Parking Meters
- About Parking
- About Parking Meters
- Multi-Space Meters
- About Time Zone Parking
- About Neighborhood Parking
- Parking Rates
- Hours of Enforcement
- Broken Parking Meters
- The Future of Parking in Atlanta
The City of Atlanta has more than 2,500 regulated parking spaces within the City limits. Most regulated spaces are located in the core business districts and surrounding areas, including:
- Central Business District
- MidTown
- Buckhead
The City of Atlanta has more than 800 metered on-street parking spaces throughout the City limits. The metered spaces are controlled via single space meters and multi-space parking meters. The on-street metered parking spaces offer visitors short-term parking while they shop, dine and conduct business.
Multi-Space Meters
You will never again have to pass up the perfect space because you don't have enough coins. New parking meters are being phased in that accept coins, bills, and credit and debit cards.
What is a Parking Pay Station?
Pay stations replace traditional single space parking meters. A pay station will be installed for approximately every 10 parking spaces instead of at every space.
Why is the City Installing New Parking Pay Stations?
Convenience.
The new pay stations will make parking in Atlanta more convenient. Instead of accepting only coins like traditional parking meters, the pay stations accept coins, bills, and credit cards. Now you don't have to worry about having enough change to park!
Additionally, the pay stations send us warnings and alarms when the units have a problem or are not working. By getting these alerts, we can quickly fix the problem and have the pay stations up and running so you don't have to park at a broken meter.
Improved Streetscape.
The removal of single space meters will make our streets look so much better. Instead of rows of parking meters, you will only see one or two pay stations per block.
Environmentally Friendly.
The pay stations run on a battery that is charged by solar power.
The City of Atlanta has a number of areas where on-street parking is time limited. The timed parking makes it more convenient and less expensive to visit the City of Atlanta.
The City of Atlanta has several neighborhood parking districts which only allow parking on public right of way with valid, non-expired permit. The neighborhoods currently participating in the program are:
- Ansley Park
- Atkins Park
- Home Park
- Inman Park
- MidTown
- Piedmont Heights
- Summer Hills
- Vine City
- Virginia Highlands
Vehicles parked in the neighborhood permit zones without the proper permit or an expired permit will be issued a parking violation.
Single space parking meters accept quarters, dimes and nickels. The new multi-space parking meters accept the same coins as single space but also accept credit card (Visa and MasterCard) as well bills.
Most parking meters are $1.00 per hour and are limited to 1 or 2 hours of parking.
Parking meters are enforceable Monday through Saturday, 24 hours a day, except on City Holidays. City holidays include: New Years Day, Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day / Day After, Christmas Day.
If you park at a broken parking meter please call 1-888-266-1360 to report the broken meter. After calling in the broken parking meter time limits apply to parking (i.e. 1 or 2 hour parking limit).
The Future of Parking in Atlanta
Access to the area's many restaurants, clubs, museums and government buildings will become more convenient in the near future. Over the next few months PARKatlanta will deploying new multi-space parking meters throughout the City of Atlanta. The new multi-space meters offer payment versatility and improved functionality.
The new multi-space meters are simple to use. You will be provided with multiple payment options including coin, cash or credit card (Visa and MasterCard). Besides that, it improves the look of city streetscapes on sidewalks. Most importantly, the new multi-space parking meters are environmentally friendly via solar panel and smaller carbon footprint than traditional parking meters. PARKatlanta is a firm supporter of the environment and reducing carbon emissions.
