Parking Downtown

Downtown Carlisle offers multiple parking options. There are plenty of on-street metered parking spaces, several metered parking lots and a parking garage.

Parking Kiosks

There are approximately four kiosks per block with two on each side of the street in the short-term parking zones. Kiosks are also placed in the Borough parking lots. The Pay by Plate system provides flexible payment options. Parking kiosks and Pay by Plate system offer several ways to pay for parking in our short-term parking areas. Please note that every payment method does require your license plate number, so have it handy.

Coins are accepted at each kiosk. Coins allow you to pay in increments for up to two hours. The coin rate is $.05/4 minutes; $.10/8 minutes, $.15/12 minutes, $.35/28 minutes, $.75/hour.

Credit cards are accepted at the kiosks. The rate is $1.15/hour with a one-hour minimum and a two-hour maximum.

The Flowbird app can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play Store and used to pay for parking. The parking rate is $1.15/hour with an hour minimum, plus a separate vendor processing fee of $.35/transaction.

Pay By Text is available. Text "PARKCAR1" to 727563 and enter your license and payment information. The rate is $1.15/hour with an hour minimum, plus a separate vendor processing fee of $.35/transaction. You can find complete information on kiosk parking by clicking here.

Handicap Parking

Silver meters are located at all handicap parking spots within the C1 district of downtown Carlisle. These meters accept quarters, credit cards and payment via the app.

Gold Meters

Gold meters are located a little further from the town square, but have a maximum time limit of 10 hours. They are optimal for people who will be visiting for the entire day. These meters accept quarters or payment via the app.

Parking Lots & Garage

Carlisle has several metered parking lots in the downtown that are open to the public, as well as the Pomfret Street Parking Garage, at 35 West Pomfret Street.

Metered Parking Lots