Short North Arts District Parking + Transit

There are several public parking garages and surface lots in the Short North Arts District that are spread out and conveniently located throughout the District, offering hourly, daily, or monthly payment options. Use our Short North Parking Guide to help find a garage or surface lot nearest you.

SHORT NORTH ARTS DISTRICT GARAGES  & SURFACE LOTS

• Fourth Avenue Lot
• Junior Achievement Lot
• Second and High Garage
• Price Avenue Lot
• Hub Garage
• The Short North Garage
• Joseph Garage
• North Lot
• Goodale Garage
• Ohio Center Garage
• Vine Street Garage

Each garage frequently sanitizes common touch points in their facilities, and some allow you to find and reserve parking before your visit using the ParkColumbus App. See the ParkColumbus App drop-down menu above for more detail about its features

Visitors can park in one of four Short North Arts District garages and enjoy their first hour free with garage validations. for the first hour. Here’s how:

1. Park in any of the four participating garages between 9:00am to 5:00pm, Sunday through Saturday
2. Shop at any 80+ participating Short North Arts District Arts District business
3. Get a garage validation sticker from the business with purchase
4. Use your garage validation sticker when leaving the District to enjoy your  first hour of parking free. Validations will be accepted at any time of exit as long as the first hour of parking is completed before 5 pm.

Participating Garages

Second and High : 965 N. High St | The Hub: 26 E. Hubbard Ave | The Joseph: 53 W. Russell St | The Short North Garage: 40 E. Lincoln St

Participating Businesses

5 Star Staffing | 17 West Salons| Adamah Ceramics | Alexanders Jewelers | Ampersand | Artisan De Luxe | Brandt-Roberts Galleries | Brassica | CO.LAB Hair Studio | Coles Plants | Columbus Eyeworks | Columbus Food Adventures | Columbus Running Company | Core Power Yoga | SoCal Kitchen + Bar | DiMichaelangelo Family Dentistry | | Fig Room | First Commonwealth Bank | Grace Loves Lace | Happy Go Lucky | Heartfelt Yoga | High Street CBD | Hinoki | Homage | Hubbard Grill | Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams | Kaufman Development | Klarna | Ladybird | Le Macaron | Lincoln Social | Marcella's | Marcia Evans Gallery |Mission Coffee Co| Mukha Cosmetics & Medi-Spa | Native Cold Pressed | Northstar Cafe | On Paper | One Line Coffee| Park Service Coffee| Pedal Wagon Columbus | Penn & Beech Candle Co. | Phia Salon | Pinot's Palette Short North | PIVOT | Press Grill | Prologue Bookshop | Pursuit | Red Giraffe Designs | Rowe Boutique | Salon Echo | Salon Lofts- The Hub | Salon Lofts- Price | Salons at High and Hubbard | Samson Men's Emporium | Sharon Weiss Gallery | Short North Alliance | Short North Pint House | Snap Fitness | Star Jewelers on High | Studios on High Gallery | Sweetgreen | The Blowout Bar | The Eagle | The Fig Room | The Guild House | The Happy Greek | The Lamp Shade | The Lox Bagel Shop | The Wood Companies | The Yard | TORSO | Townhall | Union Cafe | Vella & C0 | WeWork | Winan's Coffee + Chocolates | Wine on High |Woodhouse Vegan| ZenCha Tea Salon | ZenGenius |

• The Goodale Garage has 10 Tesla Supercharging stations and 10 EV stations
• The Hub Garage has two EV stations
• The Joseph Garage has one Tesla Supercharger and one EV station
• The Short North Garage has six EV charging stations on Level 5
•  There are several EV charging stations located at East Poplar Avenue at Park Street

There are several valet stations throughout the Short North Arts District. The fast and friendly valets at each and any of the stands will handle your parking needs regardless of your destination.

Location: 620 N. High St (Le Meridien, The Joseph Hotel)
Valet parking offered: Daily, 24 hours; transient rate starting at $10, overnight rate of $30

RESDIDENT PERMITS

You can apply for your annual resident permit online at ParkColumbus.com. Eligible addresses can apply for one permit per licensed driver, up to two permits per address. For eligible addresses needing additional permits, an appeal can be filed. Permits are $25 each and allow you to park in your permit zone without paying. Please note that resident permits do not exempt you from paying in general pay to park areas (such as on High Street and directly adjacent to High St). Read posted signage.

Download the Resident Parking Guide here or visit ParkColumbus.com for step-by-step instructions on applying for and using your resident permit.

ANNUAL GUEST PERMITS

Guest permits are $25 each and good for one year. They enable you to add one license plate to your online account at a time, exempting the vehicle from paying to park in your zone. Please note that guest permits do not exempt you from paying in general pay to park areas (such as on High Street and directly adjacent to High St). Read posted signage.

Download the Resident Parking Guide here or visit ParkColumbus.com for step-by-step instructions on applying for and using your annual guest permit.

24-HOUR GUEST PASSES

Guest passes are free to request and enable you or your guest to pay $3 and park in an on-street subzone within your permit zone for 24 hours. Residents can request up to 300 guest passes per year.

Download the Resident Parking Guide here or visit ParkColumbus.com for step-by-step instructions on requesting and using 24-hour guest passes.

PERMIT ZONES

Download a map of Short North Arts District permit zones here.

All street parking is free from 8:00am-12:00am on Sundays and City-recognized holidays. Check your ParkColumbus App to check out the available parking spaces nearest you ahead of your visit.

SHORT TERM PARKING

Green-colored 30-minute meters limit parking for 30 minutes or less when visiting to quickly and easily pick up orders.

The new parking kiosks within the Short North Arts District accept a variety of payment methods — including coins and credit cards.  ( You are also able to pay via phone with the Park Columbus App. Unlike coin-operated meters, the amount of time you can purchase is much more flexible. )

HOW TO USE

1. Follow the street signs to find the nearest parking kiosk, or click here to view on our Short North Parking Guide.
2. Enter your license plate and mobile payment number
3. Pay with coin or card

TIP: Be sure to note your parking zone. You can use it to add to your parking time from any kiosk throughout the District!

All kiosks parking is free after 12:00am every day and from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. on Sundays.

Need help? Visit parkcolumbus.parkmobile.io

Download the ParkColumbus App to your smartphone or mobile device through Google Play or the App Store before your visit and enjoy these features:

• On the Park screen, pay for parking contactlessly at one of the 6,800 non-metered on-street spaces by entering the Zone Number where you are parked
• On the Settings screen, save multiple credit/debit cards and multiple license plates to your account in the Payment Methods section
  • The app prompts you to confirm which license plate you wish to use during your parking session
• On the Park or Reserve screens, click the filter icon (located to the right of the search bar at the top of the screen) to filter by location type (on-street or garage) and parking space type (accessible parking, electric vehicle charging, and/or valet parking)
• On the Reserve screen, find and reserve garage parking spaces in the Castle Garage, Hub Garage, Joseph Garage, and Lincoln Garage before you drive (includes information about ADA accessible and electric vehicle spaces)
  • If you reserve your garage parking in advance, garage validation is not able to be utilized at this time.

There are a number of accessible on-street parking spaces available in The Short North Arts District. Most accessible spaces are indicated by a shorter blue metered sign.

Any vehicle displaying the accessible plate or placard may park in these space.

Received a parking ticket during your visit in the Short North Arts District? You can learn more about how to pay or contest your ticket here.

Residents, business owners, and employees are eligible for parking permits. Visit ParkColumbus.com to find what’s available for you.

With over 40 routes serving the Greater Columbus area, your travels to the Short North Arts District by bus can prove an economical and safe way to travel to and from the District:

• Fares are a standard $2 for adults on all lines and are capped at $4.50 per day or $62 per month
• Children under five years old can board at no cost, and children ages five to 12 can board for $1
• Riders can transfer to any route for any fare paid within a two-hour window
• The CBUS Downtown Circulator is no longer operating
• The AirConnect circulator is operating at limited times.

Find out more about routes, riding safely, and COTA at cota.com.

Short North C-Pass

As an extension of the 2022 Pilot Program, if you work or live in and around the Short North Arts District, then you may qualify for FREE Monthly COTA access to COTA’s fixed-route services through our Short North C-Pass program.

Visit shortnorth.org/cpass to learn more

TAXI -

Several local taxi companies regularly serve the Short North Arts District. Give them a call or hail a ride while you're here.

Yellow Cab Columbus: (614) 444.4444
Orange Cab: (614) 414.0000
ACME Taxi: (614) 777.7777
Blue Cab: (614) 236.4444

The City of Columbus partners with the Short North Alliance, COTA, Lyft and Uber to provide designated late night drop-off and pick-up zones that support safe, convenient mobility for rideshare users visiting the Short North Arts District.

Uber and Lyft rideshare users making trips between midnight and 4 a.m. will be required to use designated pick-up and drop-off zones. Those who are using Lyft or Uber rideshare services when visiting the Short North will be directed by the service app to the nearest drop-off/pickup zone. The rideshare driver will be notified that a customer is waiting in that zone for a ride.

LATE NIGHT RIDESHARE ZONE LOCATIONS

Keep an eye out for Late-night Rideshare Signage in pickup/drop-off areas and COTA bus stops that are not currently in use during those hours.

Have you your own? Ride it. We’re bike-friendly and our roads show it with Sharrows and dedicated lanes. We have bike racks at virtually every block along High Street. these are sanitized daily by the Short North Ambassadors. There are also covered parking and bike repair stations at Goodale Street and Park Street and at the North Market on Spruce Street.

Want to rent a ride for the day? Use CoGo, a transportation service powered by Lyft, that has both dockless ebikes with pedal assist technology and docking stations peppered throughout Columbus, several of which are in the Short North Arts District. CoGo offers bikes for everything from daily use to annual memberships. High contact surfaces on bikes will be disinfected each time they arrive in our depot. High contact surfaces on vans used to transport vehicles will also be disinfected at the start of each shift. Find out more about CoGo at cogobikeshare.com.

E-SCOOTERS

The Short North Arts District is accessible by E-Scooters operated by Spin, Lyft, Bird, and Lime. Visit each of their websites to download apps to operate E-Scooters that are available in the public right-of-way.

To protect pedestrian safety, E-Scooters are restricted from operating within 10 feet of sidewalks facing North High Street and on North High Street from 5th Avenue to Goodale Street. E-Scooters are prohibited from being operated on sidewalks and must be ridden in roadways while observing all traffic laws.

Walking is the best way to appreciate all the locally owned small businesses, galleries, dining options, and entertainment venues that make the Short North Arts District so unique. When planning your visit to the Short North Arts District, click here to follow tips to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, ensure the health of yourself, employees, and other visitors, and make your visit Short North Safe.

We’re just finishing up our Streetscape Improvement Project, which will make it all the easier to enjoy the iconic permanent murals, the Temporary Mural Series, the Short North Arts District Arches, and other unexpected works of art around virtually every corner.

The Short North Alliance has worked with employers throughout the District to offer employees discounted use of alternative transit options to and from work. These options include CoGo, Lyft, and Lime. If you are an employee at a Short North Arts District business and are interested in receiving a discount on these services, talk to your employer or email info@shortnorth.org.

Click Here to view our Employee Mobility Menu