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Parking In Miami Beach Costs More This Weekend

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If you’re going to the beach this weekend, you might want to check the parking prices before loading up the car—this is the first weekend of new, higher parking prices in Miami Beach.

The changes mostly affect metered parking spaces. In some neighborhoods, the meter rates will triple in cost.

You can see the change in fees broken down on the city’s website:

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Miami Beach parking rates have gone up.

The change is projected to raise an additional $14 million in revenue for Miami Beach.

“I mean yes, we are getting a lot more money,” Miami Beach Commissioner DeedeWeithorn, sponsor of the changes,  told her fellow commissioners. “But the whole purpose behind this increase… was to change behavior.”

The thinking is that if meters are more expensive, drivers will head straight for parking lots.  They won’t clog up the roads while they circle around the block hunting for the perfect spot.

Hourly rates in the city garages are not changing, and Miami Beach residents can get a discounted rate on metered parking.

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