Public Parking In the City of Portland Current Management Policies and Practices, Portland, Oregon, 2014

This report produced by the Portland Bureau of Transportation discusses, among other things, discusses possible improvements to parking practices in a growing city.

The first section of this report summarizes strategic policies that apply to public parking management, and the City Code sections that give PBOT the authority to regulate the curb zone and SmartPark garages. Subsequent sections describe the City Code’s authority in more detail and document operational policies and current practices for management tools such as parking time limits, designated spaces and permits for special users, and parking meters.