Project Goals

• Create a new Ardmore Transit Center with substantial private investment in

residential, retail and mixed-used development
• Revitalize Ardmore Business and Historic District into a transit-oriented,
pedestrian-friendly and accessible urban village
• Provide new parking for visitors, customers, businesses and employees
• Provide 190 new parking spaces (300 total) for SEPTA and Amtrak
commuters
• Comply with M.U.S.T. ordinance
• Construct project that enhances and preserves surrounding assets
• Minimize disruption to businesses, pedestrians and commuters during
construction
• Improve vehicular traffic infrastructure
• Complete Ardmore Station project in a timely manner
Aerial View
Street Perspective
Train Station Entrance
Main Street
Ardmore Train Platform
Parking Plan Options
Original Plan - Main Street
Updated Ardmore Station
 Summary of Parking Options
• Option 1:
– Smallest Main Street Garage (7
levels)
– Keep PSB Addition
– Large Bernicker Garage (5 levels)
• Option 2:
– Largest Main Street Garage (8
levels)
– Demolish/Upgrade PSB Addition
– No Bernicker Garage
• Option 2A:
– Largest Main Street Garage (8
levels)
– Overbuild PSB Addition – requires
temporary relocation
– No Bernicker Garage
• Option 3:
– Shorter Main Street Garage (7
levels)
– Demolish/Upgrade PSB Addition
– Small Bernicker Garage (3 levels)
• Option 3A:
– Shorter Main Street Garage (7
levels
– Overbuild PSB Addition – requires
temporary relocation
– Small Bernicker Garage (3 levels)
 Option 1 Components

• Smallest Main Street Garage

• Keeps Public Safety Building Addition

• Large Bernicker Garage

Option 1 – Main Street

Total Spaces: 296

Total Levels: 7
Option 1- Main Street
Option 1- Bernicker Lot

Total Spaces: 277

Total Levels: 5
Option 1- Bernicker Lot
 Option 1- Pros & Cons
Pros
• Additional retail on Lancaster
Avenue
• Lower Merion employee and
business parking is separate from
commuter parking
• Minimally disruptive to PSB
Addition
Cons
• Commuter parking only on Main
Street - all other parking on
Bernicker
• Tall, less efficient garage (7
levels/4 parking rows per level)
• Large garage (5 levels) at
Bernicker is out of scale
• Building two garages is more
expensive
• Building two garages at once is
more disruptive
• Doesn’t put most new parking next
to the station
• 6 fewer new spaces than Option 2
 Option 1 – Parking Costs

• Gross Parking Spaces: 573

• Net Parking Spaces: 313

• Total Parking Cost: $18.9 M

• Cost Per Net Space: $60 K

 Option 2 Components

• Largest Main Street Garage

• Demolish Public Safety Building Addition

• No Bernicker Garage
Option 2

Total Spaces: 501

Total Levels: 8
Option 2 – Parking Tiers
 Option 2 – Pros & Cons
Pros Cons
• Adds 4th row of parking per garage
• Tallest option for Main Street garage
level resulting in the most efficient and
(8 levels)
least cost option
• Programmatic functions in PSB
• Provides most net new parking
Addition (jail, evidence storage, sally
• Improved access to the PSB
port) to be temporarily relocated during
• Better program, more space for PSB
construction
• Meets the SEPTA commuter
requirement
• Preserves future opportunity for
Bernicker lot
• Puts the most spots adjacent to the
station and local businesses
 Option 2 – Parking Costs

• Gross Parking Spaces: 501

• Net Parking Spaces: 319

• Total Parking Cost: $17.6 M

• Cost Per Net Space: $54.8 K

 Option 2A Components

• Same size and height as Option 2

• Overbuild Public Safety Building Addition

• No Bernicker Garage
Option 2A

Total Spaces: 456

Total Levels: 8
Option 2A – Parking Tiers
 Option 2A – Pros & Cons
Pros Cons
• Adds 4th row of parking per garage • More costly than Option 2
level resulting in the most efficient and
• Programmatic functions in PSB
least cost option
Addition (jail, evidence storage, sally
• PSB Addition remains
port) still has to be temporarily
• Improved access to the PSB relocated during construction
• Meets the SEPTA commuter parking
• 44 fewer spaces than Option 2
requirement
• No added space for PSB
• Preserves future opportunity for
Bernicker lot
• Majority of parking spaces located
adjacent to the station and local
businesses
 Option 2A – Parking Costs

• Gross Parking Spaces: 503

• Net Parking Spaces: 275

• Total Parking Cost: $17.5 M

• Cost Per Net Space: $64 K

 Option 3 Components

• Shorter Main Street Garage

• Demolish Public Safety Building Addition

• Small Bernicker Garage

Option 3 – Main Street

Total Spaces: 416

Total Levels: 7
Option 3 – Main Street
Option 3 – Bernicker Lot

Total Spaces: 145

Total Levels: 3
 Option 3 – Pros & Cons
Pros
• Height of Main Street garage
decreases by one level
• Creates retail space on the
Bernicker lot
Cons
• Building two garages increases
cost
• Building two garages at once will
be more disruptive
• Programmatic functions in PSB
Addition (jail, evidence storage,
sally port) to be temporarily
relocated during construction
• Bernicker land redevelopment
potential is lost to relatively small
garage and retail space
• Takes surface parking from two
lots
• 18 fewer spaces than Option 2
 Option 3 – Parking Costs

• Gross Parking Spaces: 561

• Net Parking Spaces: 301

• Total Parking Cost: $20.3 M

• Cost Per Net Space: $66.8 K

 Option 3A Components

• Shorter Main Street Garage

• Overbuild Public Safety Building Addition

• Small Bernicker Garage

Option 3A – Main Street

Total Spaces: 372

Total Levels: 7
Option 3A – Main Street
Option 3A – Bernicker Lot

Total Spaces: 145

Total Levels: 3
 Option 3A – Pros & Cons
Pros
• Height of Main Street Garage
decreases by one level
• PSB Addition does not get
demolished
• Creates retail space on the
Bernicker lot
Cons
• More costly than Option 3
• Building two garages increases
costs
• Building two garages at once will
be more disruptive
• Programmatic functions in PSB
Addition (jail, evidence storage,
sally port) still has to be
temporarily relocated during
construction
• 44 fewer spaces than Option 3
and 63 fewer spaces than
Option 2
• Bernicker land is lost
• Takes surface parking from all lots
 Option 3A – Parking Costs

• Gross Parking Spaces: 517

• Net Parking Spaces: 257

• Total Parking Cost: $19.9 M

• Cost Per Net Space: $77.4 K

 Summary of Parking Options
• Option 1: • Option 3:
– Smallest Main Street Garage – Shorter Main Street Garage
– Keep PSB Addition – Demolish PSB Addition
– Large Bernicker Garage – Small Bernicker Garage

• Option 2: • Option 3A:

– Largest Main Street Garage – Shorter Main Street Garage
– Demolish PSB Addition – Overbuild PSB Addition
– No Bernicker Garage – Small Bernicker Garage

• Option 2A:
– Largest Main Street Garage
– Overbuild PSB Addition
– No Bernicker Garage
 Summary of Parking Costs
• Option 1: • Option 3:
– Net Parking Spaces: 313 – Net Parking Spaces: 301
– Total Parking Cost: $18.9 M – Total Parking Cost: $20.3 M
– Cost Per Net Space: $60 K – Cost Per Net Space: $66.8 K

• Option 2: • Option 3A:

– Net Parking Spaces: 319 – Net Parking Spaces: 257
– Total Parking Cost: $17.6 M – Total Parking Cost: $19.9 M
– Cost Per Net Space: $54.8 K – Cost Per Net Space: $77.4 K

• Option 2A:
– Net Parking Spaces: 275
– Total Parking Cost: $17.5 M
– Cost Per Net Space: $64 K
 Critical Next Steps
• 15% Design Completion – July/August 2009. Timely decision needed to
secure additional funding and move project forward.

• Amtrak Agreement – July/August 2009

• Township/Dranoff Development Agreement – September 2009

• 45% Design, Engineering and Station Architecture – November/December

2009

• 90% Design Review – June 2010

• Goal to begin construction: Late 2010/Early 2011

 Economic Revitalization Committee
June 10, 2009
• Seek public input and ideas

• Address questions

• Determine Option to recommend to

Board of Commissioners