In the center of almost any modern city, the number of cars has increased significantly over the past couple of decades, and such a large metropolis as Moscow is no exception. The capital's road infrastructure was not designed for such a number of personal vehicles, which is why the issue of parking in Moscow has become so difficult in recent years. Already five years ago, both Moscow drivers and motorists coming to Moscow from the region or other regions of the country faced problems with finding free parking spaces.

In order to solve the problems of parking space in Moscow, since 2013, paid parking has been introduced within the Boulevard Ring, and since 2014, parking in the Moscow City area has also become paid, where for the first time in Russia a differentiated tariff for parking personal vehicles was applied. Since 2019, the rules and prices of Moscow parking have changed again; on 237 streets with an increased tariff, parking on Sunday became paid. On public holidays, cars can still be parked on these streets for free. In this publication we will look at everything in detail with prices, schedules and conditions.

Let's figure out what the rules, costs and payment methods for parking in Moscow are, because the skills of how to quickly find free parking spaces and pay for them correctly are mandatory for Moscow car owners.

Where does the paid parking zone in Moscow begin?

Paid parking areas in the capital were approved by Moscow Government Resolution No. 289-PP dated May 17, 2013 “On the organization of paid city parking in the city of Moscow.” In accordance with this resolution, paid parking zones in the city center, rules, and the cost of parking spaces were introduced.

In 2013, after legislative approval of the list of paid parking zones, several zones were located by the city authorities within the Third Transport Ring (TTK). This innovation made it possible to improve the convenience of movement for pedestrians, organize the movement of cars in a more efficient way and bring order to the organization of the location of parking zones in the city.

Since 2014, the area of ​​paid parking has expanded to the borders of the Third Transport Ring (TTK) - the expansion zone of the Moscow parking space includes the streets of the capital's districts: Arbat, Tverskoy, Presnensky, Dorogomilovo, Khamovniki, Begovoy, Khoroshevsky, Airport, Savelovsky, Maryina Roshcha, Meshchansky, Krasnoselsky, Basmanny, Tagansky, Yuzhnoportovy, Zamoskvorechye, Yakimanka, Donskoy, Danilovsky, Lefortovo.

Since 2019, the cost of parking on Moscow streets has increased. A complete list of paid parking zones operating in Moscow for 2019 with the exact address and name of the paid parking zone is listed in Appendix No. 1 (Territorial zones for the organization of paid city parking) to Moscow Government Resolution No. 289-PP dated May 17, 2013.

What is the cost of parking in Moscow in 2019?

The cost of parking in Moscow is determined by the Moscow Government and in accordance with Moscow Government Decree No. 798-PP, payment for parking spaces is made at the following rates:

• The minimum cost of parking in the center will be 80 rubles per hour - these are the streets between the Garden and Boulevard rings.
• On busier streets inside the Garden Ring there will be parking with a differentiated tariff - 50 rubles for the first 30 minutes, then 150 rubles per hour.
• On the streets inside the Boulevard Ring, tariffs will be 100 and 200 rubles per hour.
• On 237 streets the tariff will be 380 rubles per hour during the daytime and 200 rubles per hour at night.(List of streets with increased tariffs)
• Parking in the area from the outside of the Boulevard Ring to the borders of Moscow will cost 30 thousand rubles per month and 300 thousand rubles per year.
• Parking in all paid parking lots in the city except Moscow City will cost 37 thousand rubles per month and 370 thousand rubles per year.
• The cost of a subscription from the outside of the Garden Ring to the borders of Moscow will not change and will cost 15 thousand rubles per month and 150 thousand rubles per year.
• In the increased tariff zone (380 rubles/hour) parking passes are not valid!

Please note that up-to-date information about the cost of parking in Moscow is visible on the corresponding road signs that are installed in each paid parking lot and next to parking meters.

Did you know that you can do well save on parking fees in Moscow by purchasing a parking pass for a month or a year. Attention! Monthly and annual parking passes in the area of ​​the Moscow International Business Center "Moscow-City" (MIBC "Moscow-City") are not valid in 2019!

Currently, metropolitan residents of the paid parking zone are granted the right to free parking on the streets of Moscow within the municipal area of ​​residence, on the territory of which the resident’s residential premises are located from 20:00 to 8:00.

To obtain this right, it is necessary to obtain a parking permit for 3 years, while, at the request of the vehicle owner, it will be possible to obtain it for a shorter period - for one or two years. When receiving a residence permit with a three-year validity period, the car owner can pay either in full (immediately for the entire period of its validity) or separately for each year. If suddenly a resident car owner pays in installments and fails to pay the fee for the last year of the permit on time, the validity period of the permit will be extended by no more than 14 calendar days. Free parking permits for resident car owners are issued on the principle of “no more than 2 permits per apartment.”

There are several ways to pay for parking in Moscow. The car owner can choose the most convenient of these methods:

1. Pay for parking through a parking meter; a parking card or any bank card (credit or debit) is suitable for this method.
2. Paying for parking from a parking account - if you registered on the Moscow Parking Space portal or downloaded the Moscow Parking mobile application (for Android for iOS) to your smartphone/tablet, you receive a virtual parking account into which you deposit money and pay with these funds when parking from your account.
3. Payment for parking with a monthly or annual parking pass, in accordance with the parking zones for which the pass is issued.

Payment must be made within 15 minutes after occupying a parking space. However, there are exceptions. They apply in the following cases:

• If the person occupying the parking lot has the right to free parking;
• If you are the holder of a paid resident parking permit;
• If you paid for placing your car in the parking lot in accordance with clauses 3.2 - 3.3 of Moscow Government Decree No. 289-PP and occupied a parking space from 8:00 to 20:00.

If the parking time paid for through the parking meter has expired, the driver must leave the parking space within 10 minutes. The same time is allotted for leaving an occupied parking lot when the driver has already sent an SMS message indicating that he is leaving the parking lot.

Payment for parking through the Moscow Parking Space website

You can pay for parking through the Moscow Parking Space website, using your personal account and a virtual account linked to it, money to which you can credit from a bank card, and the funds are debited at the moment the car is placed in a parking space and before it is removed from the parking lot. You can record the moment of installation and removal in your personal account or by sending an SMS message.

Please note: in order for the payment to go through, your virtual account balance must have an amount equivalent to at least an hour of parking.

Free parking spaces in the center of Moscow

Moscow city authorities have provided free parking in the city center. Thus, since December 2013, Moscow has had a promotion under which certain parking spaces in the city center become free on weekends and holidays, as well as at night. Also, free places are equipped for certain preferential categories of citizens.

According to the resolutions of the Moscow Government, preferential categories of citizens have been established who have the right not to pay for parking, in particular, this right is granted to:

• Employees of operational services, namely: police officers, firefighters and emergency medical services, emergency services, FSB, military traffic police and investigative agencies in special vehicles with identification marks, inscriptions and appropriate coloring.
• Disabled people are allowed to park for free in specially designated spaces with appropriate markings and special signs.
• The right to free parking also applies to WWII participants, minor prisoners of concentration camps, and places of forced detention during the Second World War. The benefit is also valid for participants in the defense of Moscow during the Great Patriotic War in all parking lots, with the exception of places specially equipped for the disabled.
• For parents and adoptive parents in . This category is also exempt from payment of transport tax.
• The discount applies to 2-wheeled motor vehicles and electric vehicles.

Equipment for paid parking in Moscow

Parking areas in Moscow are a specially equipped, equipped and specially designated place for stopping vehicles. Parking, to a certain extent, is an object of improvement of the city, as well as a solution to the problem of the capacity of city streets in the capital.

The parking lot itself is part of the road; it can be adjacent to the roadway, sidewalk, bridge, shoulder or overpass. Parking lots are often located in the space under an overpass or under bridges.

The parking area is marked with road signs and appropriate markings for the convenience of drivers. The parking area is divided into, each of which is designed to accommodate one car.

Regulations, regulations and rules governing paid parking in Moscow

To the Moscow Government Decree N 289-PP dated May 17, 2013 “On the organization of paid city parking in the city of Moscow” (with amendments and additions) there are a number of appendices containing provisions, regulations and rules governing paid parking in Moscow:

• Appendix 1. Territorial zones for organizing paid city parking
• Appendix 2. Rules for using city parking lots and placing vehicles there
• Appendix 3. Administrative regulations for the provision of public services in Moscow “Entering into the Moscow register of parking permits for disabled people an entry about a disabled person’s parking permit, information about changing the entry about a disabled person’s parking permit and about extending the validity period of a disabled person’s parking permit”
• Appendix 4. Regulations on the Moscow city register of parking permits for disabled people
• Appendix 5. Administrative regulations for the provision of public services in Moscow “Entering into the register of resident parking permits in the city of Moscow an entry about a resident parking permit, information about changing the entry about a resident parking permit and about the cancellation of a resident parking permit”
• Appendix 6. Regulations on the register of resident parking permits in Moscow
• Appendix 10. Administrative regulations for the provision of public services in Moscow “Entering into the register of parking permits for large families in the city of Moscow an entry about the parking permit of a large family and information about the cancellation of a parking permit for a large family”
• Appendix 11. Regulations on the register of parking permits for large families in Moscow
• Appendix 12. Administrative regulations for the provision of public services of the city of Moscow “Inclusion in the register of parking permits for preferential placement of vehicles provided for short-term (up to 24 hours) rental on a per-minute basis to individuals for purposes not related to the implementation of business activities by such individuals”

Appendix 13. Regulations on the register of parking permits for preferential placement of vehicles provided for short-term (up to 24 hours) rental on a per-minute basis to individuals for purposes not related to the implementation of business activities by such individuals

In the capital of the Russian Federation, the lack of parking spaces is especially acute. In order to solve the transport problem, government officials set themselves the task of introducing changes to the parking system, making these places payable.

When can I take advantage of free parking in Moscow on weekends in 2018?

Citizens who live in the capital of the Russian Federation should be aware that the time reporting for free parking begins at 00 hours 01 minutes and ends at 23 hours 59 minutes. The right to use a parking space without payment is granted on state non-working holidays, as well as weekends transferred to working days in accordance with the law.

On Sunday, drivers driving around Moscow can also park their vehicles in the parking lot absolutely free. Another opportunity for free parking is provided to citizens if they decide to leave their vehicle in a specially equipped place on Saturday (only after an official holiday or day off).

Until what time can I use my free parking?

In Moscow there are so-called “parking lots”. They were developed in order to significantly increase the popularity of travel using public transport. In order to provide citizens of the Russian Federation with the opportunity to park their car for further travel on the metro, such places are located near the largest metro stations.

There are currently 21 intercepting parking lots. They are designed to provide free parking to every car owner. It is planned to further popularize public transport, so in the coming years it is planned to build 37 more intercepting parking lots. A vehicle can be in this area from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Officials have developed mandatory conditions for granting the right to free use of such parking - you must travel by metro at least twice. Otherwise, a parking space will be paid for in the same way as throughout the city. “Intercept parking lots” provide for the presence of vehicles in them at night. To pay for parking, double charging occurs. During the day, the car owner pays in the city from 40 to 80 rubles for using the space (per day). At night, tariffs double.

• The minimum cost for parking in the center is 80 rubles per hour - these are the streets between the Garden and Boulevard rings.
• On busier streets inside the Garden Ring, differentiated tariff - 50 rubles for the first 30 minutes, then 150 rubles per hour.
• On the streets inside the Boulevard Ring, tariffs are 100 and 200 rubles per hour.
• On 237 streets the tariff is 380 rubles per hour during the daytime and 200 rubles per hour at night.(List of streets with increased tariffs)

Time to pay for parking – 5 minutes

• For all zones, the time during which you must pay for parking is 5 minutes. You must also leave the parking spot within 5 minutes after completing the parking session.

Paid parking on Sunday on streets with an increased tariff

• On 237 streets with an increased tariff (380 rubles per hour during the daytime), parking on Sunday is paid. On public holidays, cars can be parked on these streets for free.

Free parking days in 2019

Cost of subscriptions

• Parking in the area from the outside of the Boulevard Ring to the borders of Moscow costs 30 thousand rubles per month and 300 thousand rubles per year.
• Parking in all paid parking lots in the city except Moscow City costs 37 thousand rubles per month and 370 thousand rubles per year.
• Parking on the territory from the outer side of the Garden Ring to the borders of Moscow is 15 thousand rubles per month and 150 thousand rubles per year.
• In the increased tariff zone (380 rubles/hour) parking passes are not valid!

Onsite parking rates for trucks and buses

• The cost of parking for trucks and buses ranges from 20 to 190 rubles for the first 30 minutes, depending on the zone. Information about the cost is also indicated on the boards located in the parking lot.

FAQ

• I have a resident parking permit. What tariffs apply to me as a resident of the area?
• A resident permit entitles you to free parking in paid city parking areas in your area of ​​residence from 20:00 to 8:00. If you pay an annual resident fee of 3,000 rubles per year, you can park in your area 24 hours a day.
• How can I find out what the rate is on the street where I park?
• The tariff is indicated on the information board installed in the parking lot. Please be careful when paying for parking. Check the tariff and zone number on the information board located in the parking lot. If you have any questions, you can contact the Moscow Transport single contact center at: 8495 539 54 54.
• How do I know if Sunday parking is charged on the street where I park?
• You can find out which tariff is valid and on which days on the site map, as well as in the Moscow Parking mobile application. This is also indicated on the information board. If the tariff for this parking lot is 380 rubles per hour during the daytime, then parking here on Sunday is paid.
• This is what information boards look like on streets where parking is paid on Sundays:

The existing problems with the lack of a sufficient number of equipped parking spaces in Moscow were solved by installing convenient parking lots for cars. The only peculiarity of using them is the need to make a payment. Its value significantly depends on the time during which the car was parked, as well as the specific tariff that applies to it. Free parking in Moscow on weekends - this right is granted to all motorists who decide to leave their car in the lot. At the same time, you should definitely familiarize yourself with the basic conditions for using it without making a payment, since violation of established standards results in the need to pay a fine.

When can you not make a payment?

Many citizens are wondering whether parking is free or paid on weekends. The main ways that allow you to use parking services for free are:

• Obtaining information on the official website of the Moscow Government regarding which parking lots and on which days motorists can use for free;
• Parking at so-called “intercept parking lots”, which at certain times do not require payment for the provision of services;
• Finding out which categories of citizens are entitled to free parking.

For several days now, Moscow authorities have been providing the right to use parking spaces without paying. As a rule, each information board that is mounted near a road sign indicating the possibility of parking a vehicle contains this information. This right is granted on the following days:

• all holidays are declared non-working days at the state level;
• Sunday;
• all weekends that, according to Federal law, were transferred to weekdays;
• Saturdays that will follow a day off or holiday.

Important. Parking in Moscow on Saturday is not always possible without paying a fee. If the owner of the car is careless and does not pay the money, he will be subject to a fine, the amount of which significantly exceeds the amount of money that is worth transferring for using the parking lot.

Parking stops

Intercepting areas are areas where parking is allowed at strictly defined hours without paying money. In most cases, such areas are located close to metro stations and their number is planned to be constantly increased.

How to find out when there is free parking in this type of parking lot in Moscow? You should only get such information from an official source - the website of the Moscow Government. Only it contains up-to-date data; all other information sites can provide the owner of the car with unreliable information.

For reference. The creation of intercepting parking lots was associated with the need to popularize public transport. The abundance of traffic jams and the opportunity to leave your car while taking the metro to the desired location contribute to an increase in the number of urban transport passengers and contributions to the budget.

The main conditions for using such parking lots are:

• limited time. It is determined by starting at 6-00 and ending at 21-30;
• The main condition is a minimum of 2 trips by metro.
• if the conditions for using the parking are not met, in such a situation payment is made on a general basis. An important point is that at night they are paid at a double rate.

Preferential category of citizens

Free parking in Moscow on weekends and weekdays is available to certain categories of citizens who are granted this benefit after receiving additional permission. The following have the right to obtain such permission:

• employees of special services in the performance of official duties. An important criterion for determining the possibility of leaving a car without paying for a parking space is the presence of special inscriptions on vehicles and the corresponding coloring, which determines that it belongs to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, ambulance, or police;
• concentration camp prisoners;
• Heroes of the Russian Federation, USSR;
• Heroes of Labor;
• disabled people;
• parents in large families and adoptive parents;
• owners of electric cars and two-wheelers.

Resident Permit

A separate right to free parking in Moscow on Sundays and weekdays is granted to persons who have issued a special resident permit, which allows them to park their car in certain areas without paying money.

Important. The determination that a resident permit allows you to leave a car in a parking lot without transferring funds is formal. There is a set amount of payment that will have to be paid as a subscription fee. It is only 3,000 per year and, compared to the established tariffs in the capital of the Russian Federation, is beneficial for motorists.

A residence permit is provided exclusively to residents of the city of Moscow, subject to registration or documents confirming residence in this particular area. The general list of car owners who have the right to park their cars with virtually no deposit is as follows:

1. Homeowners located near the parking lot location.
2. Motorists who own a share in the apartment in relation to whose address the permit is issued.
3. Drivers who have the right to use a car provided that they are registered at the address to which the parking lot is adjacent.
4. Citizens renting housing subject to the availability of supporting documentation.
5. Persons living in social rented apartments.
6. Subjects who were provided with official housing.
7. Citizens acting as tenants. In this case, the basis for the possibility of obtaining housing will be the provision of an apartment rental agreement. Obtaining such a document can be difficult due to the lack of desire among many citizens to officially show their income from this type of activity. This issue can be resolved by discussing a reduction in the rental amount by the amount that the driver loses when it is necessary to make a payment.

Obtaining a parking permit without paying money is not allowed, provided that it is impossible to confirm the fact of renting the premises by providing official documents.

For reference. A resident permit cannot apply to vehicles that are not the property of a citizen living in a certain area. This requirement also applies to those machines that were provided for official use.

When obtaining a free parking permit, you should consider the following points:

• each citizen has the right to draw up documents to leave only his personal car for free;
• legal entities registered at a specific address do not receive the right to provide free parking;
• Each of the owners of apartments or persons living in them has the opportunity to obtain a free parking permit only on the condition that their number does not exceed two units. In such a situation, it is important whether one car will be registered for each family member or both cars for one subject.

Important information. The ability to leave more than two cars free of charge is allowed if motorists own an apartment as shared ownership.

After obtaining a resident permit, it is assigned to a specific vehicle. If a motorist changes it, a new one will need to be issued.

If the points that determine the possibility of free parking in Moscow on Sunday do not raise any special questions, then a lot of questions arise regarding obtaining a resident permit. The main one is the radius to which the right to leave the car for free applies. The boundaries are determined by the municipal area in which the motorist lives.

For reference. After obtaining a permit, the motorist has the right to use a parking space free of charge from eight in the morning until eight in the evening.

If a motorist plans to move soon, then it is worth applying for a permit for a minimum period, which is granted for 1 year.

The cost, depending on the time the motorist chooses, is:

• for 1 year – 3000 rubles;
• for 2 years - 6000 rubles;
• for 3 years – 9000 rubles.

It is important not to miss the time when parking is already paid - in this case, even a delay of a few minutes can result in a fine.

When using paid parking services in Moscow on weekends, the driver does not have to worry about the need to deposit funds. On weekdays, you should strictly follow the established norms and rules. Ignoring them will result in a fine being imposed. It is worth remembering that only if the owner picked up his car earlier than 15 minutes later can he not make payment. All other cases, provided that the driver does not belong to a preferential category, require the transfer of money. The most costly option for a motorist is the evacuation of the vehicle, which is carried out for a gross violation of the established rules, which can be towed. In such a situation, the owner of the car will have to pay an amount that will consist of a fine, repayment of tow truck services and being in a impound lot.

The introduction of paid parking was an unpleasant surprise for motorists. Muscovites circumvent the law as best they can: they hide license plates so that video recording cameras cannot read them, leave cars in alleys and near nearby houses, and simply evade paying fines. However, the law also provides for legal ways to leave a car in the center without paying.

There are only three such methods in Moscow:

• park on certain days (on other days you can use public transport);
• take places at “intercept” parking lots;
• take advantage of the privilege for large families or any other benefit provided by law (for this you need to have a certain social status).

Development of paid parking in the capital

For 6 years now, city authorities in Moscow have been trying to relieve highways from traffic jams, and streets from illegal commercial parking. They use the introduction of state paid parking as a tool.

In 2013, the law was amended. It added provisions on fines for the most popular methods of evading payment and changes in the payment system. For example, parking can be paid in any available way:

• cash via terminal;
• cards: bank or parking;
• payment via SMS.

If you ignore the payment requirements of the law, a receipt will be issued for the amount of:

• 2500 rubles if parking is not paid;
• from 1000 to 5000 – for evading payment of a fine to the city treasury;
• 5000 – for removing or sealing the state registration number from a car.

However, there are cases when you are not required to pay a fine - if the parking lot is not equipped in accordance with current standards: there are no markings, signs or a working parking meter.

Today, for a set fee (50 rubles per hour), you can park your car on the territory inside the Garden Ring, as well as on more than five hundred streets located in the area of ​​the Third Transport Ring. Paid parking has been introduced near most business and shopping centers.

Many drivers left their cars in the courtyards of nearby houses to avoid paying fees for parking. This caused a storm of indignation among the residents of such houses, so the mayor of Moscow decided to fight driver cunning. Now apartment owners can jointly install a barrier at the entrance to the yard, and the capital government will compensate them 50 thousand rubles.

How valet parking works

Places where you can park your car for free at certain times in Moscow are mainly located near large metro stations. This is one of the easiest ways to get to work within the Garden Ring without paying for parking. There are currently 21 areas where you can park your car. In the next 4 years, it is planned to open 37 more such sites. You can find out the location of intercepting parking lots if you go to the official website of the metro.

The main conditions for using interception sites are as follows:

• from 6 am to 9:30 pm you can stand on them without paying if you use the metro services (you need to make 2 trips);
• such sites work like regular paid parking if you do not use the metro (then you need to pay the usual fee of fifty rubles per hour of parking);
• At night, a fee of 100 rubles per hour is charged (from 21:30 to 6:00).

The creation of such parking lots should encourage metropolitan motorists not to drive their cars into the center, but to get to work by metro. This is necessary to relieve congestion on main highways.

Which categories of citizens have the right not to pay parking fees?

The law on the introduction of paid parking zones in Moscow identifies categories of citizens who have the right not to pay the fee established by law. First of all, parking is free for emergency services:

• Ambulance;
• police;
• fire protection;
• emergency teams (gas, utility and others);
• traffic police (including military);
• investigative authorities.

However, parking without payment is possible only if the cars have identification marks: coloring and inscriptions. Other citizens can obtain special permits: preferential or resident. Former prisoners of concentration camps, participants of the Second World War and the defense of Moscow receive preferential treatment. Only after completing this paper do they have the right to park their vehicles free of charge in the city center. All registered Muscovites can be residents. In the area of ​​their place of registration, they have the right to leave their transport from 8 pm to 8 am without paying.

If you need your car to be in the area’s parking lots around the clock, then it makes sense to purchase a subscription for 3,000 rubles. This subscription is valid for a year. Citizens registered in Moscow can purchase similar paper for parking in other areas, but the cost can reach 250 thousand.

Free parking is available to parents with many children only after they prepare a package of documents and submit it to the nearest MFC. In 2018, all large families registered in Moscow can receive this benefit. To do this they need to submit:

• passport;
• a certificate from the tax service about exemption from paying the annual fee for owning a vehicle;
• certificate of ownership of the car.

The application can be written on the spot according to the sample proposed by the MFC employee or in free form. Today there is an alternative way to obtain this permission - using the Internet portal of government services. In this case, you don’t need to stand in lines, and you can get the paper you need faster. Permission is obtained once a year until the family is no longer considered to have many children. It is not necessary to take it with you; after submitting documents and making a positive decision, the number of your vehicle will be entered into a special database of beneficiaries.

On what days can you park in the center for free?

Since 2014, the authorities in Moscow began a global experiment, which was crowned with success. All car owners became participants. Now parking in the center has become free for everyone on the following days:

• holidays (which are declared non-working days by the state);
• Sunday;
• weekends (transferred to weekdays according to Federal law);
• Saturdays following a weekend or holiday.

However, many motorists forget that on other Saturdays, parking is paid in full. This is due to the fact that many organizations work every Saturday, so the main highways are congested on these days at the same level as on weekdays. There is one limitation - drivers with many unpaid fines will not be able to leave their vehicles for free until they pay off the debt. At the same time, it is important that they are excluded from the list of debtors on the traffic police website.

A list of holidays and weekends on which you can park your vehicle for free is posted on the Moscow parking website. There you can also find a list of streets on which you are allowed to park your vehicle at night right under a prohibiting sign and not pay a fine for it.

The mayor of Moscow was asked to make parking free on Saturday, following the example of Sunday and holidays

State Duma deputy from the LDPR faction Yaroslav Nilov prepared an appeal addressed to the capital's mayor Sergei Sobyanin with a request to consider the issue of canceling paid parking in Moscow on Saturdays. As the legislator noted, the rule on paid parking on Saturday creates problems for absolutely all motorists, including holders of resident permits.

Today, all motorists who want to park in a paid parking zone on Saturday pay standard amounts, as on all other weekdays (usually from 40 to 80 rubles per hour). When introducing the system of charging for parking, the Moscow authorities, of course, thought through some social support measures. Thus, you can park your car for free in any of the capital’s parking zones on Sundays and holidays.

To somewhat reassure city residents, resident permits were invented. But even they did not solve the problems of motorists.

Most city residents (homeowners, tenants under a social tenancy agreement or an office space rental agreement) can obtain a resident parking permit for a period of one year. It gives the right to free parking within the administrative district of Moscow, on the territory of which the resident’s residential premises are located.

But further nuances arise in this norm. Firstly, on weekdays a car can be parked in a parking space for free from 20.00 to 8.00. That is, a citizen who needs to go to work by 10.00 and travel half an hour to get there already has a problem. Actually, just like a motorist whose working day ends at 17–18 hours. But this problem, of course, is not the most important one. Home is Saturday. If on Sunday you can park your car in any parking zone in the city for free, then on Saturday you need to pay the weekday rates. However, the resident permit does not work on Saturday.

What does this lead to? A respectable citizen who has a resident permit, every Saturday or late Friday evening, instead of thinking about a well-deserved rest, is forced to look for where to park his car so as not to pay for parking.

There is also another option: you can apply for a so-called improved resident permit by paying 3 thousand rubles, and get the opportunity to park around the clock in your area. However, it will no longer be possible to go to a neighboring area on a weekend and leave your car there without charging a fee.

To solve this problem, the State Duma proposed introducing free parking on Saturdays. Yaroslav Nilov noted that most citizens work according to the standard scheme - five working days and two days off, and there is no need to create unnecessary difficulties for city residents on one of the weekends.

“If most working Russians have two days off at the end of the week, then it is unfair to leave parking free only on Sundays. If you give citizens free parking on both days off, you can avoid not only the unfair hierarchy of resident permits, where a resident must pay extra for complete peace of mind and the right to sleep after a five-day work week, but also make life easier for other citizens, the legislator said. - A person will not be able to fully work and rest if every Saturday morning he has to get up and look for where to move the car before Sunday. “In addition, it’s summer now, many citizens from residential areas of Moscow, the Moscow region and other regions want to visit the historical center of Moscow, and not everyone can afford paid parking.”

In the most expensive parking zone, in the center of Moscow, the parking tariff is 80 rubles per hour. At the same time, the authorities recently decided on an unpleasant innovation for drivers. Now only the first hour of parking costs 80 rubles; for the second and subsequent hours you will have to pay 130 rubles each.

Over the past few years, paid parking in the Russian capital has become the biggest headache for local motorists. Even outrage over the quality of the road surface and the work of traffic inspectors, which is not always clear to citizens, have faded into the background. After the latest expansion, the paid parking zone, despite numerous protests, reached the most remote residential areas of the capital. So far, after such a blitzkrieg, the Moscow authorities have taken a break and are not announcing new expansions or major changes in tariffs. However, from time to time, topics arise in the information field about the need to introduce an entrance fee to the Third Transport Ring or to the city center. It is very unlikely that these topics arise simply and are not an attempt by the mayor’s office to test the possible level of social discontent in the event of the introduction of new levies.

Parking holidays - when can you not pay for parking in the center of Moscow?

Problems with the availability of parking spaces in Moscow forced the authorities to take radical measures and give a new status to parking lots, transferring them to the category of paid ones. The capital's drivers did not happily accept this idea and are actively using all sorts of ways to avoid the burden of paying for parking, which, as a rule, are illegal. But at the same time, if you delve into the issue, you can find out that there are legal ways to use parking lots free of charge and not be afraid of anything.

When and on what days in Moscow can you not pay for paid parking? Is there a charge for parking on weekends? Is parking free at night and are the parking lots open at night? We will answer these questions in this article.

Free parking calendar in Moscow for 2018

The main ways to use free parking in Moscow are:

• keep an eye on the calendar, as parking is free on certain days;
• park in “intercept” parking lots;
• find out which categories of citizens are recognized as benefiting and have the right to a free parking space, and if this benefit applies, then apply for a parking permit (large families, disabled people, etc.).

Parking and rides allow you to park for free during certain hours. The locations of such parking lots are usually concentrated near large metro stations. Their existence is intended to encourage drivers to use public transport and, first of all, the metro to travel to their place of work. There are already 21 sites for such parking throughout Moscow, and in the next 4 years their number will increase by another 37. The exact addresses of such parking lots are contained on the official website of the Moscow metro.

Despite the fact that parking involves free parking, a number of conditions must be met that make it so:

• parking is allowed only from 6.00 to 21.30;
• a citizen must make at least 2 trips by metro.

If the conditions are not met, then the parking space is paid for on a general basis. At night, places in such parking lots are also paid at double the rate.

Preferential categories of citizens with the right to free parking

• employees of a number of emergency services in the performance of their work duties (Ministry of Emergency Situations, police, ambulance, etc.). An important criterion is the use of special vehicles with special colors, inscriptions and other attributes;
• persons who have either a preferential or resident permit. Preferential permit is issued:
  • concentration camp prisoners;
  • participants of the Second World War and the defense of Moscow;
  • disabled people of groups 1 and 2;
  • with many children.

The benefit is valid after obtaining a permit; its absence requires payment for parking spaces according to the general rules.

A resident permit is formally free, but for round-the-clock use of the service for a year you will have to pay 3,000 rubles, but compared to parking prices, this amount is insignificant. It is issued to Muscovites and its radius covers parking lots according to registration. You can leave your vehicle free of charge under a resident agreement in such parking lots from 20.00 to 8.00.

Days and places of free parking

Car owners have access to free parking in the center of Moscow on the following days:

• days recognized as holidays (state non-working holidays);
• Sunday;
• weekends that were transferred to a weekday in accordance with the law;
• Saturdays after a weekend or holiday. On regular Saturdays, parking is paid according to the current tariff.

Even such days do not give the right to free parking to malicious debtors of fines if they have not been repaid and the relevant information has not been deleted from the traffic police website. A more detailed list of days and places with free parking is available on the official website of the Moscow Mayor.

Weekends include free parking, but with reservations. Not all Saturdays fall under this category, since most companies also work on Saturday, so Saturday is considered a day off only if the previous Friday was a holiday or day off.

The cost of a parking space during the daytime ranges from 40 to 80 rubles; at night, rates double. On weekends (public holidays, Sundays, etc.), except Saturdays, parking is free.

Parkons are open during the day from 8.00 to 20.00. Each parking lot is assigned a specific route, which lasts 15 minutes.