3rd Avenue from Indian School Road to Camelback Road Proposed Updates

​About the Project​

​The City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department is proposing an update to the parking, driving and bike lanes on 3rd Avenue from Indian School Road to Camelback Road. 

If approved, the timeline for the project would be fall 2022. ​

Project Details

The department is proposing three options for this area:

  1. Option A: Keep the current design on 3rd Avenue.
  2. Option B: Update 3rd Avenue to allow for continuous bike lanes and on-street parking allowed in some places.
  3. Option C: Update 3rd Avenue to allow for continuous bike lanes with buffers in some places. Restrict almost all on-street parking.
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Roll Plots​

View roll plots of the proposed options. 

Option AOption BOption C



​​Live Virtual Public Meeting​

A live virtual public meeting was held on Wednesday, July 13 at 6 p.m. via Webex to discuss the project and the proposed updates. ​A video recording of the meeting is available above in the video player, and it is also available to watch on YouTube​. 

Project Survey 

A project survey was available through August 7, 2022. Thank you for participating!​

Contact the Project Team

E-mail bike@phoenix.gov to submit a question to the project team. 


Updated February​ 2023

Overview of Proposed Options

Option A 

Current 3rd Avenue Street Design: Two driving lanes in each direction, bike lanes south of the Grand Canal with some gaps, and a parking lane in some places. Parking is restricted in one area from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m., and all day on weekends.3rd ave a.png 

Option B

Proposed 3rd Avenue Street Design: One driving lane in each direction with bike lanes and on-street parking in some places. Parking will not be allowed in the bike lane. There will be no time-of-day parking restrictions.​3rd ave b.png

Option C

Proposed 3rd Avenue Street Design: One driving lane in each direction with bike lanes and buffered bike lanes in places. Parking will not be allowed in the bike lane. There will be no time-of-day parking restrictions.​

3rd ave c.png 

​Parking Implications for all Options

All three options differ in when parking would be allowed, and in which sections on-street parking could occur. ​

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