This month’s Miami Beach street parking rate hike to $4 per hour, a 128% increase, is incomprehensible and unjustifiable. This hidden tax and economic disincentive – directly affecting visitors, local businesses and people who commute to work in Miami Beach – was accompanied by a parking time restriction limiting street parking to three hours, an increase to $2 per hour on City lots, a two hour parking time restriction on several City lots (you need to check every lot individually), a 200% hike in the residential daily visitor parking permit fee to $3, and the extension of paid street parking times at the new rates from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. in several parts of Miami Beach. I recommend reviewing the chart from the official website of the City of Miami Beach (CoMB) that summarizes all the hikes and changes by going to www.wiremag.com.
