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parking and rely more on the ‘on-street’ convenience parking. As the evening approaches and the train riders
return, some of the riders will visit stores or restaurants and leave their cars in the garage a bit longer. But a good
number of the spaces will be available, as many riders will not stay, shifting the balance of parking to downtown
visitors.

Currently, the Metrolink parking is on the east side of Railroad Avenue, completely separated from the Main
Street. By strategically locating the garages on the west side of Railroad Avenue, train riders no longer have to
cross the train tracks to and from their cars. Further, train riders will activate the pedestrian life of Old Town
by actually crossing Railroad
Avenue and reaching the stores
on Main Street. Additionally, by
sharing the garage spaces with
Metrolink, the existing Metrolink
surface parking lots can be
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converted to Transit-Oriented
Housing, further complementing
9th ST ridership levels while repairing
the East Newhall Neighborhood.
CHESTNUT ST WALNUT ST D MAIN ST C RAILROAD AV The presence of the garages

profoundly frees large
amounts of land throughout
8th ST
the downtown area, currently
devoted to non-shared parking.
Such land can be dedicated to
the development of new retail,
office and housing projects to
further activate the Old Town.
Key Plan

OLD T OW N NEWH AL L S PE CIF IC PLAN 26
City of Santa Clarita, California
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rEV IS ED : m A r C H 28, 2017