guest parking in south loop (living in, legally, public transportation)

[maestrajj]

I'm looking into living in the south loop. I feel a little silly asking this, but how do residents handle having visitors? I'm guessing that parking is hard to come by and expensive.

[Windy5555]

That is correct. Unless your guests cough up the money for a garage, they will be heading out to feed the meter every couple hours. Or they can take public transportation. When I lived in the South Loop, I had friends' cars get towed a few times as well. Definitely a negative of downtown living in my opinion.

[chet everett]

There are some developements that include a limited amount of parking that is reserved for guests especially in the more family oriented parts of Printer's Row / South Loop. Ther are also a few pockets of "on street permit" parking and guest passes for these areas can be obtained through the aldermanic office.


There are a pretty wide range of options and with a little pre-planning rates of about $2/hr can be found.

To get towed one would have to park illegally in a private lot, deliberately park in a "tow zone" or accumulate quite a few parking violations then fail to pay them. People don't get towed simply for letting a meter expire while visting friends...