Paid parking spots to debut in Vladivostok by early summer
Here's a livelier spin on the news about shifts in parking regulations in Vladivostok:
Bucket Your Car in Vlad City This Summer! Four New Paid Parking Lots Down, More to Come!
Swap your parking spot freeloading days for some hard-earned Rubles, Vladivostok folks! Starting June 2, we'll be pinching pennies in two districts of the city — Okeanskiy Prospekt - Partizansky Prospekt stretch and Tolstoy Street — as four shiny new open-air parking lots are turning into pay zones. The official scoop is all over the city's legal eagle website, courtesy of PrimaMedia.
The first ticket zone, No. 440, will be taking over the stretch from building No.143 to No.117Y on Okeanskiy Prospekt and house No.90. The second, No.450, will claim larger territories: from building No.86 on the Prospekt Krasnoogo Znameni to house No.46A on Griboedova Street, and from house No.30 on Tolstoy Street to No.88 on Prospekt Krasnoogo Znameni.
Pay up! Here's the breakdown: passenger cars - 75 rub/hr, motorcycles - 37.5 rub/hr, trucks —150 rub/hr, and buses — 225 rub/hr. Paid parking time? Monday through Friday, 8:00 to 19:00.
Limited parking cards are available for the deserving, including: individuals with disabilities, parents of large families, vehicle owners participating in the Great Patriotic War, and family members of those involved in the special military operation. Electric vehicle owners ought to have charging devices for electric motors to qualify for free parking, as well as emergency service vehicles.
Download the "Digital Primorye" app or send an SMS to pay up, and score 15 minutes free parking, just because!
What's Changing with Parking in Vlad City?
Mintrans has sprung some parking recommendations on the regions, and Vladivostok's likely to follow suit soon. PrimaMedia had previously reported that parking lots in Vladivostok will become much more tech-savvy, perhaps leaning on Moscow's smart parking payment systems. Plus, responsibility for city parking might be handed over to local traffic police divisions in cities boasting a half-million population and beyond, like Vladivostok. To streamline things better, a separate organization might be set up to manage parking lots in such cities.
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The shifts in parking regulations in Vladivostok, as shown by the emergence of paid parking lots, might induce changes in the finance industry, as residents will need to budget for parking costs.
This move towards technology-oriented parking payment systems, as hinted in the news, could potentially disrupt the transportation sector, especially considering Moscow's smart parking payment systems serving as a possible model.
