How many minutes can I park in paid parking for free? Parking rules on weekends.

How many minutes can I park in paid parking for free? Parking rules on weekends.

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 public 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 somewhere 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.

Finding a parking space in “rubber” Moscow is becoming more and more difficult every year, and not paying a penny seems completely unrealistic. However, with There are ways to park for free in paid parking lots in Moscow.

Where can I park for free on weekends and holidays?

The whole day from 00:00 on weekends and holidays there is no charge for parking. You can safely come to the center of Moscow and leave your car at the curb. But it is necessary to take into account that the day off in this case is exclusively Sunday.

Tariffs for parking spaces on Saturdays do not differ from weekdays. And yet, there is an exception. If Friday is a day off, parking on Saturday will not cost a ruble.

However, the rule of free parking on Sundays and holidays does not apply to debtors with outstanding fines.

For whom parking is always free?

Moscow Government Decree N 289-PP provides an exhaustive list of vehicles and persons who are guaranteed the right to free parking in Moscow City, regardless of the time of day, weekends and holidays:

  • two-wheeler motorcycle owners, electric vehicles, scooters;
  • emergency transport with special identification marks;
  • vehicles for disabled people, their legal representatives, as well as other preferential categories provided for by regulatory legal acts (clauses 2.2, 2.3, 2.6 of the Resolution).

However, no one is allowed to park free of charge in designated parking spaces for trucks and buses.

How much does parking cost?

The cost primarily depends on the location of the parking lot on the map. The price will differ depending on whether the parking space is located on the Boulevard or Garden Ring.

There are 4 tariff zones:

  • regular 24-hour - varies from 60 to 80 rubles per hour (as of 2018);
  • increased 24-hour service - 200 rubles per hour;
  • reduced round-the-clock - 40 rubles per hour;
  • differentiated - from 60 to 80 rubles per hour for the parking period from 20:00 to 8:00 and from 60 to 150 rubles per hour for the period from 8:00 to 20:00.

You can buy a subscription for a month or a year. Monthly subscription prices range from 15 to 30 thousand rubles, again, depending on the location, annual subscription - 150-300 thousand rubles.

Are there any benefits for local residents?

Residents of houses located in paid city parking zones have the right to preferential use of these parking lots. Based on a resident parking permit, a free parking space is provided from 20:00 to 8:00.

Residents are considered to be the owners of apartments, shares in property, houses, office and residential premises under the right of ownership or under a lease agreement. For round-the-clock use, a resident must pay 3,000 rubles per year.

Where else can I park my car?

From 5:30 to 2:00 you can park for free in more than 20 park-and-ride parking lots located at metro stations. Compared to 2017, the number of parking spaces in intercept car parks has almost doubled.

  1. To get free parking, you only need to make at least two trips on the metro.. For others, parking will be in accordance with the established tariff.
  2. Another option for parking in Moscow is open parking with a barrier. Many such parking lots are scattered throughout the city. The price for some central ones, for example at the zoo, during the daytime from 10:00 to 22:00 is 50 rubles per hour.

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

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.

Parking cost on weekends

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.

Night parking cost

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. Rating: 3.5/5 (2 votes)

Over the past few years, in Moscow and other large cities of Russia, car parking has become paid. Many drivers were outraged, but as the number of motorists increased, such a measure became necessary.

Parking is becoming increasingly difficult, especially in the city center. Therefore, in 2012, the first paid parking was introduced as an experiment. She completely justified herself.

For the money received, parking spaces and the quality of their service were significantly improved. Now paid parking zones are expanding, and at the same time prices for parking spaces are also rising.

It is quite logical that drivers are often interested in how long they can park for free in a paid parking lot.

The hourly rate may vary in different regions of the country. Sometimes prices are not the same even in different places of the same city.

In most cases, paid parking is more expensive in the city center and in its attraction areas. This is due to the large influx of people, especially on holidays and weekends.

Nowadays paid parking is common in different cities of the country. For vehicle owners who live in the city center, parking is free from 20:00 to 8:00.

It is possible to obtain a permit to permanently park a car. To do this, you need to pay 3,000 rubles annually. But there should be no more than two cars per apartment. Parking in the yard near the house remains free.

The question of how many minutes you can stand in a paid parking lot for free does not lose its relevance. In accordance with the rules, there is no charge for parking a car for no more than 15 minutes.

Parking for a longer period is paid according to the tariff. Now you can pay in different ways:

  • through a mobile application;
  • parking meter;
  • SMS message.

Any paid parking lot must be equipped with information signs and plates indicating the rules for using parking spaces and prices.

Residents living in a commercial parking area have the right to sign an agreement that provides the opportunity to leave a vehicle free of charge from 20:00 to 8:00 weekly.

One such document is issued for one living space. You can apply for it on the State Services website - https://www.gosuslugi.ru or submit an application to the functional center.

Many drivers do not know on what days parking is free. Parking is free on Sundays and public holidays. These rules have been in effect since 2014. In 2019, they have not lost their relevance.

If holidays have been moved to weekdays, then no parking fee will be charged at such times. Parking is free on Saturday only if Friday is a day off.

The decision to provide free parking for motorists on public holidays and Sundays was made for the purpose of an experiment. Throughout the year, the department monitored the traffic situation and monitored the functioning of traffic flows.

According to research, it was found that free parking on holidays and Sundays does have an impact on traffic.

At the beginning of 2016, free parking on weekends, namely Sunday, exists on a permanent basis, and not as an experiment.

The intensity of traffic on Sunday is reduced, so this regime will not worsen the situation on the roads. This also applies to free parking on holidays.

  1. Owners of motorcycles and electric vehicles.
  2. Emergency vehicles can be parked free of charge if they are marked with identification marks.
  3. After obtaining a preferential permit, former prisoners of concentration camps, veterans of the Great Patriotic War and participants in the defense of Moscow can park their cars for free.
  4. After applying for benefits, car owners with disabilities may not have to pay for parking in a paid parking lot. But there are specially designated places for this. They must be marked with road symbols and markings.

In addition to the above cases, the car owner must pay for parking within 15 minutes of arrival. Otherwise, the driver faces a fine.

Cars parked in a paid parking lot are monitored by special vehicles called parkons.. They are equipped with a photo recorder that takes pictures of parked cars.

The information received goes into a database where the program automatically screens out drivers who paid for parking and beneficiaries.

By the end of each day, all data is sent to the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate and the Traffic Safety Center. Violators are sent pictures of their cars and a notice of fine.

Violators are monitored not only by special equipment, but also by paid parking inspectors. They go around and record on camera the license plates of cars that are parked incorrectly or without paying for more than 15 minutes. This information also goes into the traffic police database.

Some drivers deliberately hide their license plates by using cloth or paper. In this case, they are subject to a fine of 5,000 rubles. Such a sanction also threatens those drivers whose license plates are heavily soiled and cannot be read.

In 2019, the fine for non-payment of parking is 2,500 rubles. If the car is parked illegally, the services of a tow truck will cost the driver 5,000 rubles.

The car owner must pay the fine within 40 days of receiving the notice. Otherwise, he faces legal proceedings.

The legislation provides for the following penalties:

  • administrative arrest for a period of 1 to 15 days;
  • ban on traveling abroad.

The owner of the vehicle also has the right to challenge the decision of the traffic police in court if he believes that the fine was issued unreasonably. To do this, you need to write an application, attach to it copies of personal documents and documents confirming ownership of the car.

And also present a notice of the imposition of a fine or a receipt for its payment. The application must contain the signature of the vehicle owner. The court decision is made within 10 days.

Quite often, car owners receive a fine only because they did not calculate the time and did not notice how much more than 15 minutes had passed. After all, it’s impossible to even open the car, get into it and start it in a matter of seconds.

To avoid unpleasant situations, car owners should independently monitor the time during which parking fees are not charged.

If the driver is not going to pay for parking, it is better to leave within 15 minutes. But if a car owner stands under a sign that prohibits parking, then he does not have free 15 minutes, he will be immediately issued a fine.

The ticket will not be for a parking violation, but for a traffic violation.

Thus, in Russia you can park for free in paid parking lots for the first 15 minutes. Paid parking is available free of charge on Sundays and public holidays.

Traffic volume decreases on holidays. Therefore, this mode does not have a negative impact on the roads. And also, there is a category of people and vehicles that can always park for free in paid parking lots.

Knowing the parking rules, you can avoid unpleasant situations with fines and towing the car.

The cost of parking on weekends in Moscow has its own characteristics.

Previously, parking in the center of the capital was free: there were few cars, and they did not interfere with pedestrians or other road users.

Today, most parking lots have become paid. But on weekends and holidays there are still concessions. You will learn about which days you don’t have to pay for parking in this article.

Payment

Many motorists were distrustful of the first paid parking lots, considering them another attempt to lure money, but this is not entirely true.

Such a parking lot is a specially equipped place where you can safely leave your car for a while without fear that they will try to steal it or that it will disturb someone. They are equipped with video cameras and devices to record everything that happens inside.

Prices vary depending on location:

  • inside the Garden Ring the cost of an hourly stop will be 80 rubles;
  • inside the Boulevard Ring – 60 rubles;
  • inside the TTR - 40 rubles.

For those working in nearby offices, discount systems are provided: for example, if a car owner uses parking inside the Garden Ring every day for a month, he will pay only 16 thousand rubles, for a year - 160 thousand rubles, the Boulevard Ring will be cheaper - 12 and 120 thousand rubles, respectively .

At the same time, you can leave the car for at least a day: the time spent is not recorded.

Note: Some groups of citizens can use parking for free: these include people with disabilities, large families, participants in the Great Patriotic War and some other categories of citizens.

For residents of neighboring buildings who use parking at night, the annual amount will be only 3 thousand rubles if parking is carried out during the day. For night time - from 20 o'clock to 8 o'clock in the morning - no fee is paid at all. However, only 2 permits can be issued per family.

On the weekend

Ordinary car owners can also count on relief. For example, they do not have to pay for a whole hour immediately upon arrival: they can stay for the first quarter of an hour for free. However, you must pay for the rest of the time within half an hour from the moment of arrival, otherwise a fine will be charged.

Also, some parking lots provide free spaces for the night: you can view the list and find out the specific parking time in advance on the website.

But many more Muscovites were happy with the decision to make parking free on weekends and holidays. This is due to the holding of various events and visits to the capital outside working hours, which are common for many families. After all, payment for one day (6-8 hours) can cost 500-700 rubles.

Since 2013, you can park for free on Sundays of any month all year round. However, on Saturdays you will have to pay as usual.

Initially, both days off were free, but due to the fact that many offices in the center of Moscow were open on these days, and the parking lots were occupied by employees and not by vacationing families, the decision had to be abandoned.

You can also count on a free place on holidays that are officially declared days off: May holidays, New Year holidays, March 8 and February 23, Russia Day and National Unity Day. This also includes all weekends associated with holidays and weekends postponed because of them.

Note: Saturday will be a free day only if the Friday preceding it falls on an official holiday: for example, if March 8 was celebrated on Friday, then on March 9, Saturday, you can leave your car without paying.

You can find out about “free” days in advance on the websites, and they will also be indicated on warning signs before entering the parking area.

Peculiarities

All parking lots are equipped with special signs indicating when parking fees will not be charged. If the motorist does pay the fee, it will be returned to him.

However, not everyone will be able to take advantage of the offer. If the owner has many unpaid fines (more than 3 for a given car), he will have to pay for the parking in full, even if he arrived on the right day, otherwise he will be issued another fine.

You can check the presence of unpaid fines on the website of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate or State Services, as well as through a special mobile application. (Read about how to check fines for unpaid parking in Moscow.)

Worth considering: the driver must be completely excluded from the list of debtors of the traffic police, otherwise fines will continue to accrue to him.

On holidays and weekends, when many families go to the center for a cultural and entertainment program, the issue of paid parking becomes quite acute: few people would want to pay 100-500 rubles for the sake of full-fledged leisure time.

However, the absence of a fee often leads to a huge number of people wanting to park and a lack of free spaces. It's better to arrive a little earlier or choose several stop options.

Watch a video about the rules of paid parking on weekends and holidays in Moscow:



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