In an effort to encourage everyone to do their holiday shopping in New Bedford, the City will again offer a special Holiday Parking Program with both downtown parking garages offering two hours of free parking. From Thursday, December 5 through Wednesday, January 1, both the Elm Street Garage and the Zeiterion Garage will offer FREE parking for up to two hours.
Anyone parked in either of the downtown garages while doing holiday shopping who receives a ticket as a result of parking in excess of the 2-hour limit may mail or present their ticket along with a copy of a sales receipt for $10 or more from a downtown restaurant or merchant to the City of New Bedford Traffic Commission office within three weeks (21 days) of receiving the ticket. The parking ticket will be forgiven with the presentation of the same-day receipt.
Metered street spaces will no longer offer free parking, after earlier this year the parking limits at meters were extended.
With the new, longer limits, there are three zones for parking. The zones and parking time limits will be indicated by signs indicating the time limit in that area. The zones and signs are also color-coded.
Zone 1 (Green) is at the center of downtown. Parking will be extended from its current 2-hour limit to a 3-hour limit.
Zone 2 (Blue) is the next zone outside the center of the downtown. Parking will be extended from its current 2-hour limit to a 4-hour limit.
Zone 3 (Yellow) is the farthest zone outside the center of the downtown. Parking will be extended from its current 2-hour limit to unlimited parking.
Questions regarding the Holiday Parking Program should be directed to the Traffic Commission Office at 508-961-3153.
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