\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStreet parking rates could be hiked to $5 an hour in Downtown Pittsburgh and the North Side during the NFL Draft.VIDEO ABOVE: Pittsburgh draft parking options range from costly spots to convenient shuttlesA bill to be introduced at a City Council meeting Tuesday seeks to temporarily impose the $5 rate for parking meters. It would be in effect from 12:01 a.m. on April 22 through 12:01 a.m. on April 27, with violators facing a $120 fine.Five streets on the North Side would be exempt from the higher rate: East Ohio Street, Middle Street, James Street, California Avenue and Perrysville Avenue.The NFL Draft will be held in Downtown and the North Shore from April 23-25. Crowds in the hundreds of thousands are expected for the event.With garages charging higher rates during the draft, many drivers may look at street parking as a cheaper option.The bill says that the city’s current fines for parking violations at meters and residential permit spaces “are unlikely to serve as a disincentive” and that parking enforcement during the draft is likely to put a strain on the manpower of the Parking Authority.Revenue from the temporary $5 meter parking rate and $120 fines “will help to offset the added expense to the Parking Authority,” the bill says.This is a developing story. Stay with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 for updates. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Street parking rates could be hiked to $5 an hour in Downtown Pittsburgh and the North Side during the NFL Draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n VIDEO ABOVE: Pittsburgh draft parking options range from costly spots to convenient shuttles<\/p>\n A bill to be introduced<\/a> at a City Council meeting Tuesday seeks to temporarily impose the $5 rate for parking meters. It would be in effect from 12:01 a.m. on April 22 through 12:01 a.m. on April 27, with violators facing a $120 fine.<\/p>\n Five streets on the North Side would be exempt from the higher rate: East Ohio Street, Middle Street, James Street, California Avenue and Perrysville Avenue.<\/p>\n The NFL Draft will be held in Downtown and the North Shore from April 23-25. Crowds in the hundreds of thousands are expected for the event.<\/p>\n With garages charging higher rates<\/a> during the draft, many drivers may look at street parking as a cheaper option.<\/p>\n The bill says that the city’s current fines for parking violations at meters and residential permit spaces “are unlikely to serve as a disincentive” and that parking enforcement<\/a> during the draft is likely to put a strain on the manpower of the Parking Authority.<\/p>\n Revenue from the temporary $5 meter parking rate and $120 fines “will help to offset the added expense to the Parking Authority,” the bill says.<\/p>\n This is a developing story. Stay with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 for updates. <\/p>\n Download the WTAE app<\/a> to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters<\/a> to get breaking news in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Street parking rates could be hiked to $5 an hour in Downtown Pittsburgh and the North Side during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[458,900,423,529,4623,15357,6760,3537,14131,5567,5539,11691,69720,43982,73,75,74,42060,13873,7365,47242,69721],"class_list":["post-153416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-a-m","tag-action-news","tag-april","tag-bill","tag-downtown-pittsburgh","tag-fine","tag-hour","tag-nfl-draft","tag-north-shore","tag-north-side","tag-parking-authority","tag-parking-meter","tag-parking-meters","tag-parking-violation","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-parking","tag-rate","tag-street","tag-street-parking","tag-street-parking-rate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}