Seattle announces free parking in the city amid COVID-19 outbreak
People in Seattle won't have to pay for parking temporarily throughout the city amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, the mayor's office announced Friday.
The city said it is temporarily suspending paid and time-limited street parking rules, outside of restricted parking zones and loading zones. The changes will take effect Saturday.
“As we adapt to a new normal, we’ve pioneered new successful strategies to help residents and workers including new food pick up zones and new zones for health care workers and human service providers. To improve access to parking for the City’s essential workers, residents remaining at home, or residents visiting essential services, we can provide a small relief for paid parking,” Mayor Jenny Durkan said in a statement. “We will continue to evaluate and adjust parking regulations to support community needs until we make it through this pandemic.”
Other parking regulations -- including no parking zones and commercial and passenger load zones -- will continue to be enforced. Seattle had previously announced a program to give healthcare workers free on-street parking around hospitals and testing sites.
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