A night out in downtown San Jose could soon cost drivers more.<\/p>\n
The city is considering a proposal that would extend parking meter hours and increase parking rates as officials look to capitalize on increased nightlife activity downtown.<\/p>\n
Under the proposal, metered parking would be enforced until 9 p.m. instead of 6 p.m. The hourly rate would also double from $2 to $4.<\/p>\n
City officials say about 1,600 parking meters would be affected. Some meters, including those in Japantown and east of City Hall, would be exempt from the changes.<\/p>\n
The proposed $4 hourly rate would match the cost of parking in several city-owned garages.<\/p>\n
San Jose’s smart meters allow drivers to pay by tapping a card or paying through a mobile app, eliminating the need to carry coins or cash.<\/p>\n
The city estimates extending meter hours and increasing rates could generate about $1.2 million in additional annual revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A night out in downtown San Jose could soon cost drivers more. The city is considering a proposal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-370292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}