Town Center Parking Plan Implementation

Well-planned and sufficient parking is vital to the success of our Town Center economy and the experience of Town Center patrons, residents, businesses, and visitors. The Mercer Island City Council adopted the Town Center Parking Plan (‘Parking Plan’) on November 21, 2023. The Parking Plan strives to activate Town Center by making parking more functionally available, accessible for different users, and supportive of other options for non-driving travel, like walking and biking, to and around Town Center. The Parking Plan includes strategies and recommendations that will be implemented over time through various City department work plans.

Plan Objectives

The Parking Plan identifies three strategies, with corresponding actions, to improve the Town Center parking system:

• Manage the on-street parking supply to make parking easier to find, better enforced, and more conducive to parking once and being able to walk to multiple destinations.
• Improve the convenience and efficiency of parking to make parking more apparent and navigable.
• Expand travel-mode choices through programs and infrastructure improvements that support walking, biking, and taking public transit to increase mobility in Town Center.

Get Involved

The implementation of the Parking Plan will address access and travel options in Town Center today and in the future. Everyone living, working, and visiting Town Center is a key partner in this work. Use this page to get the latest information, share your feedback, and stay up to date on other ways to engage with this work.