New Yorkers with cars will pay more to park next month, meters will cost more in the busy streets of Manhattan than on the less-congested avenues of the Bronx, Brooklyn, or Queens. Rates will increase the most in the city’s high-traffic areas.
“By aligning meter rates with demand, we’re going to make it easier for drivers to find a spot because there will be more availability,” a Transportation Department spokesperson said in a statement. “These new rates will also reduce congestion and double parking, while supporting the local economy.”
Manhattan drivers will see the increase first, with prices going up on October 16.
In the busiest parts of Midtown and Downtown, the first hour of metered parking will cost $5.50, up 22% from the current charge of $4.50.
A second hour of parking Midtown or Downtown will cost $9, up 20% from the current charge of $7.50.
Added up, two hours of metered parking in the city’s busiest areas will cost $14.50, a boost of 21% from the current $12 charge.
Parking meters for passenger cars in other Manhattan areas south of 96th St. will go up $1 for the first hour, and cost an additional $1.50 for each subsequent hour.
On the Upper West Side, for example, that means drivers used to paying $4.00 for the first hour of parking and $6.75 for each after that will soon be paying 25% more — $5.00 — for the first hour.
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