What is Mobile GR?
Mobile GR is a City of Grand Rapids department that works to provide safe, reliable, affordable, and diverse transportation options to support the City's economic and quality of life goals. Mobile GR operates city-owned parking systems and maintains many aspects of transportation and safety infrastructure within the City of Grand Rapids and Kent County.
Social justice, economic development, and transportation depend on one another's success. We work together to improve the community's quality of life by getting more people to use active transportation. Mobile GR helps expand people's mobility choices by making it easier to take transit, walk, bike, carpool, or drive alone.
Request Validation Tickets
Do you want to offer free or discounted parking for your customers, visitors or event attendees? Buy bulk validation tickets for your organization or business.
Request Validation Tickets
Monthly Parking Permits, Resident Parking Permits and More
Need a Monthly Parking Permit or a Residential Parking Permit? Are you looking for another permit or request for the City's attention? Visit our Resident Permits and Requests page to view all our available resident permit information and programs made available to our residents by request.
View Resident Permits and Requests
Reserve Parking Meters
Do you need to use a parking meter space for moving, deliveries, or a special event?
Reserve It Now
Driving Change
Since 2010, the Grand Rapids community has worked hard to pave the road with a robust cycling infrastructure that enhances our quality of life and creates safer places for people using all modes of transportation. But there’s more to be done.
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Traffic Calming
Are you looking to make your neighborhood streets safer? Let us know by completing an application for our Traffic Calming program.
Learn More and Apply
DASH - Free Downtown Shuttle Bus
Our Downtown Area Shuttle (DASH) offers downtown visitors and workers a great way to get around downtown. DASH buses pass every stop every 15 minutes. What a service!
Learn more about the schedule, real-time bus updates, and detours using this guide:
DASH Bus Guide
DART evCarShare
October 17th, 2024, Mobile GR launched its EV CarShare program operated by provider Mobility Development. The project is intended as a pilot program supported by $500,000 from the Parking Capital Fund over the course of the three-year contract. It will include at least six (6) plug-in electric vehicles at program launch, increasing up to twelve (12) in the second phase.
Please visit dartgr.org or download the "MDO Carshare" app to sign up
Visit publicinput.com/carshare for more information on the program
Shared Mobility (E-Scooters and E-Bikes)
Electric standing scooters and e-bicycles have arrived in Grand Rapids. Find out more about the program on our Shared Mobility page:
Shared Mobility