Downtown Glendale is bustling with world class shopping, dining and entertainment. It's about to get even better thanks to an upcoming public parking way-finding improvement project funded by an Advanced Wayfinding and Guidance System Grant.
New signs showing real-time parking space availability will be installed at key intersections in downtown Glendale and at the entrances to the Orange Street, Exchange and Marketplace public parking structures, taking the guesswork out of finding the best place to park.
Expect to see these improvements sometime in late 2015 to early 2016.
About the Advanced Wayfinding and Guidance System Grant
A comprehensive wayfinding and parking sign program for Downtown Glendale was approved by Council in 2011. This program was to be funded by the City’s Redevelopment Agency, but because the State of California dissolved the Redevelopment Agency in 2012 the funding was lost. Since then, staff sought alternate resources to fund individual components of the program and was awarded the Advanced Wayfinding and Guidance System Grant through Metro’s Call for Projects Grant program.
The grant awards $694,026 for the installation of a comprehensive system of parking signs in downtown Glendale. It will include installing directional signs to downtown parking facilities and updating identification signs for public parking lots. However, the most significant part of the program will be the installation of signs containing real-time availability of parking spaces at key intersections in downtown Glendale and at the entrances to the Orange Street, Exchange, and Marketplace public parking structures.
Please contact Mike Nilsson, Senior Mobility Planner, for additional information at (818) 937-8164.
