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Thursday Jolt: There are More Paid Parking Spots Than There Used to Be
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According to SDOT:
There are an estimated 500,000 on-street parking spaces in Seattle.
There are 11,900 paid on-street parking spaces (metered) in Seattle, nearly 3,000 more (a 32 percent increase) than there were 10 years ago. SDOT did not have the percent change in off-street parking (garages).
According to census data, Seattle's population has grown by roughly 10 percent over the same period.