PPA in the News 2025
Friday, March 28th, 2025:
PPA, SEPTA teaming up to crack down on illegal parking in bus lanes | Exclusive
Thursday, March 2tth, 2025:
Philadelphia Parking Authority ramping up enforcement in loading zones
Wednesday, March 26th, 2025:
PPA adopts automated system to enforce paid ‘smart loading zones’
PPA takes aim at Center City congestion with camera-monitored loading zones
PPA is rolling out ‘smart’ loading zones to keep delivery trucks moving
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025:
Philly drivers must pay to park in certain loading zones starting April 1st: Here’s what to know
Monday, February 24th, 2025:
Coming Soon: AI Camera-Assisted Bus Lane Enforcement
Friday, February 21st, 2025:
PPA to start using of AI cameras to issue tickets for drivers illegally parked in SEPTA bus lanes
Thursday, February 20th, 2025:
AI cameras will generate tickets for cars parked in bus lanes starting this spring
Monday, February 3rd, 2025:
Speed cameras coming to Baltimore Avenue (State Route 13)
Snow Emergency Lifted. Regular PPA Enforcement Will Resume TOMORROW – Tuesday Morning at 6:30 AM.
PPA’s $5 Snow Emergency Parking Rate Ends Today. All Vehicles Exiting Garages Before 6 PM Today Will Receive $5 Discounted Rate.
If your vehicle was towed during the snow emergency, please call the city’s snow emergency line at 215-686-SNOW or visit the PPA’s website at www.philapark.org/tow for its location.
PPA Offering Flat 24-hour $5 Snow Emergency Parking Rate for Center City Garages
In response to the City’s Snow Emergency, the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) will be offering a flat twenty-four-hour $5 parking rate at the following Center City garages beginning 7 PM tonight, Sunday, January 19, until the snow emergency is lifted.
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AutoPark at Independence Mall (5th & Market Streets)
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AutoPark at Jefferson (10th & Ludlow Streets)
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AutoPark at the Fashion District (10th & Filbert Streets)
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AutoPark at Old City (2nd & Sansom Streets)
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Parkade on 8th (801 Filbert Street)
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Philadelphia Family Court Garage (1503-11 Arch Street – Going south on 15th Street, enter the garage on the west side just after 15th & Cherry St.)
To receive the discounted $5 rate, customers must bring their ticket and pay at the PPA Management Office in each garage.
During the snow emergency, the PPA will enforce all snow emergency and safety violations. Starting at 9 PM tonight, Sunday, january 19, meter/kiosk, and time limit violations on residential blocks will not be enforced until the snow emergency is lifted.
Additionally, beginning at 9 PM tonight, Sunday, January 19, vehicles illegally parked on snow emergency routes will be subject to ticketing and towing. If your vehicle is towed during the snow emergency, please call the city’s snow emergency line at 215-686-SNOW or visit the PPA’s website at www.philapark.org/tow for its location.
A Meal with a Parking Deal: Restaurant Week Parking Validations
Philly has some of the best food in the nation. Think about it: Where else are you going to get a better cheesesteak or soft pretzel than our nation’s birthplace? And with hundreds of delicious places to eat covering nearly every cuisine imaginable, it can be a tough decision to make.
Here’s the Good News
From Sunday, January 19th – Saturday, February 1st, restaurants across Center City come together to show off industry-defining meals at a discounted cost during Restaurant Week. Restaurants will offer three-course dinners for only $45 (or $25 during lunch hours) per person. So make your reservations here before it’s too late.
A Meal With a Parking Deal:
Let’s be honest—how are you going to beat high-quality cuisine when it’s at a fixed rate like that? With discounted parking options, of course.
To accommodate Restaurant Week, our Center City garages will offer discounted parking to all patrons dining at participating restaurants. Check out the rates below, and be sure to present your Restaurant Week voucher at the Management Office when returning to your vehicle.
- Validation rate: Enter after 4:30 PM and Exit by 1:00 AM – $9.00
Autopark at Independence Mall:
- Validation rate: Enter after 4:30 PM and Exit by 1:00 AM – $9.00
- Validation rate: Enter after 4:30 PM and Exit by 1:00 AM – $9.00
- Validation rate: Enter after 4:30 PM and Exit by 1:00 AM – $9.00
- Validation rate: Enter after 4:30 PM and Exit by 1:00 AM – $9.00
- Validation rate: Enter after 4:30 PM and Exit by 1:00 AM – $9.00
If you have any questions, you can always count on the parking gurus on X (formerly Twitter) or Facebook, and we will get you squared away.
CREDIT: J. VARNEY FOR VISIT PHILADELPHIA
SNOW EMERGENCY ALTER: 1/6/2025
Good Evening,
Due to the timing and severity of the weather projected to impact the City of Philadelphia on Monday, January 6, 2025, City Offices will be closed tomorrow. As such, I have decided that PPA Offices will also be closed tomorrow.
Authority employees are not required to report to work. The only exception to this would be if your department is classified as essential personnel. Essential personnel employees are required to report for their normal shifts.
Essential personnel employees who report will receive hour for hour compensatory time for each hour worked.
Please check with your supervisor if you are unsure if this applies to you.
Please also share this information with your employees.