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Short-term parking in Vienna will become more expensive in the future. Old parking tickets can still be used until June 30, 2025. Exchange remains excluded.
Shortly before the end of the year, the ÖAMTC reminds: from January 1, 2025, parking rates in Vienna will increase again – half an hour will then cost 1.30 euros (previously 1.25 euros), a full hour will cost 2.60 euros (previously 2.50 euros). For Viennese who have a parking sticker for their neighborhood, the rate level will remain unchanged for the time being.
Short-term parking: ÖAMTC criticizes the lack of options for exchanging parking tickets
Until June 30, 2025, parking cards can be used at the ‘old’ rate (until the end of 2024). However, the city of Vienna still does not offer an exchange option – even at a surcharge on the new rate. That is why the traffic expert of the ÖAMTC, Matthias Nagler, repeats his criticism of this practice: “Parking tickets that have not been used by the end of June 2025 are virtually worthless after that. The fact that the city of Vienna categorically refuses an exchange here – especially in view of three tariff increases in just five years – is extremely annoying from the ÖAMTC point of view and remains a complaint.”
The mobility association therefore reiterates its concern to propose a real exchange option for unused parking tickets: “After all, a fee was paid in advance without any service being provided by the city of Vienna. It would only be fair if consumers had the option to pay the missing remaining amount on the new rate at the municipal treasury and receive a valid parking ticket in return – instead of falling over the entire old amount,” says the expert from the ÖAMTC .
ÖAMTC App with information about short-term parking throughout Austria
The free ÖAMTC app helps with navigation and shows where short-term parking zones are located, what the exact rates are and how payment can be made. An additional advantage for users is the “Book parking ticket” function: here you can immediately proceed to payment to pay the specified parking fee electronically.
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