As the 6th largest city in Ohio, the city suffered economic setbacks due to the loss of the NCR Corporate Headquarters and a significant downsizing by General Motors Corporation. Despite these setbacks, the new leadership has pushed downtown Dayton into an economic and cultural renaissance. Due to this economic resurgence, the city recognized a need to address its on-street parking program to modernize and improve the parking system and position downtown for continued growth and revitalization. 

WGI assisted in this effort by studying the downtown on-street parking program and presenting recommendations that will modernize the parking system and significantly improve customer satisfaction. At this time, we are continuing to assist the city with the implementation of our primary recommendations. 

Project Highlights

• Presented a new organizational model to make the downtown parking system more efficient and responsive to the needs of downtown. 
• Developed a plan to upgrade parking enforcement and on-street payment technologies in a phased manner. 
• Assisting the city in developing RFP/RFQ documents to acquire and install new mobile payment and parking enforcement technologies. 
• Conducted an online survey and extensive stakeholder outreach.