Chicago pay on average $ 13 for two hours of Parking on the street and this means that here is the most expensive street Parking in the United States.
According to a study by INRIX, a company that creates apps for finding Parking — street Parking in Chicago costs more than in the crowded car new York ($ 7) and Los Angeles ($ 8). The report analyzed data collected from thousands of drivers and collected 100 000 Parking spaces.
Two-hour Parking in the garage or on the Parking in Chicago is even more expensive — about $ 21,54, but in other cities the situation with garages and Parking places, underground Parking is even worse: residents of new York pay $ 32,80, and in Boston — $ 25,59.
The report says that Chicagoans spend an average of 9 minutes on a trip in search of street Parking and 8 minutes to Park in various Parking lots. Time and fuel wasted for this search is equivalent to about $ 1 174 a year for each driver or $ 1.3 billion per year for all Chicago.
For comparison, residents of new York spend on street Parking 15 minutes and 13 minutes looking for Parking not on the street. The extra costs in this case for new York account for about $ 4.3 billion per year.
Motorists in Los Angeles and San Francisco looking for street Parking 12 minutes and 11 minutes spent on off-street Parking. The extra costs for Los Angeles in this case amount to about $ 3.7 billion per year, and to San Francisco $ 655 million.
