a communication from Councillor Zondervan, transmitting a memorandum regarding Cambridge Residential Parking Permits Analysis

CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL Quinton Y. Zondervan City Councillor 1 To: Donna Lopez, City Clerk From: Quinton Y. Zondervan, City Councillor Date: April 11, 2019 Subject: Memorandum Submission Please place the attached memorandum, “Cambridge Residential Parking Permits Analysis”, on the City Council agenda as “Communications and reports from Other City Officials” for the April 22, 2019 meeting. Thank you.

CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL Quinton Y. Zondervan City Councillor 2 MEMORANDUM To: Cambridge City Council From: Quinton Zondervan, City Councillor Date: April 11, 2019 Subject: Cambridge Residential Parking Permits Analysis Regarding the claim that residential parking stickers have been increasing, the data I’ve analyzed from CDD shows the opposite:

CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL Quinton Y. Zondervan City Councillor 3 The decrease per capita is even more stark, as the population has increased over time: Raw data from CDD: Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Fee $8 $8 $8 $8 $8 $8 $8 $8 $20 $20 $25 $25 $25 $25 Permits issued 41,060 40,800 38,706 38,374 38,270 38,639 38,849 39,566 38,952 38,521 38,843 38,468 38,085 38,016 # Residents 102,000 102,500 103,000 103,500 104,000 104,500 104,800 105,162 105,792 106,471 107,289 107,289 107,916 110,651 Households 42,615 42800 43,000 43,200 43,400 43,600 43,800 44,032 43,700 43,400 43,200 43,058 45,569 50,355

CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL Quinton Y. Zondervan City Councillor 4 As individual car ownership continues to decline statewide, we should expect these trends to continue: