Downtown Royal Oak Offers Free Handicap Parking

ROYAL OAK, MI — Parking for disabled persons is now free in many areas in Downtown Royal Oak and it will last through February 2020.

The free parking is being offered at nearly two dozen recently added on-street handicap spots and all surface lots, though normal parking rates still apply at all city-owned parking structures.

The locations of the on-street handicap parking spaces — located on Washington Avenue, Center and Seventh streets — were selected to minimize the distance to the nearest ramp or dropped curb, and to provide a safe aisle adjacent to the parking space, city officials said.

It should be noted that the new handicap spots are not necessarily ADA compliant as the roadway pavement may exceed 2% in some areas, city officials said. However, for a retrofit of existing parking areas, the selected locations are appropriate.

Want more information? Find the locations for the new handicap parking spaces within the parking zones of downtown Royal Oak.