Parking Reaches Limit
Despite the early October ground-breaking for a new 323-space parking lot at the Princeton Junction train station, commuter parking demand will continue growing and cannot be met with more parking. Nearly 1,600 area residents will still be on a parking waiting list when the new lot is finished. Township Mayor Thomas Frascella told the Trenton Times, "There is no place to put additional parking and the roads can't handle the extra cars." Analyses have shown that new rail station parking spaces tend to increase the drive-alone tendencies of commuters who already use the station rather than act as a magnet for new train riders. Transit and town officials will have to turn to station-access strategies like transit shuttles, bikeways and protected bicycle parking.
