Change parking at CABA: the three new rules, how the fines will be and what will happen to the bike lanes

From Oh comes into force the new parking rules in the city of Buenos Airesaccording to what has been notified by the government of Buenos Aires in recent weeks, based on three basic rules aimed at optimizing the circulation of motorists.

For its implementation, all the signage has been renewed in The streets of Buenos Aires to make it more accessible and clear and, in case of doubt, you can consult Boatsthe City of Buenos Aires cat.

The new regulations, which were approved by the Legislative Assembly, involves the reduction of nine general rules to only three:

• In the streets, parking will be allowed on both sides.
• In avenues, parking will be permitted from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on both sides.
• In the passages and next to the cycle paths will be prohibited 24 hours.

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“We’re simplifying the rules for City residents, because sometimes they were a bit confusing. The focus will be on three simple rules: parking will be allowed on streets on both sides, it will be allowed on avenues from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m., and passages and squares with Metrobus banned 24 hours a day,” he said at the time. Manuela Lopez MenendezSecretary of Transport and Public Works of the Government of Buenos Aires.

Likewise, he clarified the situation of streets that have cycle lanes, a request that has been repeated on social networks. “Regarding the bicyclesit will be allowed to park on the side where the cycle path is not located and on the same side there will be the sign indicating whether you can park or not, as it already appears in some places, ”explained the responsible for Buenos Areas in radio statements.

One of the main changes since the new regulations is that signage will only mark prohibitions. “The important thing is that the bans will be defined by posters. Until now we had light blue signs that said you could park, especially those on the left side, which was previously prohibited. From now on, it will always be allowed, unless a sign indicates otherwise, with the exception of certain streets where the ban will continue to be prohibited but for a traffic issue,” the government of Buenos Aires said.

“If there is no parking sign, you can now. The signs will be located at various locations along the street along the street. There will be a large number of posters to avoid confusion,” added the official.

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The new regulations proposed by the City government continues to simplify rules for residentsbut at the same time the increase in places to park, which will be reflected in the different neighborhoods of Buenos Aires.

“This new standard allows 40,000 new parking spaces across the city. You have to take into account that the city is quite large and most of these places will surely be in the neighborhoods and not so much in the microcenter, where we have the most traffic, ”said the secretary of transport and public services . Works from Buenos Aires. .

Although he clarified that metered parking will continue in specific areas. “We continue with the measured parking in the predefined area with the applicationwhich works very well and greatly facilitates the neighbor’s task”.

In the event of non-compliance with these three basic rules, a series of fines and penalties:

• The offense for parking or stopping prohibited has a value of $10,292 (100 UF).
• In places reserved for emergency services, public transport stops, vehicle entrances, cycle paths, exclusive lanes, metrobus corridors and the Macro and Microcentro area, the offense will double: $20,584 (200 UF).
• In spaces reserved for vehicles of persons with reduced mobility or ramps for persons with reduced mobility, the fine will be $30,876 (300 UF).
• In paid parking, the penalty will cost $10,292 (100 UF).

Notably UF value is $102.92.