Parking in downtown Burlington is free weekdays after 6 p.m. , weekends and holidays with the exception of the Waterfront parking lots at Spencer Smith Park.
Learn more about:
- Downtown Parking 101 - a guide to parking downtown (PDF)
- Downtown Parking - A Guide for Downtown Businesses
- Free parking information
- Interactive parking map
- Special event parking map
- Pay-By-Plate parking machines in downtown Burlington
- HonkMobile app - search, pay for and top-up parking payments in downtown Burlington direct from your smartphone or tablet
- New parking technology
News
Lot 3, 533 John St. - May 2019
Work to extend parking Lot 3 at the corner of Caroline Street and John Street is underway, with construction anticipated to finish by the end of May. Once completed, the extension will provide:
- 66 new parking spots
- 3 new accessible parking spots
- additional lighting
- new storm sewer
- new pavement, concrete curbs and sidewalk along Caroline Street.
During construction, Lot 3 will remain open with the exception of the west side.
Lot 7, 500 Locust St. - May 2019
Parking Lot 7 at 500 Locust St. will be closed for one week in May 2019, to allow for improvements to the lot, including:
- new pavement
- new wooden fencing and red cedar tree along the back of the parking lot
- new line painting.
During the closure, please see a map of municipal parking lots available in downtown Burlington.
Pay-by-Plate Parking
In May 2016, the City of Burlington introduced new pay-by-plate parking machines in downtown Burlington.
Located throughout the downtown, the machines replaced individual street parking meters and the parking machines formerly located in the municipal parking lots.
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The pay-by-plate machines offer users a variety of advantages, including the ability to:
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Enhancements to the pay-by-plate parking machines - May 2018
Burlington’s pay-by-plate parking machines recently received some improvements to help make the machines easier to use. The updates include:
- new, step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions displayed on the payment screen
- new stickers on the outside of the machine to provide bold visual markers
- an increase in the brightness of the payment screens
- the relocation of a remote server to reduce payment processing time.
Read a media release about parking improvements made in downtown Burlington.
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How are the new parking machines different than the old machines? The new parking machines provide users with more flexibility when parking downtown:
Why did the city replace the old machines? The city's on-street parking meters dated back to the 1980s and were difficult to service. The technology used in the new parking machines will provide users with more flexibility when parking downtown including the option to pay by coin, credit card or online and the option to move to a new parking space with leftover paid time on their ticket.
How can I pay for parking online? Beginning Monday, April 30, 2018, residents and visitors can use the HonkMobile app to search, pay for, and top-up parking payments directly from their smartphone, tablet or computer. The HonkMobile app can be downloaded from the App Store or the Google Play store using any internet connected device. Users are required to sign up for an account and pay a transaction fee of $0.35 for each payment. HonkMobile replaces the city’s former online payment tool Telepark and can be used on-street and in city parking lots. Use the code BURLINGTON to receive $5 off the cost of parking with your first Honk payment between now and June 30, 2018. How can I add time to the time I've purchased remotely? Top-up your parking payment using the HonkMobile app.
If I have money left on my parking purchase can I use it to park in a new location? Yes, any remaining paid time on a parking purchase can be used in another downtown parking lot, the parking garage or a downtown street. Please note, users must move their vehicle to a different parking zone to be eligible for this feature. E.g. Permits are transferable from:
Has the price of parking increased? No, the price of parking in downtown Burlington continues to be $1.75 per hour.
How many parking spaces does the City of Burlington have in downtown Burlington? Have any spaces been lost with the introduction of the new parking machines? No parking spaces have been eliminated. Thirty six new parking spaces have been added throughout the downtown. The City of Burlington provides more than 1,400 municipal public parking spaces in downtown Burlington to serve the needs of business, special events, tourism and visitors.
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HonkMobile
Beginning Monday, April 30, 2018, residents and visitors can now use the HonkMobile app to search, pay for, and top-up parking payments directly from their smartphone, tablet or computer.
The HonkMobile app can be downloaded from the App Store or the Google Play store using any internet connected device. Users are required to sign up for an account and pay a transaction fee of $0.35 for each payment.
HonkMobile replaces the city’s former online payment tool Telepark and can be used on-street and in city parking lots.
New Parking Technology
In spring 2018, the City of Burlington introduced some new parking initiatives designed to make it easier for users to find a parking space in downtown Burlington.
Occupancy sensor technology
Throughout 2017 and 2018, the City of Burlington installed occupancy sensors in Burlington’s downtown, at every on-street parking space and all parking spots at city-owned parking lots. Burlington is one of the first cities in Canada to use this new occupancy sensor technology that keeps track of occupied and available parking spaces.
How it works?
Small occupancy sensors placed in every parking space send a wireless signal to a nearby receiver when a vehicle is parked in a parking spot.
Using the data from the occupancy sensors, real-time parking supply information is displayed on new digital counter signs installed at all city-owned parking lots, showing drivers the number of available parking spaces in each lot.
In addition to the digital counter signs, new digital wayfinding signs have been installed on primary downtown streets. The wayfinding signs display real-time information about the number of available parking spaces in nearby lots and use directional arrows to guide drivers to those parking lots with empty parking spaces.