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Parking recommendations
- Thread starter Bignjguy76
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When I go downtown, I always make sure to have a few rolls of quarters in the car. You can do e-payments but if you need to "leave no trace" quarters are the way to go.
As Kant said it's $2.50 an hour. Street parking within a few blocks in the city is usually easy enough to find if you don't mind walking a little bit. Always nice to save money, this hobby is expensive, and it adds up over time.
One piece of advice. If you use meters, make sure you put a little extra time in (i.e. I wouldn't do 1 hr exactly because if shit is delayed or runs over, they will ticket you. And they are vicious. One time I got a ticket on my car and I got back to my spot 4 min after time ran out!).
Last piece of advice. Philly uses a "zone system" for parking and the kiosks are fairly easy to find, however, and this is CRITICAL... sometimes on the same street, each side of the street may be in a diff zone. So if you park street parking, don't cross the street to feed the meter. Try to get a meter on your side of the street. Alternatively, make sure you see the sign with the zone # for the side you are on, take a pic with your phone, go to any kiosk and select "Parked in another zone" and you can enter the zone number.
This is critical, because if you just feed any random meter and it happens to not be the zone you are in, you will get a ticket.
As Kant said it's $2.50 an hour. Street parking within a few blocks in the city is usually easy enough to find if you don't mind walking a little bit. Always nice to save money, this hobby is expensive, and it adds up over time.
One piece of advice. If you use meters, make sure you put a little extra time in (i.e. I wouldn't do 1 hr exactly because if shit is delayed or runs over, they will ticket you. And they are vicious. One time I got a ticket on my car and I got back to my spot 4 min after time ran out!).
Last piece of advice. Philly uses a "zone system" for parking and the kiosks are fairly easy to find, however, and this is CRITICAL... sometimes on the same street, each side of the street may be in a diff zone. So if you park street parking, don't cross the street to feed the meter. Try to get a meter on your side of the street. Alternatively, make sure you see the sign with the zone # for the side you are on, take a pic with your phone, go to any kiosk and select "Parked in another zone" and you can enter the zone number.
This is critical, because if you just feed any random meter and it happens to not be the zone you are in, you will get a ticket.
The app is just so convenient. But if u must park close to a kiosk use a credit card and just add time. There is always parking on Race Street. If not then right near it. I would myself print the receipt put it on the dashboard.
The parking app doesn't take up too much storage space. I have it and i've only been to Philly three times. You can delete it and add it back if need be.
Parking further away from Chinatown than near it makes for more parking spots.
The parking app doesn't take up too much storage space. I have it and i've only been to Philly three times. You can delete it and add it back if need be.
Parking further away from Chinatown than near it makes for more parking spots.