Paul study found 25,000 spaces in private lots within one-quarter mile of the 15 LRT stations. • Corridor-wide and site-specific solutions will offset the loss of parking on University Avenue that will occur when two Central Corridor LRT tracks are constructed, according to a report by the city of St. Paul and the Central Corridor LRT Project.
University Avenue will retain 175 of its 1,150 on-street parking spaces after 675 spots are removed to make way for mandatory elements such as the 15 LRT stations, 250 are eliminated to accommodate non-signalized pedestrian crossings, 40 are removed to provide secondary station access, 20 are lost to make room for three-car station platforms and 40 are eliminated to allow space for minimizing traffic lane transitions. Project studies show 560 on-street parking spaces are available on north-south cross streets within a block of the corridor and 15,300 off-street parking spaces are available within one block of University Avenue. A 2006 city of St. Paul study found 25,000 spaces in private lots within one-quarter mile of the 15 LRT stations. • Corridor-wide and site-specific solutions will offset the loss of parking on University Avenue that will occur when two Central Corridor LRT tracks are constructed, according to a report by the city of St. Paul and the Central Corridor LRT Project.
