Strategic Parking Plan

In 2019, the City of Columbus, in partnership with Kimley-Horn & Associates, developed a city-wide Strategic Parking Plan (SPP) that governs parking management decisions to support the growth and development of our urban core neighborhoods. The SPP analyzed existing conditions and recommends parking management strategies and parking demand management tools for the following areas: Downtown, University District, Franklinton and South of Downtown Neighborhoods (German Village, Brewery District, Southside).

In 2025, the City release SPP 2.0 which serves as an update to the original Strategic Parking Plan. These planning efforts aim to asses the current state of the parking and associated street curb space systems, gather parking and curb data to analyze utilization, and ultimately recommend appropriate parking and curb management strategies to improve neighborhood access, mobility and vitality.

Unlike SPP1.0, SPP 2.0 does not recommend specific location-based parking and curbside management strategies. Instead, SPP 2.0 recommends program and city-wide strategies that support the updated mission, vision and scope of the Mobility Enterprise Program and complementary initiatives including:
     - Zone In - Columbus Zoning Code Update
     - LinkUS - High Capacity Transit Initiative
     - Downtown Multimodal Study
     - Downtown Strategic Plan and Parking Study
     - Bike Plus - Columbus Bikeways and Micromobility Plan

Strategic Parking Plan 2.0 Final Report(PDF, 15MB)

Strategic Parking Plan 1.0 Final Report(PDF, 85MB)

Existing Conditions Final Report(PDF, 34MB)

• Downtown(PDF, 25MB)
• University District(PDF, 16MB)
• Franklinton(PDF, 12MB)
• South of Downtown Neighborhoods(PDF, 14MB)