The Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership supports the recommendations of the recently approved 2023 Downtown Plan, which can be downloaded here.
The 2023 Downtown Plan (on page 21) states the following:
C1: Improve Parking
Downtown currently has 800 metered on-street spaces, plus loading zones and unmetered on-street spaces. Metered parking time limits range from 30 minutes to 10 hours. Most meters allow one- to two-hour parking. Regular meters accept only quarters. There are now more than 2,300 off-street parking spaces. Off-street parking provides convenient parking in a protected location. Nearly three-quarters of all off-street spaces are located in decks. The remainder are in parking lots.
This Plan recommends:
- Updating technology for on-street parking to a non-cash system.
- Reviewing rates as related to other North Carolina Downtowns
- Creating more on-street parking on 5th Street.
- Promoting parking decks.
- Promoting the addition of charging stations for electric cars.
- Creating and establishing affordable parking for Downtown businesses and employees.
- Creating better access for physically disabled.
- Creating a taskforce to examine the feasibility of additional drop off and loading zones.
- Retrofitting bike racks to park
The DWSP will be attending these meetings and learning more along with the rest of the community.
If you have questions, we suggest contacting the City of Winston-Salem, Department of Transportation at (336) 747-6868.