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North Manhattan Beach Parking Study Community Survey

Access for all—whether through driving and parking or other modes of travel—is essential to the social, economic, and cultural vibrancy of North Manhattan Beach. How we get around and how people come to our city and its neighborhoods has a direct impact on our quality of life. As our city evolves and we prepare for the future, the City of Manhattan Beach is taking a holistic look at our parking options, programs, and policies, as well as studying changes to better support the people who live, work, shop, dine, and play in the North Manhattan Beach neighborhood. Please help us understand your parking and transportation behaviors and preferences as it relates to this special part of Manhattan Beach, which will help shape the study outcomes, with this 5-minute survey.
1.Where do you live approximately?
2.If you live in Manhattan Beach, what neighborhood do you live in?
3.If you live in a neighboring community, what community do you live in?
4.What is your most common reason for coming to North Manhattan Beach?
5.Assuming it's not raining, how likely are you to use the following travel options to get to North Manhattan Beach?
1 (unlikely)
2 (somewhat likely)
3 (likely)
4 (highly likely)
Personal vehicle (car or motorcycle)
Walk
Bike
E-bike
Scooter
Golf cart
Lyft, Uber or Taxi
Carpool/Vanpool
Dial-a-Ride
6.When you drive to North Manhattan Beach, where do you typically park your car?
7.If I had to choose just one, as a policy issue, parking is mostly a/an:
8.Which of the following goals is most important to you?
9.Which of the following goals is second most important to you?
10.In your view, how often does the current parking system that serves North Manhattan Beach achieve the following goals?
Always
Very Frequently
Occasionally
Rarely
Never
Makes it easy to find parking and manages vehicle congestion.
Makes it easy and more pleasant to use other forms of travel than driving, like walking and biking.
Makes spaces available to those who need them most; for example, customers are prioritized in a commercial area.
Creates little to no spillover parking from nearby destinations, like restaurants, retail, beach, events, and employment, into residential neighborhoods.
11.Public parking should be available on a first-come, first-served basis (those who arrive early enough have the best chance of locating parking). Policies that nearly always keep some spaces regularly available, particularly if it means increasing parking prices, are not desirable.
12.Public parking should be prioritized for certain users, whether short-term customers, longer-term visitors, or employees, in the busiest areas and/or at the busiest time.
13.To the extent feasible, parking spaces should always be available to someone looking for a space.
14.If I were to choose one, the biggest obstacle to accessing North Manhattan Beach is:
15.Is guaranteed employee parking important to you?
16.Are the current time limits reasonable?
17.Should more public parking be provided?
18.Would you use a shuttle bus to travel to North Manhattan Beach if frequent service (for example, every 15 minutes) was provided?
19.Should more bicycle parking be provided?
20.Should more e-bike parking be provided?
21.Would you be willing to pay a higher meter rate in exchange for a longer or eliminated time limit?
22.Is there anything else you would like us to know about your experience with parking in North Manhattan Beach or your answers to this survey?
23.What is your age range?
24.How would you describe your annual household income?