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City-Wide Parking Review
Parking is an important component for achieving the City’s goals around sustainability and supporting economic vibrancy. The outcome of this City-Wide Parking Review will reflect new trends and mobility changes in Coquitlam that result from rapid transit investments and increased growth through development. The review is intended to develop a ‘made-in-Coquitlam’ approach to parking management that fulfills our community’s needs.
Effective parking management is an important tool not only to influence travel behaviour and encourage sustainable transportation, but also to support rapid transit investments, and planned growth and densification. It is also fundamental to achieving many broad City goals.
The City’s current parking management strategies and policies have been documented in several strategic policy documents: Citywide Official Community Plan, Strategic Transportation Plan, Transit-Oriented Development Strategy, Housing Affordability Strategy and the Zoning Bylaw, Part 7 (Off-Street Parking and Loading).
Considering the region-wide mobility trends and evolving parking dynamics, it is timely for the City to review and update our on- and off-street parking policies to ensure effective management of this important resource and to support our sustainability goals while still meeting future parking needs.
The proposed City-Wide Parking Review includes five phases:
Phase 1 (completed 2020): This phase included residential and visitor parking rates in Transit-Oriented Development areas.
Phase 2 (completion 2021): This phase included commercial parking requirements, shared parking requirements, policies around Transportation Demand Management and Payment-in-Lieu, as well as bicycle parking requirements within new developments in Transit-Oriented Development areas.
Phase 3 (ongoing): This phase will develop a Curbside Management Strategy, including provisions for on-street vehicle parking management, electric vehicle charging, loading zones, waste collection, and shared mobility services.
Phase 4 (ongoing): This phase will review city-wide visitor, residential, commercial, industrial and institutional parking requirements; as well as provisions for transportation demand management, payment-in-lieu of parking, on-site electric vehicle charging infrastructure and shared parking.
This phase will review parking bylaws and policies within and outside Transit-Oriented Development areas, and re-evaluate previously adopted components of Phase 1 and 2 in light of recent provincial housing changes.
Phase 5 (future): This phase will assess the parking needs for City-owned public parking facilities in Transit-Oriented Development areas.
Phase 1 Council Reports
- May 25, 2020 – City-Wide Parking Review – Proposed Updates tot he Residential Parking Rates in the Evergreen Line Core and Shoulder Station Areas (PROJ 20-047)
- July 27 – City-Wide Parking Review – Proposed Updates to the Residential Parking Rates in the Evergreen Line Core and Shoulder Station Areas (PROJ 20-047)
Phase 2 Council Reports
- October 19, 2020 – City-Wide Parking Review – Phase 2A Commercial and Office Parking Requirements and Shared Parking in the Evergreen Line Core and Shoulder Station Areas – Update
- January 11, 2021 – City-Wide Parking Review – Phase 2B Transportation Demand Management, Payment-in-Lieu and Bike Parking Requirement in the Evergreen Line Core and Shoulder Station Areas – Update
- May 31, 2021 - City-Wide Parking Review Phase 2 - Commercial and Office Parking Requirements, Off-Street Bicycle Parking, Transportation Demand Management, Payment-in-Liew, and Shared Parking Requirements in the Evergreen Line Core and Shoulder Station Areas
Phase 3 Council Reports
- April 11, 2022 - City-Wide Parking Review Phase 3: Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Areas Curbside Management Strategy - Progress Report
- July 15, 2024 - City-Wide Parking Review - Scope of Phase 3 and 4
Phase 4 Council Reports
- July 15, 2024 - City-Wide Parking Review - Scope of Phase 3 and 4