What is the purpose of the parking study in Cape Coral?

The South Cape Downtown Parking Management Plan provides a solid plan for managing parking in Cape Coral's Downtown Core. It ensures organized development and creates a thriving, enjoyable area for the community.

What is a Parking Management Plan?

 
  • Examine parking conditions and pattern.
  • Gather data on parking demand, usage and challenges.
  • Make the best use of parking supply and inform policy and regulations.

Project Limits: Downtown South Cape

Why do we need it?

  • Parking Surveys for Data Collection: To gather data and understand current parking conditions and challenges in an area.
  • Goals of a parking study: Identify areas for improvement, optimize parking availability, and enhance transportation efficiency.
  • Benefits of a parking study for the community: Valuable insights for decision-making, improved parking for residents, businesses, and visitors, and community involvement in shaping recommendations.

Project Goals

  • Comprehensive Data Collection and Informed Decision-Making.
  • Address Short-Term Parking Challenges and Develop Actionable Solutions.
  • Future-Proof Parking Management Recommendations.
  • Support Long-Term Mobility Vision and Public Engagement.

Project Schedule

How to get involved?

We want to hear from you!

Complete the survey.
Have a question?

Email:
lauren@nueurbanconcepts.com
info@ddec.com

Subject: South Cape Parking

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PROPOSED PARKING RECOMMENDATIONS

Meetings Materials

Community Meeting #1

Wednesday, October 25/2023

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Community Meeting #2

Wednesday, November 15/2023

Coming Soon

Contact Us

Address:
Office of Communications
1015 Cultural Park Boulevard
Cape Coral, FL 33990

Phone:
(954) 597-3500

Website: https://www.capecoral.gov/

The Cape Coral parking study's final report will cover existing conditions, stakeholder engagement, goals, strategies, and an implementation plan. It will recommend innovative solutions and include a multi-year plan with performance measures and updates.​

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Ms. Heather Neville, AICP – Associated Member

President/Owner of VRUM Planning.  Ms. Neville has 10 years of experience in Strategic Planning, Transportation Planning, and communications focusing on vulnerable road users and communities. She has built successful partnerships in the public and private sector statewide through professional contracts as VRUM Planning and extensive nonprofit involvement. She excels in visioning, concept and corridor development, project management, analysis, client, customer, and community relations, intergovernmental relations, meeting budgets and deadlines, communications, and marketing. Heather is an expert at grant management and helped secure over $65M in grant funding for various communities to realize their mobility vision.

Mr. Robert G. Schiffer, AICP – Associated Member

President/owner of FuturePlan Consulting with 38 years of experience. Robert will lead travel demand modeling, analysis of travel patterns, and assist with projecting future growth. Mr. Schiffer is a recognized statewide and national expert in travel demand modeling and has served on several Transportation Research Board committees and has pioneered the use of big data for analyzing travel patterns and the refinement of travel demand models. Mr. Schiffer is an experienced staff mentor, project manager, and marketing leader with a diverse background in all areas of transportation planning. His experience encompasses travel demand models and planning studies for national, statewide, regional, municipal, subarea, and rural jurisdictions.

Mr. John Osborne, AICP – Associated Member

President/Owner of Green Street Associates. Mr. Osborne brings over 25 years of public and private sector experience in land use, transportation planning, and infrastructure finance. Mr. Osborne served for 20 years as Deputy County Administrator, Infrastructure & Strategic Planning Official, Planning Director, Impact Fee Administrator, Transportation Planning Manager, and other urban and transportation planning-related positions at Sarasota County. From 2015 to 2021, his responsibilities under the County Administrator included coordination of master planning of the County’s infrastructure and services for growth. He was also responsible for the administration and annual update of the County’s Capital Improvements Program.

Ms. Lauren Rushing – Member

Ms. Rushing holds experience in strategic, multimodal transportation planning, growth management, communications, community engagement, and transportation advocacy.  She developed her career in transportation planning consulting for FDOT conducting traffic impact analyses.  Driven by an interest in active transportation and particularly bicycle culture, Lauren spent three years living and working as a transportation advisor in Amsterdam where she contributed GIS, data analysis, and design skills to strategic mobility projects across the Netherlands.  Lauren holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science & Policy and a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Florida State University. In 2021, Lauren served as a board member of the New York City chapter of Young Professionals in Transportation.

Ms. Margarita Yerastova – Member

President of the Republic of Design brings over 10 years of transportation planning and graphic design experience. Ms. Yerastova brings leadership to the Mobility Cohort bicycle and pedestrian experience.  Ms. Yerastova excels in illustrating proposed multimodal improvements and developing before and after renderings and aerial perspectives of improvements, both of which are effective tools in public engagement. Ms. Margarita Yerastova brings recent experience developing and implementing creative improvements for people walking, bicycling, and accessing transit in Amsterdam and communities throughout Northern Europe.

Mr. Scott Kelly, PE – Advisor

Mr. Kelly graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Florida. With over 40 years of experience in water sewer and transportation engineering, he served as the Assistant City Administrator for the City of West Palm Beach, Florida, where he is responsible for Public Utilities, Sustainability, Parking, Public Works and Engineering areas. Scott was integral in providing leadership for the City of West Palm Beach Mobility Study, the expansion of the City’s Bicycle Network and transformative projects such as the Clematis Street Streetscape Project.

Mr. Louis Rotundo – Advisor

With over 40 years of public policy and growth management experience at the local, state, and federal level, he has represented municipal and County government clients since 1988 related to Community Redevelopment Authorities (CRAs), Enterprise Zones, Airport Authorities, SunRail, Transportation Concurrency, and Mobility Fees. Mr. Rotundo has played an active role in the reshaping of growth management legislation in Florida over the last decade to encourage development in urban areas, promote multimodal transportation and provide local governments with increased flexibility to plan the type of development desired in their communities. He has been active in securing funds to promote SunRail and Flex-Bus in Central Florida and in the development of new funding sources for local governments to assist in funding multimodal transportation.

Mr. Jonathan B. Paul, AICP – Co Founder

Principal of NUE Urban Concepts, has more than 25 years of public and private sector experience in land use and transportation planning, parking and curbside management, conducting and reviewing detailed traffic impact analysis, and administering, developing, and updating impact fees and mobility fees. Mr. Paul previously served for 10 years as a Concurrency and Impact Fee Manager for Alachua County and Transportation Planning Director and Impact Fee Administrator for Sarasota Counties. In these roles he administered, developed, and updated impact fee, mobility fee, and concurrency management programs. Dr. James C. Nicholas, considered one of the founding fathers of impact fees, served as a mentor to Mr. Paul, and was on Jonathan’s thesis committee at the University of Florida.  Mr. Paul developed the Alachua County Mobility Plan and Fee: the first mobility plan and mobility fee to be adopted in Florida. Jonathan has presented at numerous conferences, has served on statewide stakeholder committees, and has consulted with several builder associations in Florida to review both impact fees and mobility fees prepared by other firms.

Ms. Uyen Dang, PE – Co Founder

Principal at DDEC, with over 15-years of experience in transportation, streetscape, and livable communities.  She was the City Traffic Engineer for the City of West Palm Beach and oversaw all transportation elements including transformative projects such as the Clematis Street Streetscape project. She led the adoption of the City’s multimodal transportation program including its Vision Zero program, smart parking technology, and shared mobility program. In 2017, Uyen led planning efforts such as the West Palm Beach Mobility Study, Downtown Parking Study, the Okeechobee Corridor Study, and the proposed ITC Mobility Hub.  Ms. Dang is a Cityfi Affiliate, founding class of NACTO Leadership, chair of the Palm Beach Citizen Advisory Committee, and a member of the NCUTCD representing the NACTO delegation.