Downtown Parking Rates Increase Oct. 13

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  Starting Oct. 13, 2026, on-street parking rates in Tacoma's downtown core will increase“Beginning October 13, 2026, the cost of on-street parking in Tacoma’s downtown core will rise from $1 to $1.50 per hour, as the City implements the final stage of a comprehensive parking network update that began in 2025.”
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  On-street parking rates in Tacoma's downtown core will increase from $1 to $1.50 per hour“Beginning October 13, 2026, the cost of on-street parking in Tacoma’s downtown core will rise from $1 to $1.50 per hour, as the City implements the final stage of a comprehensive parking network update that began in 2025.”
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  The change is part of a citywide parking network update“Beginning October 13, 2026, the cost of on-street parking in Tacoma’s downtown core will rise from $1 to $1.50 per hour, as the City implements the final stage of a comprehensive parking network update that began in 2025.”
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  The change addresses findings from a 2024 downtown parking study“The update addresses a major finding of a downtown parking study done in 2024, where up to 31 percent of on-street stalls were tied up by the same vehicle for five hours or longer.”
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  The 2024 downtown parking study showed up to 31% of on-street stalls were occupied by the same vehicle for five hours or longer“The data-driven update applies to current meter zones and is designed to support a balanced and predictable parking network that pairs short visits with street parking spots and long visits with City-owned garages. The update addresses a major finding of a downtown parking study done in 2024, where up to 31 percent of on-street stalls were tied up by the same vehicle for five hours or longer.”
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  The study also found thousands of open spots in city-owned garages during peak times“The same study also showed that there were thousands of open stalls in City-owned garages and lots at peak time periods.”
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  The city aims to direct short visits to street parking and longer stays to garages“On-street spots are now designed to be used for shorter visits, and garages for longer ones.”
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  Joseph Loran is co-chair of the Parking Technical Advisory Group““As a downtown business owner, I see how important it is for people to get where they need to go as efficiently and conveniently as possible,” said Joseph Loran, co-chair of the Parking Technical Advisory Group.”
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  Joseph Loran said the update was based on data and stakeholder inputNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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  The update was intended to better balance parking needs for visitors and employees““As a downtown business owner, I see how important it is for people to get where they need to go as efficiently and conveniently as possible,” said Joseph Loran, co-chair of the Parking Technical Advisory Group. “The Parking Technical Advisory Group spent a lot of time with City staff looking at parking data and talking through what was and wasn’t working as well as it could. We kept coming back to the need for a better balance between people stopping for a short visit, typically clients, customers and visitors, and people who need to park all day, typically employees.””