Traffic & Transit
Franklin Halves Main Street Free Parking Time
Franklin's city council reduced Main Street's maximum free parking time to two hours Tuesday.
FRANKLIN, TN -- Downtown Franklin visitors will have to move twice as quick after the city council halved the maximum free parking time on Main Street at its meeting Tuesday.
The limit - which will be enforced Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. - is now two hours on Main between First and Seventh avenues.
The cut from from four to two hours was a recommendation included in a study from Volkert Engineering, which found there are 1,400 spaces in downtown Franklin with an average of 1,170 used during prime hours.
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Though paid parking lots are increasing in downtown, people can still park for free on downtown streets - provided they can find a spot and they mind the limit - and in garages on Second and Fourth avenues, which have 300 spaces apiece.
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