Downtown Mesa micro‑mobility and parking plan recommends street re‑striping, signage standardization and expanded parking app pilot

City urban transformation staff and Stantec consultants presented a draft Downtown Mesa micro‑mobility and parking plan during a council study session, laying out steps to make downtown more walkable, add protected bicycle facilities, reduce street widths where appropriate and improve how the city manages and signs public parking.

Jeff McVay, manager of urban transformation, introduced the project and said the office’s work focuses on downtown activation and easing development processes. He was followed by Anthony Rodriguez and Ralph Denizchio of Stantec, who summarized public outreach and the study’s findings.

The plan’s headline data point is the parking inventory and utilization analysis. Stantec reported roughly 12,000–13,000 public parking spaces (on‑street and off‑street) in the downtown study area and said field counts at observed times showed no total public parking inventory exceeding approximately 50%…