Parking and public transport fees go up in Budapest

Parking and public transport became more expensive in Budapest on February 1, writes index.hu.

New parking fees are the following:

Zone 1: Ft 400/hour

Zone 2: Ft 320/hour

Zone 3: Ft 240/hour

Zone 4: Ft 160/hour

(Click here to download a map of the city indicating the zones.)

On Margaret Island, the fee was raised to Ft 480, while int he Castle District and under the Citadel to Ft 640.

Guarded P+R parking lots are now collecting Ft 320 between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. regardless of the time spent parking.

In April 2009, the Budapest Assembly decided that the basis for calculating parking fees would be the price of a single ticket for public transport, and this would be the fee payable in Zone 2.

On Monday, a single ticket for BKV vehicles was raised to Ft 320. The price of a monthly pass for workers is Ft 9,800.

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