Banff Parking Proposal

The Town of Banff has concluded the consultation on the proposed parking plan.

Thank you to the residents who participated over two phases of consultation in 2019 and 2020, providing over 1,100 submissions with more than 45,000 comments on the elements of the proposals.

Banff Town Council has directed administration to implement Visitor-Pay Parking and the Resident Permit System in spring 2021, based on the revised plan developed with public consultation.

Parking challenges, traffic congestion, the cost to local property taxpayers, and the environmental impact associated with the millions of visitors who come to Banff by car every year continues to affect us all.

As a town limited to 4-square-kilometres in size, Banff will see parking and traffic issues increase. This plan helps protect parking spaces for residents, while increasing the availability of parking spaces in the busy downtown.

The plan has 4 elements:

• Free parking permits for residents living on downtown residential streets
• Visitor-pay parking in the downtown core
• Free 3-hour parking in the paid area for residents who register their vehicles with the Town
• Free, 9-hour parking for visitors and commuters in the Bear Street Parkade upper 3 levels, on Bow Avenue parking and in the 500-stall Train Station Public Parking Lot.

Please review the What We Heard Reports and the Revised Draft Parking Plan - Phase 2 in the Document Library and visit Banff.ca/Parking for details on the implementation in 2021.