Drivers at Houston’s two airports will find it easier, less complicated and slightly more expensive to park at Bush Intercontinental and Hobby airports, under new rates that take effect today [last Friday, July 1].
Hourly parking will now be allowed in all terminal garages, but it will cost an extra $1 — from $12 to $13 — to park for five to 24 hours at both airports.
The Houston Airport Board on Thursday also abolished the controversial $30 fee for parking more than five hours in one prime area at Bush Intercontinental: the close-in garage at Terminal C-West.
The new rate plan eliminates a “daily schedule” that required some drivers to pay $3 for parking any period of time up to three hours.
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“We do have ample parking for passengers and visitors using all terminals, but this change helps make it more uniform throughout the hourly parking complex,” said airport spokesman Roger Smith. “It’s a very minimal increase, and we in Houston still enjoy some of the lowest-priced, big-city airport parking that you will find anywhere.”
They couldn’t make it less complicated AND less expensive, now could they?
