Construction of a SEPTA-funded and -owned parking garage is anticipated to begin Summer 2015, and will bring 309 new spaces to the Lansdale train station.

Jeff Knueppel, SEPTA’s deputy general manager, and John Mullen, planning team representative at McCormick Taylor, Inc., presented the project plans to area citizens last week at Lansdale's Town Hall session.

The new parking garage is proposed to run parallel with the tracks at SEPTA's lot off West Fifth Street. A pedestrian bridge will connect the SEPTA garage to Lansdale's proposed parking garage, which is part of Equus Capital's Madison Lot redevelopment, along with retail shops, condos and a skate park.

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Future parking at Lansdale station will increase by 309 spaces once the project is completed. This includes 667 new spaces in the parking garage, 120 spaces on the rear lot and 112 spaces in the front lot, according to Knueppel.

At present, there are 590 spaces in the Fifth Street lot: 385 rear-lot spaces, 112 front-lot spaces and 93 Madison Lot spaces. All three lots are at 100 percent utilization, Knueppel said.

The 93 Madison Lot spaces will no longer be used for SEPTA parking, once Equus' Madison Lot is complete.

Mullen estimated 1,043 parking spaces would be the latent demand by 2019, that is, people who cannot park at the station would continue to access it by other means. Without the latent demand, the number drops by 100 spaces.

Lansdale has the most spaces of any SEPTA station on the Lansdale/Doylestown line, according to the presentation.





Construction is expected to last 18 months. Commuters can drive through the site during construction via the outer perimeter of the parking lot.

SEPTA will also improve the Main Street entrance to Lansdale station.

During construction, the Pennbrook station off Church Road would be the prime spot to park, as its underutilization has already been revealed in past Lansdale Parking Authority studies and reports.

Mullen, in his presentation, suggested drivers use Colmar, Ninth Street, or downtown Lansdale to park for the train.

It was announced that SEPTA, PennDOT and Lansdale are working together on a traffic impact study related to the parking garage. There is a chance that SEPTA could improve other traffic situations in Lansdale.

An origins and access survey completed by Mullen showed that 374 of 687 people distributed at Lansdale station returned to Lansdale.

The average daily number of people boarding the train at Lansdale is 1,396. Kneuppel said the proejcted daily weekday ridership will increase to 1,571 by 2019, due to population growth and development.

SEPTA wants citizen and commuter feedback on the project. Contact Mullen at (215) 592-4200 or email Info@Lansdalegarageproject.com.