South Congress Parking Strategy

Parking has been a long-standing challenge in Austin’s renowned South Congress (SoCo) district. Parking needs and issues vary for residents, businesses, employees, and visitors. Sporadic attempts to fix parking have resulted in a series of uncoordinated measures that improve parking for a few, but do not holistically address the district’s systemic problems.

The South Congress Parking Strategy tackles these challenges head-on. Through a data-driven process, this project provides a new vision and approach for parking in SoCo. The Strategy Toolkit is a coordinated package of 16 policies, programs, and systems to address SoCo’s parking needs. There is no “silver bullet” solution to the parking challenges SoCo is facing—the toolkit reflects the need for a comprehensive approach that balances the many different needs of people who live in, work in, and visit SoCo. To further support implementation, a financial program was developed to estimate revenues and expenditures after rollout of paid parking in SoCo. Finally, a menu of potential local improvements from the Parking Toolkit is provided, summarizing possible options for use of net PTMD improvement funds.

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