Bryan city council receives an update from its downtown parking committee

In February of 2024, the Bryan city council created a committee to study how to improve customer parking in the downtown area.The committee's latest report was presented during the council's July regular meeting. There was no council opposition to getting feedback on committee recommendations from downtown stakeholders (business owners, employees, and residents) and visitors to the downtown area.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the July 8, 2025 Bryan city council workshop meeting.Those recommendations included keeping free on-street parking and looking into buying technology to read license plates to catch violators of exceeding time limits, changing enforcement where what is now a criminal offense becomes a civil offense, and hiring an outside company to issue tickets and collect fines.New signage since the committee began its work, directing motorists to city owned parking lots, was brought up with helping on-street parking pressures.