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1.2 Existing Conditions The existing conditions for this study are based on the data collected and analyzed for the 2013 Downtown San Leandro Parking Data Analysis. Data was collected by the City of San Leandro using vehicle -mounted mobile License Plate Recognition (LPR) devices and garage -mounted LPRs. Data was collected hourly from 9 AM to 6 PM over two days, including one weekday (Tuesday, September 10, 2013) and one weekend day (Saturday, September 7, 2013). The full 2013 report is provided in Appendix B. Weekday Overall Occupancy Trends Weekday occupancy levels experience a gradual increase in the morning hours between 9 AM and 11 AM and then remain relatively constant throughout the day until 4 PM, when occupancy begins to decrease. Among the various parking areas, the periphery on -street spaces experience the highest occupancies throughout the day, peaking at approximately 64 percent, while the core peaks at 52 percent midday. Weekday Peak Occupancy The overall weekday peak occupancies are between 1 PM and 2 PM when overall occupancy reaches 55 percent (See Figure 1 Below). The parking facilities and blockfaces west of East 14th Street experience a high amount of parking demand when compared with those east of East 14th Street, as the majority of blockfaces west of East 14th exceed practical capacity during the peak hour. In addition, the Washington Plaza and Pelton Center facilities on the west side of East 14th Street are the only two off-street facilities to exceed 70 percent. This higher amount of occupancy is because these facilities serve the downtown retail core and the neighborhoods immediately east of the San Leandro BART station are impacted by spillover from BART parkers. Weekend Overall Occupancy Trends Weekend occupancy levels experience two different trends for on -street and off-street parking. On - street occupancy levels experience a slight shift in parking demand between the core and periphery, as the periphery observes the higher demand in the morning followed by the core in the afternoon and followed again by the periphery in the late afternoon; overall, occupancy levels remain consistent between the core and periphery at approximately 48 percent throughout the day. Off-street occupancy levels exhibits a single occupancy peak in the afternoon between 1 PM and 2 PM at approximately 47 percent. Overall weekend occupancies do not exceed 50 percent during any time period analyzed. Weekend Peak Occupancy The overall weekend peak occupancies are between 1 PM and 2 PM when overall occupancy reaches 48 percent. Although, the Washington Plaza Lot (South) and Pelton Center Lot continue to exhibit the highest occupancies among the off-street facilities during the weekend; generally, the weekend peak exhibits fewer on -street blockfaces exceeding practical capacity west of East 14th Street as compared to the weekday. This validates the earlier observation that the high weekday on -street occupancy west of East 14th Street is likely due to its close proximity to the San Leandro BART station, as commuters may be attracted to free parking near the station. This is not an issue on the weekend when BART does not charge. In addition, the blockfaces with parking meters surrounding the Washington Plaza Lot and the Pelton Center Lot do not experience high occupancy, suggesting that users attracted to the area for retail purposes are not spilling over to the on -street metered parking or to the neighboring blockfaces.