Urban areas across Central Europe face growing motorization, severe parking pressure, traffic congestion, and the loss of valuable public space. Traditional parking management often operates in isolation, disconnected from broader Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs). To solve these issues, the NXTLVL Parking project was launched to help municipalities shift from isolated parking enforcement to integrated, data-driven, and sustainable mobility management.

The cornerstone of the project methodology was the ParkPAD (Parking Policy Audit Tool) process. Partner cities (such as Rostock, Žilina, Ferencváros, and Olomouc) conducted comprehensive ParkPAD audits, bringing together multi-departmental working groups and key stakeholders. These audits evaluated existing parking governance, identified key policy gaps, and established a consensus-based foundation for city-specific mobility planning. To ensure long-term impact beyond partner municipalities, follower cities were integrated into the project framework, who completed the ParkPAD audits as well.

Project partners jointly designed, monitored, and evaluated 14 pilot demonstrations testing both "push" (regulatory) and "pull" (incentive) mobility solutions across Central Europe. Key initiatives included real-time fire lane sensors and AI scanning vehicles in Rostock, digitalized resident parking and GIS bike mapping in Žilina, a "residential parking only" scheme alongside covered B&R bike storage in Ferencváros, and new bicycle racks at schools combined with interactive map-based citizen engagement in Olomouc.

Partners held regular peer-to-peer review sessions, joint capacity-building workshops, and public webinars. A highlight of this exchange was two major Central European-level webinars organized specifically for decision-makers and legislators.

The project delivered implementation-ready Parking and Mobility Action Plans for all participating urban areas, developed through joint capacity building and ParkPAD audits. It established a series of validated solutions based on the evaluation of 14 transnational pilot demonstrations across partner cities. Finally, partners delivered a transnational legislative advice package to regional and national decision-makers to harmonize parking regulations and support sustainable urban space reallocation across Central Europe.