Projects

  • Wilsonville Parking Study and Development Code Updates

    Studio Davis worked with the City of Wilsonville, Oregon, on two concurrent initiatives that will shape the future of parking in this city of 25,000 about 15 miles south of Portland. First, we are assisting the city in updating its code to comply with new rules under Oregon’s Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities (CFEC) program…

  • Downtown Parking Study and Parking Benefit District Plan for Dallas, Oregon

    Studio Davis recently concluded work on a parking study and plan for downtown Dallas, Oregon, a city of 18,000 about 15 miles west of Salem. Designated as an urban renewal district (URD) in 2004, Downtown Dallas has blossomed into a busy mixed-use area that serves as the Polk County seat as well as the area’s…

  • Passaic, NJ Transit Hub Plan

    As Passaic prepared for a new downtown bus terminal, the City needed a clearer understanding of how the surrounding district could support transit riders, local businesses, and future development. Brian led a planning effort examining land use, parking policy, walking connections, and the broader mobility network around the station area. The goal was to help…

  • Oregon City Parking Code Updates

    Studio Davis is currently working with Oregon City, OR (pop 40,000) on code updates necessary to comply with the State of Oregon’s Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities (CFEC) program. The first steps of the process include a robust outreach program that began by convening an advisory committee of business owners, organizational leaders, neighborhood advocates, and…

  • Cornelius Parking Code Updates

    The State of Oregon recently passed a new set of administrative rules as part of its Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities (CFEC) program, which requires jurisdictions throughout the state to remove parking requirements or enact a set of reforms aimed at reducing the impacts of these requirements. Under a contract with the state, Studio Davis…

  • Oregon Parking Management Jump Start Guide

    As communities throughout Oregon recover from the pandemic and grow and thrive generally, there is an increasing need for addressing parking congestion in downtowns and busy residential areas throughout the state. Further, new planning rules under the state’s Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities (CFEC) program restrict the ability of many jurisdictions to require minimum parking…

  • Downtown Newberg Parking Study & Plan

    Newberg is a city of 25,000 that lies about 25 miles southwest of Portland in the heart of Oregon’s wine country. The waning COVID crisis has combined with the steady growth of Oregon’s wine scene to create a downtown that is as busy as ever, featuring all the associated parking problems. Downtown Newberg has a…

  • Peaceful Villa Neighborhood Transportation Study

    Studio Davis was selected by Home Forward, a Portland housing authority that constructs and operates affordable housing communities, to perform a comprehensive study of transportation and parking impacts that will result from a proposed redevelopment of an existing affordable housing community in the Richmond neighborhood of Southeast Portland. This was a bit of a novel…

  • Spokane REACH West Central Consulting

    Working with our partners at Woodsong Associates, Studio Davis is consulting the nonprofit REACH West Central on an ongoing neighborhood revitalization project in Spokane, Washington. REACH was created in part to help administer and support a new tax increment financing (TIF) district, a wonky financing model that allow for anticipated future growth in tax revenues…

  • Downtown Parking Education and Planning in Yachats, Oregon

    Yachats is a city of about 1,000 residents on the Oregon Coast, but on summer weekends the population can triple or more as visitors flock to “The Gem of the Oregon Coast.” Studio Davis prepared a comprehensive downtown parking management plan to address seasonal demand and improve access for residents, visitors, and local businesses. The…

  • Downtown Forest Grove Parking Management Plan

    Forest Grove, a city of 25,000 about 25 miles west of Portland, has seen steady growth over the past several years. It is home to Pacific University, which combines with the robust mix of retail, restaurant, and entertainment uses to create significant parking demand in its downtown area. Studio Davis conducted a robust analysis of…

  • Wilhelm Funeral Home Parking Study and Transportation Analysis, Portland, OR

    The Wilhelm Funeral Home project was a multi-year parking analysis and transportation planning project shaped by intense public scrutiny, complex operating conditions, and high expectations for rigor. The work supported an update to Wilhelms’s Conditional Use Permit in a residential Portland neighborhood where parking demand, large annual events, and a impacts to a nearby growing…

  • Downtown Parking Plan for Grants Pass, Oregon

    Developing a parking plan for Grants Pass, Oregon proved to be a case study in how quickly conditions on the ground can change, and how effective parking planning must adapt in response. The motto of Grants Pass, a city of roughly 40,000 in southern Oregon, is “It’s the Climate.” Unfortunately, that slogan turned out to…

  • Seasonal Parking Planning in Cannon Beach, Oregon

    Like many coastal communities, the City of Cannon Beach, Oregon (population approximately 1,500), experiences intense seasonal parking demand driven by visitors during the warmer months, with especially high demand on summer weekends. Seasonal demand poses a unique challenge for parking planning, as peak conditions occur only part of the year and rarely justify construction of…

  • Affordable Housing Parking Reform in Hillsboro, Oregon

    The City of Hillsboro is one of Oregon’s leading communities for providing affordable housing, with the state’s second-largest existing stock after Portland and several new projects in the planning stages. In 2018, Studio Davis led a comprehensive parking supply and demand analysis focused on affordable housing sites across the city. The study examined whether factors…

  • Citywide Parking Planning in Newport, Oregon: The Oregon Coast’s First Meter System

    Newport is a city of approximately 11,000 residents located on Oregon’s Central Coast at the mouth of Yaquina Bay. While modest in size, Newport experiences intense and highly variable parking demand driven by tourism, seasonal events, and a concentration of activity in the city’s three commercial districts:The city has three key commercial centers: Our team…

  • Parking Planning in Uptown Charlotte, NC: Data-Driven Pricing and Management Reform

    Uptown Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing urban cores in the United States. Yet when this parking planning project began, the city had one of the lowest on-street meter rates in the country: just $1 per hour. Our team was engaged to conduct a comprehensive parking supply and demand analysis for Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina,…

  • Washington Park Parking Plan and Circulation Study, Portland, OR

    Washington Park’s main parking lot supports some of Oregon’s most visited destinations, including the Oregon Zoo, World Forestry Center, Hoyt Arboretum, and nearby gardens. On busy days, parking demand regularly exceeds available supply, creating congestion, confusion, and difficulty finding unused spaces even when capacity remains elsewhere in the system. In 2014, our team worked with…

  • Portland Centers and Corridors Parking Study: Data to Support a Neighborhood Parking Toolkit

    The east side of Portland is characterized by its many historic “streetcar suburbs:” dense, walkable neighborhoods organized around mixed-use corridors and town centers that originally grew up near streetcar stops. As the city emerged from the recession and infill development accelerated, increased pressure on on-street parking led the City of Portland to pursue a parking…

  • Northwest Portland Parking Planning Study: Evaluating a Hybrid Meter–Permit System

    The Northwest District has long been one of the most parking-constrained neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon. A dense and highly active mix of residential buildings, local retail, restaurants, and employment centers generates steady demand throughout the day and evening, placing sustained pressure on the curbside parking system. In response, the City of Portland implemented an ambitious…

  • Downtown Portland Parking Study

    As parking demand returned to downtown Portland, the City needed a sharper understanding of how its system was performing block by block. Brian led a robust parking study of downtown Portland covering 293 block faces across nine districts, pairing a full inventory with hourly occupancy and turnover observations from morning through late evening. The result…