Parking

When heading downtown, most motorists and visitors ask, “Once down there, where can I park?”

You’ll find nearly 40,000 parking spaces inside the downtown’s Central Business District. Many parking garages are open 24 hours and most will be open to attendees of major events. Availability changes depending on the time of day.  Once Downtown, you can easily walk to most destinations. Look for the colorful Wayfinding signs to help you locate public parking venues in the Downtown loop.

During the weekends, there is FREE parking at the 7th & Main parking lots adjacent to the North Loop streetcar stops at 601 Main and 711 Main St. These three lots include signage for easy identification and provide at least 150 FREE parking spaces.  Anyone traveling downtown during the weekends can utilize these lots. Please note these parking lots are not free during weekdays or KC Current home games. 

Click here for various maps of parking availability along or adjacent to the downtown streetcar route. 

Click here for parking rules, pricing, and locations in the River Market area. 

Click here for the FAQs and rules about on street parking, metered parking, and how parking is management by the City of Kansas City, MO. 

Parking along the streetcar route is also allowed but vehicles must park within the painted white lines along the route. This means that every portion of the vehicle, including the side mirrors, must be inside the painted white lines. This is to ensure that the streetcar has clearance to run along the tracks without any interference. Since a streetcar cannot swerve, it cannot move out of the way of parked vehicles. Vehicles should also never park on the streetcar tracks.

Read more about parking along the streetcar route and the rules to follow.

The Parking Enforcement with KCPD will ticket, fine and possibly tow vehicles that are improperly parked on a streetcar route, including those that park on the tracks.

There’s more information about parking and City Ordinance that supports these rules, here.