Best city parking?

sepi said :

Bus is 8.00 a day. It is outrageous. Should be about half that to encourage anyone to catch it.

One would assume if you caught the bus everyday you would have a myway card, in which case it would be $5.04 per day so bit closer to your half price.

Having said that though not everyone is in a position to catch a bus. The poster above who said to park in the garage and catch a bus made a huge assumption about the OP. For all they know they may well live somewhere outside of the ACT where the bus, if it exists would cost a lot more or maybe they need their car to pick-up kids etc from child care on the way home. So back in your box. (not you sepi)

New parking under the ANU Exchange accomodation block on Marcus Clarke / Barry Drive is excellent – if you arrive before 9:30 and leave after 4:30, you pay $9. If you leave before 4:30, though, it’s $14. reasonable short term rates, and two large levels of parking. Much easier to come out of than 121 Marcus Clarke (the Ernst & Young building).

sepi said :

Bus is 8.00 a day. It is outrageous. Should be about half that to encourage anyone to catch it.

Yeah I occasionally get the bus and a myway card brings it down to under $5… Pretty reasonable i think. Will check out parking options thanks everyone.

Bus is 8.00 a day. It is outrageous. Should be about half that to encourage anyone to catch it.

I park near the boatshed, the turnoff/s are on Commonwealth Avenue, just before/after the bridge. Parking is $8/day.

long term government parking is the best way to go…usually the cheapest ones are the $7 a day zones which when you buy as a monthly pass work out around $5 a day.

park somewhere north of the City and walk a few blocks. Park south of Commonwealth bridge and walk.

What’s the cheapest parking town?

Your carport/garage.

Walking, ride a motorcycle/bicycle or catching a bus are all cheaper than any parking options in town.

madamcholet said :

Iwork in City West and I park behind the police station. It’s not the cheapest – $11 all day, and only gets cheaper if you arrive after about 12.30 due to the strange way that parking fees work. It is up for re-development and I suppose it’s only a matter of time before this one too disappears.

I used to park over behind the IGA before I went on Mat leave, but it’s way too popular to even think about getting a park in after 8.30 so no longer suits me. It was by far cheaper also – especially if you purchased parking on advance from the shopfront.

Many of my colleagues park in the multistorey or under the new office bloc on that side also. It seems more convenient in that you don’t have to have change for the those damn machines that still pervade most of our carparks. Heaven forbid we should get up to date with any technology – but then that would be an excuse to put the prices up again!

The parking under the office block next to the City West multistory is where I go when I drive. Much better than the multistory above the City West IGA. They’ve got a weird earlybird fee structure though…you arrive before 10am (I think, perhaps 9.30), but then if you leave before 4.30pm it’s $10. Leave between 4.30 and 6pm (again, time might be a bit off) it’s $12, then after that it’s back to $10.

Still, cheaper than the early bird at city west next door, with the advantage of being able to park anywhere, not having to drive up to the roof and hope you’re there early enough, then paying $15 if you have to park on another level. Plus they let you use a credit card to pay.

There’s another new one as part of the ANU Exchange development a towards the Barry Drive end of Marcus Clarke too – haven’t been in it though, not sure what it costs.

On a motorbike.

Provided you don’t use any common sense or initiative. The ACT government don’t like it when you do that.

Iwork in City West and I park behind the police station. It’s not the cheapest – $11 all day, and only gets cheaper if you arrive after about 12.30 due to the strange way that parking fees work. It is up for re-development and I suppose it’s only a matter of time before this one too disappears.

I used to park over behind the IGA before I went on Mat leave, but it’s way too popular to even think about getting a park in after 8.30 so no longer suits me. It was by far cheaper also – especially if you purchased parking on advance from the shopfront.

Many of my colleagues park in the multistorey or under the new office bloc on that side also. It seems more convenient in that you don’t have to have change for the those damn machines that still pervade most of our carparks. Heaven forbid we should get up to date with any technology – but then that would be an excuse to put the prices up again!