At its November meeting, the city council passed a new regulation on parking fees. The aim is to relieve the city center of unnecessary parking search traffic. Drivers are to be better steered by changing parking fees.
"Cars take up a lot of space in cities. We need to reorganize the scarce public space and distribute it more fairly in order to meet the many different needs of residents, traders or visitors, cyclists or pedestrians." (Urban planning officer Harald Lang)
In principle, parking traffic should be directed to the large parking lot and the private parking garages. From there, commuters and visitors will be able to reach their destinations in the city center on foot or conveniently using the free City Line. This line connects as a ring line
- the large parking lot
- various parking garages
- central points such as the university hospitals, the arcades
- the northern city center.
In this context, Lord Mayor Florian Janik emphasizes the free bus service in the city centre: "As of the turn of the year, bus travel in the city centre is free of charge. We have thus created a future-proof and sustainable transport service that makes it easy for all citizens and commuters in particular to reach their workplace," says Janik.
Until now, the fees for parking in public areas have been very low compared to parking garages. This is set to change from March 2024. The actual steering effect of parking traffic is to be achieved by increasing the charges. In order to increase the frequency of parking in the city center, the fees will be set at the legally permitted maximum amount of 2.60 euros per hour. The fee for the large parking lot is set at a significantly lower 1.50 euros per hour.
"In this way, we want to ensure that the city center is only used by those who absolutely have to go there. The shorter parking dwell times will also benefit retailers close to the city center in particular." (Lord Mayor Florian Janik)
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Parking in Erlangen
In public parking lots in the city centre, charges will be one euro for the first half hour from March. For each additional hour, the charge will be 2.60 euros per hour. The fee for the large parking lot is 1.50 euros per hour.
Bicycle parking at the station
On this page you will find the parking facilities for bicycles at Erlangen station.
Bicycle parking
The "Transport Development and Mobility Plan 2030" and the "Bicycle City of the Future Plan" state that the number of bicycle parking spaces in Erlangen is to be greatly increased in the coming years in order to promote cycling.