St. Petersburg’s parking management center has commissioned a study to revise its paid parking fees, aiming to link costs to parking space availability. The contract, valued at 574,000 rubles, was signed on June 4, with a completion deadline of June 15.

The study will analyze parking dynamics in the Centralny, Admiralteysky, Petrogradsky, and Vasilievsky districts, taking into account current rates and congestion factors. The goal is to develop a methodology for a new tariff system that incorporates increasing and decreasing coefficients, as well as hourly and per-minute billing.

The contractor, Pavel Vadimovich Chursin, an individual entrepreneur from Lipetsk, is tasked with identifying key pricing factors and justifying the values of coefficients that determine payment amounts. This involves proposing coefficients for various vehicle categories (two-wheeled, category B, and other) and parking lot occupancy levels (less than 50%, 50-70%, 70-85%, and 85% or more).

The rationale behind the study is to address the limitations of the current flat rate of 100 rubles per hour, which has proven insufficient to alleviate congestion in certain areas, especially during peak tourist seasons. The city intends to recalculate the tariff based on factors like public transport costs and the number of vehicles on the road.

The concept of differentiated tariffs based on parking load has been under consideration for several years as the paid parking zone expanded. The recently adopted comprehensive scheme for organizing road traffic also advocates for differentiated tariffs, assigning sections to basic, reduced, increased, and high tariff levels. The current flat rate is considered “not a sensitive component,” prompting the transport committee to explore a more dynamic pricing approach.