Warning: Paid parking in Budapest to be extended – here are the new locations

Parking in Budapest can be quite distressing, especially in peak hours, and especially if we find a parking zone where we have to pay. Many parking spaces and zones that were free before have become paid spaces and zones recently, and this trend seems to continue. It just emerged that paid parking in Budapest will be extended to further locations.

Parking zones made paid since November

View of Reviczky Street in Budapest, Hungary. Photo: depositphotos.com

The areas of exclusive residential parking spaces and paid parking zones in Budapest will soon change, Énbudapestem.hu pointed out. Last November, the General Assembly of the capital decided to extend the parking zones in the city. Thus, motorists will have to pay in more places for parking in Budapest. At that time, a total of four districts were affected: Districts IX, XI, XII and XIV, namely Ferencváros, Újbuda, Hegyvidék and Zugló.

More specifically, the following locations have since been extended to paid parking in Budapest:

• In District IX, the waiting zone “C” was extended by the area bounded by Vágóhíd Street – Üllői Road – Könyves Kálmán Boulevard – Soroksári Road.
• In District XI, the Őrmező area has been moved from parking zone “D” to zone “C” in order to maximise waiting time at 3 hours. In addition, the area bounded by Hegyalja Road – Budaörsi Road – Zólyom köz – Zólyomi Road – Radvány Street – Breznó köz, including the bordering roads, as well as the entire length of Nedecvár Street, Breznó köz and Muskotály Street have been included in waiting zone “C”.
• The property 9814/9 in District XII (at the intersection of Istenhegyi Road and Németvölgyi Road) has been reclassified from waiting zone “B” to zone “A”.
• In District XIV, the waiting zone “C” was extended by the area bounded by Csömöri Road – Rákospatak Street – Vezér Street – Egressy Road – Lőcsei Road – Szugló Street – Fűrész Street – Bosnyák Street – Lőcsei Road – Csömöri Road, and the area behind Örs vezér Square 11-20. was included in the waiting zone “C”.

New zones to pay for parking in Budapest

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Now, Énbudapestem reported that we have to pay for parking at Sashegy in Újbuda and at Örs vezér Square in Zugló. According to Világgazdaság, these mean new paid zones. In Zugló, trial operations will start from 8 May in the area bounded by Nagy Lajos Király Road – Fogarasi Road – Örs Vezér Road – Örs vezér Square. A week later, from 15 May, motorists will receive a penalty package if they do not buy a parking ticket.

However, keep in mind that during the period 15-21 May, there will be only a warning without an actual cheque on the windows of cars parked illegally. The actual pay-and-display system is coming into operation from 22 May. It should also be expected that in the future, commuters will use the parking spaces around Vezér Street as P+R, as they will continue to be free of charge.

Paid parking already in effect in Újbuda

The extension of paid parking has already come into effect in Újbuda. The latest change is in Sashegy in District XI, where the zone became a paid parking zone on 2 April. However, according to Világgazdaság, the good news is that the Újbuda parking operator has no plans to further expand the pay zone. At the same time, they are looking at the impact of the expansion on the border areas. If justified, further changes will be proposed to the district council.

Major of District VIII: It’s good if locals have to pay for parking in Budapest

In an interview with Index, András Pikó, the mayor of Józsefváros (District VIII), said that they wanted to introduce paid parking for locals in 2020, but the Covid pandemic intervened.

“When we had free parking, we had years where we issued 18,000 or 15,000 permits for 12,000 parking spaces. It was quite obvious from that that this system was unsustainable. Our assumption was that many people applied for a Józsefváros residence card but did not live here, but parked their car in the district. These have now disappeared, and this is appreciated by the people who live here,” he added.

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