Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve is one of Midpen’s most beloved preserves. With a large network of trails and wonderful opportunities to explore redwood forests and connect with nature, parking demand often exceeds space during peak visitation hours, holidays and weekends.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate existing parking resources and access at the Preserve, clarify the parking and access challenges that exist, understand visitor behavior and visitation patterns, identify strategies that will address parking demand and traffic issues, increase greener modes of transit and better manage visitation, and develop an implementation plan. The study sought a variety of transportation demand management solutions that responded to Purisima Creek Redwood’s unique location, environment, visitation characteristics and access conditions.
The study completed in November 2022 assessed what transportation demand management strategies could be appropriate for Purisima Creek Redwoods at a preserve-wide level and made recommendations for implementation options.
Midpen further evaluated some of the recommended strategies for implementation at the preserve. These strategies would require capital improvements at the preserve and have been considered in the designs of the future Verde Road and expanded North Ridge parking areas. These strategies include shuttle program, real-time parking information, carpool/vanpool parking, and reservation parking. During the December 2024 Board meeting, the Board agreed to evaluate these programs under CEQA as part of the Purisima Comprehensive Use & Management Plan. For more information about these strategies refer to the Purisima Multimodal Access Implementation Report and the project details in the highlights section below.
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