free parking for 50+ mpg / alt fuel in Salt Lake City

[MetroMPG]

Salt Lake City, Utah (AHN) - Salt Lake City is now on the list of municipalities nationwide that offer free parking as an incentive for people to buy fuel-efficient vehicles. Salt Lake City is offering free-metered parking to residents who drive vehicles that get 50 miles per gallon, have low emissions or are powered by an alternative fuel. - source

matt - time to start that ev conversion!

i wonder what mpg figure they're using - hwy/combined? the article doesn't say.

[SVOboy]

Portland has free inner city parking with EV plug ins for EVs, *drool*

[Matt Timion]

holy crap. When my engine swap is done and my MPG baseline is set I need to apply for this program. Hopefully 50mpg highway will qualify!

[MetroMPG]

bad news, matt:

<a href="http://metrompg.com/posts/mpg-miscellany.htm"><img src="http://metrompg.com/posts/photos/ParkingMeterXFi.jpg" hspace="3" border="0" width="130" height="160" alt="free parking!" title="free parking for Metros!" align="right" /></a>

to qualify, the vehicle has to get 50+ mpg (US) in the EPA's official city cycle rating.

according to the city's web site only 3 vehicles made since 1994 currently qualify: the '94 Metro XFi being one of them - woo hoo metro!! (care to guess the other 2?)

Salt Lake City "Green Vehicle" parking permit

[GasSavers_DaX]

They really should make some way to apply for guys like us that make our cars go 50+ mpg.

[SVOboy]

Civic VX only got 46 city, . CRX HF would make it though.

[kickflipjr]

I think they should of lowered it to 40mpg city. Also, There is no way a prius gets 60mpg city like the epa says.