More Business and Customer Friendly Parking Approved for the CBD

More Business and Customer Friendly Parking Approved for the CBD

You have long told us, and we have long advocated for, a better parking offer to be developed for the CBD. Yesterday, following feedback from more than 700 parties, including central city businesses and HOTCity, Auckland Transport announced a significant positive step in the way that parking is managed for our city customers.

This will make parking in the city centre more attractive by making it easier, simpler and offering more choices, both on the street and in carpark buildings.

What’s changing?

• No time limits on street: customers can now park for as long as they need
• Free 10 minute grace period on all pay and display street parks: making it easier and simpler for deliveries to businesses and quick drops offs or pick ups
• Simplified signage:1,000 parking signs in the city carrying 128 different parking messages replaced with a single 400 single message ‘P$ Zone” signs – making our street environment much more attractive.

Daytime weekday parking

• $3/hour casual rate in the Downtown, Victoria Street and Civic carpark buildings from 6am – 5pm, with a new daily maximum of $17
• Graduated fares: during the week,if customers park on-street for longer than two hours, they will pay a higher hourly rate, encouraging the use of alternative, cheaper off-street parking options

Evening and Weekend Parking

• $2/hour casual rates in the Downtown, Victoria Street and Civic carparks to a maximum of $7.50 at Downtown and Victoria St and $8 at the Civic
• $1-2/hour on-street parking – great for encouraging visitors back into the city over the weekend
• Paid evening parking hours extended - from 6pm to 10pm in the core city centre ($2 an hour) making it easier for customers to find a park during evening visits

The new on street tariffs and zones are published here.

It’s all about making the best use of the 3,700 council owned carparks by providing a coordinated suite of parking offers that more closely meets the needs of our customers. Auckland Transport will monitor the demand for carparking spaces, and will review the pricing for this in 6 months time, ensuring that they are set at the right level.

We have worked closely with Auckland Transport on the development of this offer and are convinced that they have delivered parking offers that will bring benefit to the city centre. Parking in the city will now be easier and simpler while providing greater choice.