There has long been criticism of the lack of parking in and around Newcastle CBD and the costs of metered parking.

Let’s consider some recent initiatives of Newcastle City Council:


  • They are actually adding more parking to the streets of the CBD, by narrowing the roads and introducing 45 degree parking

  • All this new parking is metered, with a maximum prepayent period of 2 hours (excepting motorcycle parking, which is free)

  • While the old parking meters allowed users to pay before the metered period started (before 9am), the new ones don’t (meaning you either queue around the meter machine for 9am, or risk a fine to return after 9am)

Hmmm…