Parking Projects
After completing an audit on our public parking programs in recent years, the City is pursuing multiple projects to improve the parking experience for residents, businesses, employees, customers, and visitors.
Stay up to date on major parking projects the City plans to implement. This page will be updated as projects develop.
Downtown Parking Changes
The public parking audit recommended, and Council endorsed, staff evaluating changes to how downtown parking is managed. In 2024 and 2025 City staff worked with a parking consultant and Council-appointed limited duration Downtown Parking Task Force of community members to discuss potential changes. The Task Force’s work has been informed by data collected from the 2023 Downtown Parking Study.
Downtown Parking Task Force Open House
Join City staff and the project consultant for a presentation and an interactive discussion about the progress of the Downtown Parking Task Force, potential recommendations, and a look ahead to what we’re working on for 2025 and beyond.
When: 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. March 26, 2025
Where: Corvallis-Benton County Library Main Meeting Room, 645 NW Monroe Avenue
What: While there will be time before and after to view exhibits, interact one-on-one with staff, and provide feedback, there will be a presentation and group question and answer portion beginning at 5:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Couldn't make the date? Click below to view the presentaion slides and watch a recording of the broadcast.
Get Involved! Access the interactive questionnaire here.
Parking Technology Upgrades
Parking Services is also upgrading our technology to provide an improved experience such as new options for mobile payment and digital permits. Read more about this work here.
September 2025 Update
What: Parking Services is currently working with Passport Parking to offer a mobile pay option at existing paid parking spaces where noted below. In these areas, parkers will have the option to pay coins in the parking meters or pay with a credit or debit card through mobile pay. Passport Parking offers a user-friendly mobile pay app for frequent parkers, and also offers a guest check-out option for occasional parkers and new visitors. Decals on the coin meters will display a link to visit and zone number to use.
Where: Existing paid parking spaces along Monroe Avenue and intersecting side streets and on 15th Street near OSU campus. A future phase of the project extend the mobile pay option to downtown where paid parking also exists.
When: We hope to roll this out a little later this fall. As noted above, just lookout for the decals to appear on the coin meters when it’s ready to use.
Stay tuned for more parking technology project news!
