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                    Parking for buses and coaches

                    To help keep the city moving, we provide spaces in key locations across the CBD to help buses and coaches pick up and drop off passengers.

                    These spaces are typically signed ‘No Stopping, Buses stopping less than 15 minutes excepted’.

                    ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​No stopping sign which reads 'Buses stopping less than 15 minutes excepted'.

                    Buses can also drop off and pick up passengers using:

                    • ‘Loading Zone’ spaces
                    • ‘No Parking’ areas (when stopping for less than 2 minutes).

                    We provide spaces for longer stay bus and coach layover in designated areas outside the CBD.

                    Stop and park your bus or coach legally to pick up and drop off passengers, then drive to an area with longer term parking conditions if you need to layover within the municipality. 

                    We’re making parking simpler and fairer in the CBD

                    Improvements to CBD parking are now being rolled out and will be completed early next year. These include improvements to how we use our busy kerbside space for buses and coaches:

                    • Most spaces for the pick-up and drop-off of passengers in the Hoddle Grid will be limited to 15 minutes.
                    • Some existing pick-up and drop-off spaces will be consolidated or reduced in size.
                    • We'll provide more layover spaces for longer term parking outside of the CBD. 

                    These improvements will not be ‘set and forget’, as we will review the changes to make sure the new parking conditions are working well.

                    Changes to bus and coach parking areas are shown in the map below.

                    You can also read more about what we’re doing to improve parking in the CBD​.​​​

                      Map of changes to tourist coach parking - expand to view larger map and download a PDF version.
                      Changes to tourist coach parking

                      Changes to tourist coach parking

                      Map of changes to tourist coach parking. Download PDF for larger map.

                      Summary

                      Changes to tourist coach parking as part of the Parking and Kerbside Management Plan. The map shows the affected areas, indicating the number of bays impacted and the corresponding parking restrictions.

                      Note:

                      • Not all tourist coach parking municipality wide are shown on this map. This map is intended to show upcoming changes to CBD tourist coach parking and long term bays existing outside of the CBD.
                      • ​All information displayed on this map is subject to change, thus shown data should be treated as a rough guide only. For the most accurate and up to date information, please read signage present on location.​
                      • The City of Melbourne does not warrant the accuracy, currency or completeness of information in this product. Any person using or relying upon such information does so on the basis that the City of Melbourne shall bear no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any errors, faults, defects or omissions in the information​

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