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Unit 1: An Introduction to Event Management

5. Parking availability varies Notes
6. Impact on emergency access and local services
Effect on Community
1. Need to consider effect on access and parking of residents and businesses of a street along
which the event will be held.
2. Need to consider communicating with and involving the participation of businesses and
residents on the street that will be closed for the event.
3. Need to assure that bus transit stop relocations during the event are communicated in
advance to residents and businesses.

4. Need to require adequate sidewalk passage area and fire lanes at all times to permit access
of emergency vehicles to adjacent residents and businesses along the streets utilized by
the street use event.
5. Need to notify all businesses and residents located on the street to be used or closed of the
event dates and times.

Regional/Multi-Venue Event

Characteristics

1. Occurrence of events at multiple venues at or near same time
2. Ingress and egress operations for concurrent events may occur at same time
3. Parking areas may service demand from different events over day
Effect on Community

1. Need to coordinate activities of the events in order to minimize traffic impact on the
community.
2. Need to offset occurrence of ingress and egress times to minimize effect on traffic, parking,
resources and the community.
3. Need to examine event scheduling to avoid departing traffic from one event coinciding
with arriving traffic from another event to minimize effect on traffic, parking, resources,
and the community.

Rural Event

Characteristics
1. Rural area and possible tourist destination

2. High attendance events attracting event patrons from a regional area
3. Limited roadway capacity
4. Area lacking regular transit service
Effect on Community

1. Need to meet with residents and businesses to minimize effect on adjacent roadways.
2. Need to use public surveys to assess all community effect and incorporate successful
lessons learned to apply to the next event.

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