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As thousands of people move into apartments downtown this week, the City of Madison will pause its vehicle closure on the 400-600 blocks of State Street through Sunday, August 18 to accommodate moving trucks during the annual August Moving Days.

The City of Madison Parking Division will increase the event rate in city-owned parking garages effective July 1, 2024. The event rate was last increased from $5 to $8 in 2016. These increases are necessary to maintain facilities, improve the level…

The City of Madison Parking Division will migrate their current permit holders, and all new applicants, to electronic billing invoices starting this summer.  This new system will reduce paper use, as well as provide the opportunity for permit…

Effective July 1, 2024, a convenience fee of $0.45 will be included for each Park Smarter mobile payment transaction. This fee can be avoided by paying for parking directly at the meter with a credit, debit, or coin. 

Starting on Monday, January 15 and continuing throughout winter, the Streets Division will be using the posted daytime parking restrictions to prevent streets from narrowing due to the accumulating snow.The Streets Division asks that all residents…

A snow emergency remains in effect for the City of Madison tonight, January 13, 2024.When parking your vehicle this evening, please choose off-street parking options.  Additional details about the Streets Division’s ongoing snowplowing…

A snow emergency remains in effect for the City of Madison tonight, January 10, 2024.When parking your vehicle this evening, please choose off-street parking options.  Additional details about the Streets Division’s ongoing snowplowing…

The State Street Campus Garage, Lake Street structure, located at 415 N Lake St, will permanently close on December 27, 2023.  Staff is working with impacted Monthly Parking Permit holders to relocate them to alternative City facilities, or…

The City of Madison Parking Division is scheduled to increase several off-street parking rates, effective January 1, 2024. These increases are necessary as they provide continued maintenance of our facilities, improve the level of service offered,…

Thursday, November 16, a group gathered in front of a memorial display located on the 100 block of State Street to hold a press conference in honor of those who have lost their lives on Madison’s streets in the past 5 years. 

Sunday, November 19, 2023, marks World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. The City will join community partners from the Vision Zero Task Force in honoring victims of traffic crashes, and their families.

Alternate side parking rules begin tonight at 1:00am. They remain in effect until 7:00am on March 15, 2024.

The City of Madison has submitted an application for federal Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) funding to complete the final phase of the Capital City Trail. This project is critical in closing the gap between Madison and the Glacial Drumlin…

The US Department of Transportation announced the City of Madison has been selected for transportation safety planning funding as part of the US DOT Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program. The planning grant includes $267,680 in federal…

The City of Madison is hosting a kick-off meeting for the Passenger Rail Station Study on December 7, 2022. The meeting offers in-person and virtual alternatives for attending.

The City of Madison’s alternate side parking restrictions begin at 1 a.m. on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.  Alternate side parking is in effect each night from November 15, 2022 to March 15, 2023. This parking rule is only enforced between the…

The Parking Division anticipates intermittent credit card processing outages due to network maintenance beginning at 7am on Saturday, September 24. This maintenance will temporarily disable the use of credit and debit cards at nearly all City-owned…

Dreaded orange barrels, they’re hard to miss when they pop up in your neighborhood. We also know what they mean when they show up on your street: construction is coming, work begins soon and something new will be built. However, the work begins far…

On January 27, 2022, the US Department of Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg, announced the federal government’s new comprehensive National Roadway Safety Strategy, a roadmap for addressing the national crisis in roadway fatalities and serious…

The State of Wisconsin has declared the week of January 10 Adult School Crossing Guard Recognition Week. The City of Madison would like to honor the 58 dedicated Crossing Guards who work at intersections throughout the city helping children get to…