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New Penn Quarter-Chinatown Parking Meter Rate Schedule Begins August 5
(Washington D.C.) - The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will implement a new parking meter rate schedule in the Penn Quarter and Chinatown neighborhoods, effective August 5, 2019.
This is the eighth parking meter rate adjustment as part of a project to improve parking availability through demand-based pricing. The project area includes on-street parking spaces bounded by H Street NW, 3rd Street NW, E Street NW and 11th Street NW. The project aims to reduce the time needed to find parking, improve turnover of high-demand parking spaces, provide better parking information to motorists, and reduce congestion by adjusting prices based on observed demand for parking on a block-by-block basis.
Penn Quarter/Chinatown pricing adjustments will occur within the red boundary, between H St. NW, 3rd St. NW, E St. NW, and 11th St. NW.
Parking meter rates on individual block faces in this area will range from $1.00 to $7.00. As with the previous price adjustments, the rates on each block face will vary by time period: weekday morning, weekday midday, weekday evening, and Saturday.
The table below provides a summary of the number of block faces that will have quarterly demand-based meter rate adjustments. Blocks identified for adjustments are shown in the figure below:
| Parking Period | Weekday Morning (7AM-11AM) | Weekday Midday (11AM-4PM) | Weekday Evening (4PM-10PM) | Saturday |
| $1.00/hr | 12% | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| $1.50/hr | 6% | 1% | 5% | 4% |
| $2.00/hr | 13% | 2% | 2% | 6% |
| $2.30/hr | 26% | 17% | 10% | 20% |
| $2.75/hr | 12% | 13% | 15% | 20% |
| $3.25/hr | 14% | 7% | 16% | 13% |
| $4.00/hr | 5% | 11% | 9% | 14% |
| $4.75/hr | 2% | 14% | 10% | 8% |
| $5.50/hr | 4% | 10% | 9% | 1% |
| $6.00/hr | 4% | 9% | 5% | 2% |
| $6.50/hr | 2% | 9% | 9% | 3% |
| $7.00/hr | 0% | 7% | 1% | 0% |
The detailed parking adjustments will be available at parkdc.dc.gov. Travelers can also see pricing and real-time parking availability information using the parkDC or Voicepark mobile applications, available in the iTunes App Store for iOS and via Google Play for Android.
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