It’s fair to say that Tucker loves Main Street. It’s also accurate that some have stayed away because, at times, parking is a challenge. A parking study conducted by the Urban Land Institute for the Tucker-Northlake CID in 2017, identified over 900 parking spaces within one block of Main Street. The study also revealed that only 123 of these spaces were open to the public.
To remedy low availability of spaces, the study included several recommendations to increase parking, including going back to the time-tested method used by communities across the nation for decades – shared parking.
This summer the City of Tucker acted on that recommendation and entered into a partnership with Main Street Church in Tucker (Formerly Tucker First Baptist Church). The new arrangement provides 101 shared parking spaces, helping to support the increase in activity on Main Street.
These spaces are available to the public Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., with Sundays reserved for church activities.
In addition, the City will be resurfacing and improving 12 spaces it currently leases from CSX on Railroad Avenue. The improved lot will include a one-way entrance on Main Street, angled parking, and a one-way exit on to Railroad Avenue. Each of these spaces, along with existing public parking spaces, can be seen on the City of Tucker’s Downtown Parking map.
Next year, when the Tucker Town Green is completed, there will be 27 new parking spaces on Railroad Avenue adjacent to the Green.
These first steps towards increasing public access to parking through partnerships, is another example of a community centered way of thinking. One that has helped Tucker thrive for over a century.
For more details and to view the interactive map of public parking spaces in Downtown Tucker, please visit the City’s dedicated parking webpage.