Parking

The Parking Working Group brings POLIS members and the European Parking Association together to discuss challenges and foster innovation related to urban parking policies and practices.

Through the Working Group, POLIS facilitates coordination between authorities and professionals in charge of parking policy, on-street and off-street and public and private parking, urban planning, and curb-space management.

These activities are conducted in partnership with the European Parking Association, with which POLIS has signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate, among other activities, cooperation with local and regional stakeholders to address topics such as parking regulations, EV charging infrastructure, and sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs), as well as curb-space management linked to the deployment of new mobility services and urban logistics.

The main topics being discussed in this Working Group are:

• Parking policies and infrastructure for Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Light Electric Vehicles (LEVs);
• On and off-street parking;
• Public-private partnerships.
• Parking standards.
• Dynamic curb-space management

The group supports the Alliance for Parking Data Standards (APDS).

POLIS supports the bi-annual EPA Congress.

Topic priorities for 2026

Our current topic priorities for 2026 are the following:

• Parking and energy/e-mobility;
• Parking data in the context of the European ITS Directive and delegated regulations (MMTIS);
• Parking and accessibility: European Disability and parking cards and the need to help Member States with the digitalisation of the European Parking Card; continued dialogue with European Disability Forum and European Parking Association on European Parking Card; 
• Parking management, housing, and shared mobility;
• Parking management and governance;
• Parking – safety and security: dual use of parking infrastructure.