Arlington Announces Start Date for Parking Meters

From the Town of Arlington

The parking meters recently installed in Arlington Center will in effect as of Monday November 21. The meter bags are being removed and testing conducted until then. New parking regulations will allow 4-hour parking for $1.00/hour. Credit cards will be accepted. The first fifteen minutes can be accessed for free. The new meters will help increase on-street parking availability by encouraging long-term parking in municipal lots, which have no hourly limit, and cost $0.50/hour.

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Other parking improvements have already taken place, including replacing the multi-space parking meters in the municipal parking lots with modern meters that accept credit cards. Additional changes include a more flexible parking permit system and added taxi stand locations.

To read the Arlington Center Parking Management plan, click here.

Contact: Laura Wiener, Assistant Director of Planning, 781 316-3091

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