The Civic Center Parking Structure, located at 1416 Oak Street between Central and Santa Clara Avenues, will be opening in January 2008. The garage adds 341 new parking spaces to the Park Street Business District, serving the new movie theater, other surrounding businesses, and civic institutions.

The Civic Center Parking Structure is nearing completion

The garage is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Garage patrons are required to pre-pay for parking for up to four hours between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, including holidays. The parking rate is $0.50 per hour.

A "pay-by-space" meter is a type of multi-space parking machine that functions in a similar manner as the conventional single space meters, except that it manages multiple vehicle spaces from one location. Located in the Civic Center Parking Structure near the ground floor elevator bank, the two pay-by-space machines feature a keypad for input and a graphic screen for operating instructions. Click here for more information on the pay-by-space machines.

There are 24 bike racks and 16 electronic bike lockers (elockers) located in the garage.

BikeLink elockers are a secure on-demand parking system for small vehicles designed to make it easier to use transit and other mobility alternatives. It enables convenient and secure temporarystorage of your bicycle, electric bicycle, or scooter.

1. Get a BikeLink card. The BikeLink cards can be purchased at www.bikelink.org and can be used at any BikeLink locker located throughout the Bay Area.
2. Insert Card. The screen guides you through a very quick proces to start your rental.
3. Park Your Bike. When you start your rental, the door unlocks. When you remove your card, the door locks, and your bike remains secure even if the meter expires.
4. End Rental. Insert your card and get your refund! Unlike a parking meter any time you don't use is refunded.

The BikeLink card can be used at any BikeLink elocker or retrofitted bike locker. Elockers are available or will be available in a number of other surrounding jurisdictions and at a number of BART and VTA transit stations. For more information on the BikeLink system and elockers, please access the website www.bikelink.org.

The elockers were funded by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's Transportation Fund for Clean Air, in conjunction with funds provided by the City of Alameda.

There are three spaces with re-charging stations reserved for electric cars on the first floor of the garage. These spaces are still required to pay for parking during the paid parking hours described above.

On the top level of the parking garage, 40 spaces are reserved for monthly permitholders, Monday through Saturday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Initially, these permits are reserved for local merchants and their employees. Click here for more information on monthly permit parking.

The Alameda Theater validates parking for a future trip to the garage. The movie patron will receive a paper coupon from the movie theater with a printed code number, which may be entered at the pay-by-space machine in the garage during a future visit. The patron can then park for free for up to three hours. In the future, other Park Street merchants may also offer validation coupons.