There’s a new start date set for when visitors to downtown Topeka will have to begin paying for metered parking. The City of Topeka announced Monday, Nov. 1 as the start date when all side street parking downtown will go metered. Parking a car in side street spaces will cost $0.50 per hour or $1 per hour depending on the meter, and drivers can look at the meters to see their specific hourly price, according to the city. To accompany this change, the city has also partnered with the Passport Parking app to offer a modern way to pay on the meters. Drivers can also pay with coins the old-fashioned way. The change affects all side streets one block east and one block west of South Kansas Avenue between 6th and 10th avenues. The city said not all parking spaces in the area will go metered, however. The parking spaces directly on Kansas Avenue through downtown will stay free for up to two hours during business hours each day, and all parking downtown will stay free on weekends and also between 6 p.m. and 7:59 a.m. on weekdays.
Source: KSNT News
