Most Expensive Cities for Parking
I came across a Twitter comment this morning which read ‘£2.40 for 30 minutes of parking…bargain’ (@rphwrk). It made me wonder which council or rouge parking company were charging so much. Working in a web design company in Wokingham we’re quite lucky as we can deal with most clients over the phone; however there is obviously the need sometimes for a face to face meeting. I’ve found quite a variety of parking prices which at the time seemed expensive enough. I wondered where the most expensive places to park in the World are so I took a quick look around and found a report by Colliers International.
Do not park here
Here are the top 10 most expensive:
Monthly Unreserved parking rates
- London – City $1,020.29
- London – West End $955.51
- Amsterdam $805.36
- Hong Kong $748.20
- Sydney $587.72
- New York – Midtown $550.00
- Brisbane $529.19
- Tokyo $525.00
- Perth $517.16
- Zurich $515.74
Daily parking fees:
- Amsterdam $70.77
- London – City $56.68
- The Hague $56.62
- Vienna $56.62
- Oslo £55.69
- Tokyo $52.50
- London – West end $51.82
- Copenhagen $47.28
- Sydney $44.10
- Helsinki $41.05
Chennai in India is the cheapest place to park at $0.96 for the day. Though there are probably lots of places with free parking and broken meters.
Personally we’ve reduced our travel in favour of shopping online or take the train into places like London. It seems that with London parking prices being top of the list combined with congestion charges, petrol prices and heavy traffic; the train seems to be a logical option That said the train ticket prices are also becoming more expensive, however that’s another story….you just can’t win. Here’s to councils, NCP and the train companies trying to help local businesses by keeping their prices in check. If they don’t; long term ecommerce the towns will lose their shops, the large outlets and ecommerce will be the victors.
