Pay Station Neighborhoods: Chinatown/International District

Updated September 27, 2006

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will be expanding both on-street paid parking and time-limit signs in the Chinatown/International District this November. On-street parking throughout the neighborhood is often full. Paid on-street parking can encourage area employees and residents who wish to park for longer durations to more appropriately park in off-street lots, thereby opening up spaces in the business district for customers and visitors.

This letter and map describe the areas where the paid parking and time-limit signs will be installed. The new expansion will:

• Install approximately 15 pay stations on nine blocks where current 2-hour signs are not working well to create sufficient turnover to provide customer parking
• Install 2-hour time limit signs on one and a half blocks to create turnover for surrounding businesses and community services
• Continue phased implementation of paid parking in the C/ID and allow SDOT to monitor the effectiveness of the changes
• Leave some areas of the neighborhood's on-street parking unrestricted to accommodate neighborhood residents