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At-a-Glance:
- We’re updating street parking rates on Monday, July 15 as part of our regular seasonal adjustments.
- Click here to view the new parking rates shown below. The new rates will also be posted on our paid parking rates web page on July 15.
- The summer rates are based on the latest available parking data and will help people more reliably find parking spots near businesses throughout Seattle.
- Rates generally increase in times and places where it is currently challenging to find an open parking space and decrease where parking spots are easier to find.
- Overall, around half of the rates will remain the same. Rates that change will either increase or decrease by $0.50 per hour.
- We’ll update rates again this fall based on the latest parking trends.
On Monday, July 15, new street parking rates will take effect in Seattle. We determine street parking rates based on data we collect and analyze from each paid parking area in the city. We compare this real-world data with our performance metric targets for parking occupancy. Our goal is to have 1 to 2 parking spaces available on each block at any given time.
How we determine parking rates
There are 32 distinct paid parking areas in Seattle, most with specific morning, afternoon, and evening parking rates. This recognizes that parking demand varies in different parts of the city, and by time of day, and allows us to adjust rates to better manage parking demand at the curb.
In total, there are almost 90 location and time-of-day combinations, as shown in the chart below. More than half of these time-of-day areas will remain unchanged.
These summer parking rates are determined using data from May 2024.
This parking rate update is consistent with the Seattle Municipal Code requirements and guidance that have informed our rate adjustments since 2011.
New parking rates as of July 15, 2024:
| Area | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
| 12th Ave | $1.00 | $2.50 | $5.00 |
| 15th Ave | $1.50 | $3.00 | $3.00 |
| Ballard (Core) | $1.00 | $5.50 | $5.50 |
| Ballard (Edge) | $1.00 | $4.00 | $5.00 |
| Ballard Locks | $1.00 | $1.00 | $2.00 |
| Belltown (North) | $1.00 | $2.00 | $1.50 |
| Belltown (South) | $1.00 | $4.50 | $1.50 |
| Capitol Hill (North) | $1.00 | $4.00 | $3.50 |
| Capitol Hill (South) | $1.00 | $4.50 | $5.50 |
| Cherry Hill | $2.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Chinatown/International District | $1.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| Columbia City | $1.00 | $5.00 | $5.50 |
| Commercial Core (Financial) | $1.00 | $1.50 | $1.00 |
| Commercial Core (Retail) | $2.00 | $4.00 | $1.50 |
| Commercial Core (Waterfront) | $1.50 | $5.50 | $4.50 |
| Denny Triangle (North) | $2.00 | $5.50 | $2.50 |
| Denny Triangle (South) | $1.00 | $5.50 | $5.50 |
| First Hill | $2.50 | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| Fremont | $1.00 | $6.00 | $6.00 |
| Green Lake | $2.00 | $5.50 | $4.50 |
| Pike-Pine | $1.00 | $4.50 | $6.00 |
| Pioneer Square (Core) | $1.00 | $4.50 | N/A |
| Pioneer Square (Edge) | $1.00 | $2.00 | N/A |
| Roosevelt | $1.00 | $2.00 | $1.50 |
| South Lake Union (North) | $1.00 | $1.00 | N/A |
| South Lake Union (South) | $1.00 | $4.50 | N/A |
| University District (Core) | $1.00 | $5.50 | $3.00 |
| University District (Edge) | $1.00 | $1.50 | N/A |
| Uptown | $1.00 | $4.00 | $3.00 |
| Uptown Triangle | $1.00 | $1.50 | N/A |
| Westlake Ave N (North) | $1.00 | $1.00 | N/A |
| Westlake Ave N (South) | $1.00 | $1.00 | N/A |
Key:
- N/A: No evening paid hours (free to park)
- Black: Rate remains unchanged
- Blue: Rate decreases by $0.50/hour
- Orange: Rate increases by $0.50/hour
Attention employers – help your team take transit to work!
Are you a business owner located in a paid parking zone? Our partners at King County Metro and Commute Seattle have programs to help your business support employee transportation options.
ORCA Business Programs allow an employer to help staff get to work with public transit passes and first-time employer customers are eligible for King County Metro’s ORCA Business Incentive. The ORCA Business Incentive can pay up to 50% of your program’s cost in the first year, leading to even larger savings while giving your employees fully paid transit passes that they can use 24/7.