Unfortunately, parking in Moscow is very expensive. Only for a monthly subscription, which makes it possible to leave the car in the paid places designated for this, the car enthusiast will have to pay 25 thousand rubles, and for an annual one - 250 thousand rubles. But if you wish, you can, of course, save money on parking lots in Moscow.
Monitoring the order in terms of payment for parking in the capital of the inspector of the data center. Each parking lot with cars on it is photographed by them every 15 minutes. According to the rules, the driver must pay for the occupied seat for the same 15 minutes.
Of course, a motorist, in order not to pay for a seat, can, for example, remove a license plate from the car. This is not prohibited by law. You cannot ride without a number, but stand as long as you like. However, this method is certainly not very convenient.
Some drivers simply hide the license plates of a parked car in some way, for example, smearing them with mud or covering the numbers with wet foliage. But this way of saving is not worth using either.
First, it is not entirely legal. Secondly, there are also pedestrian valets working in the data center, whose powers include, among other things, cleaning "accidentally" dirty rooms. And thirdly, there are quite legal and, moreover, very simple methods of saving on parking lots in Moscow.
Pay per minute
There are several ways to pay for parking in the capital. Experienced drivers do not recommend using parking meters for this purpose. Unfortunately, such machines provide only payment at intervals of an hour. That is, if a car enthusiast leaves the car in the parking lot for 20 minutes or, for example, for 1 hour 20 minutes, he will have to overpay in any case.
To save your money, it is better to use a special application on your smartphone to pay for parking. In such software, transfers are also made in an hour. However, the payment for parking can be canceled at any time. To do this, you just need to click on a special button in the application.
If canceled, the money for the unused time will be returned to the account. Payment using smartphone applications can be made from an account on the phone or by means of a bank card.
In exactly the same way, you can make voice payments via a smartphone. In this case, you just need to dial 3210 and tell the answering machine the car and parking data.
Legal 15 minutes
As already mentioned, a car enthusiast must pay for parking within 15 minutes. All this time, the car can stand in a place equipped for this purpose absolutely free of charge and without any consequences. This can also be used to save on parking lots in Moscow.
In order not to overpay for a parking space, you just need to set a timer on your smartphone for 15 minutes, and then go about your business. As soon as the phone beeps, you should pay for the parking immediately.
Returning to the car, you need to quickly undo the parking. In this way, many motorists save up to 50% of the total amount spent on parking in Moscow.
What programs can be used
What is the best software to install on a smartphone to pay for parking? The most popular such program among motorists at the moment is Moscow Parking. You can download it to your smartphone absolutely free.
In addition to payment, the functionality of this software includes:
- viewing the history of parking;
- archive of fines;
- map with parking lots in Moscow.
On the map, among other things, you can see the availability of free parking spaces. This helps car enthusiasts save time looking for free space. The application marks parking lots with green circles that are occupied by less than 50%, yellow ones - with 1-2 vacant places, red ones - fully occupied.
Another program through which you can pay per minute for parking is Yandex Parking. The functionality of this software is practically the same as that of Moscow Parking. But in this program there is also a navigator, with the help of which it will be easy to build an optimal route to the nearest free parking lot.
Benefits for residents
Problems with parking in Moscow arise, of course, not only among people who have come here to work or as tourists, but also among local residents. For such motorists in the capital, a preferential parking system is provided.
In their area, Muscovites have the opportunity to leave their car at any parking lot from 20:00 pm to 08:00 am for free. A daily monthly subscription for such citizens will cost 3000 rubles.
Preferential seats
According to the current legislation, disabled people of all groups can leave their cars free of charge in any parking lot in the capital. On the car of such a motorist, the corresponding sign must be pasted.
Previously, a disabled person also needs to enter his car in a special register through state services. Of course, such a motorist, among other things, must also have with him a document confirming his disability. In addition to disabled people, owners of electric vehicles have the right to leave their vehicles for free at any parking lot in Moscow.
Weekend parking
All guests and residents of the capital can not pay for the opportunity to leave the car in a specially equipped place for this on Sunday, as well as on public holidays. On Saturdays, parking fees will be charged as usual for car enthusiasts.
Free parking
Of course, there are also free parking lots in Moscow. You can find them near:
- some supermarkets;
- temples;
- educational institutions.
Of course, free spaces in such parking lots are rare. But nevertheless, many motorists manage to put a car in such a parking lot in the capital.
In order to find free parking lots in Moscow, you can also use the smartphone app. This program is called ParkApp.
One of the functions of this application is to predict the behavior of drivers. That is, it can give, although perhaps not entirely accurate, a hint about where exactly the space may soon become free. Such parking lots in ParkApp are marked with a blinking green dot.
The application database contains more than 10 thousand free places within the Third Ring Road. For a fee, you can also connect the automatic notification function of the approach of a tow truck in the application.
Of course, motorists can leave their car in Moscow for free in any yard. However, in this case, car owners often have problems with the tenants of the house. In addition, the entrances to many courtyards in the capital are blocked by barriers.
Parking near the metro
There are also free parking lots in Moscow near the metro. Such a service, for example, is provided next to the stations:
- Izmailovskaya;
- "Bibirevo";
- Vykhino;
- Strogino.
These parking lots are called intercepting ones. You can leave a car here for free, but only if its owner has paid for at least two metro rides.
