Central Puget Sound State Route 167 - Park and rides
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Measures of park and rides along the SR 167 corridor in the central Puget Sound region.
Park & Ride lot utilization
Park and ride lots provide locations for commuters to meet carpools and vanpools, and catch buses if transit services are not available near their residences. WSDOT monitors the usage of park and ride lots owned or managed by public agencies, as well as private lots. See WSDOT's Handbook for Corridor Capacity Evaluation (PDF 5.9MB).
Park and ride lots serve a wide variety of commuters, including carpoolers, vanpoolers, transit riders, commuter rail passengers, bicyclists and pedestrians. Park and ride locations are essential for transit riders and carpoolers, and must have high utilization rates to be considered successful. Targeted outreach efforts from transit agencies as well as employer Commute Trip Reduction initiatives help address highway capacity needs in the central Puget Sound region.
Source: WSDOT Public Transportation Division.
Note: Park and ride utilization rates data will no longer available after 2020.
Multi-year trends
Park and ride lot usage on the SR 167 corridor varies substantially between lots, but each individual lot has held relatively steady over time, except the Puyallup Fair's Red Lot. Between 2015 and 2019, the Kent/James St. Park and Ride (the least used lot) saw its usage go from 28% to 32%, while the Puyallup Fair's Red Lot increased from 99% usage to 124% over the same time period. A lot with 85% usage is considered to be operating at capacity.
Annual highlights
In 2019, between 32% to 124% of available spaces at park and rides along the SR 167 corridor in the central Puget Sound region were filled. Three of five of these park and ride lots had utilization rates at or above 85%, which is considered as operating at capacity.
In 2018, between 31% to 100% of available spaces at park and rides along the SR 167 corridor in the central Puget Sound region were filled. Four of six of these park and ride lots had utilization rates at or above 85%, which is considered as operating at capacity.
In 2017, between 26% to 100% of available spaces at park and rides along the SR 167 corridor in the central Puget Sound region were filled. Three of eight of these park and ride lots had utilization rates at or above 95%. Lots having rates about 85% are considered as operating at capacity.
In 2016, between 34% to 101% of available spaces at park and rides along the SR 167 corridor in the central Puget Sound region were filled. Four of eight of these park and ride lots had utilization rates at or above 95%. Lots having rates about 85% are considered as operating at capacity.
In 2015, between 28% to 100% of available spaces at park and rides along the SR 167 corridor in the central Puget Sound region were filled. The Renton Municipal park and ride decreased in size by 50 spaces in January 2015. Five of eight of the Park & Ride lots along SR 167 had utilization rates at or above 95%. Lots having rates about 85% are considered as operating at capacity.