New Parking Meters Installed in Silver Spring

Montgomery County’s Department of Public Works and Transportation, Division of Operations, recently completed the replacement of nearly 5,800 downtown Silver Spring parking meters. The new electronic meters allow parkers to use the Cash Key.

The Cash Key, also available in Bethesda, North Bethesda, and Wheaton, is a handy device that eliminates the need for coins and fits on a key chain. Up to $650 can be loaded onto the Cash Key. Insert the key into a parking meter once, and the value remaining on the key is displayed. Insert the key a second time and payment is deducted from the key for three hours on a long term meter or one hour on a short term meter.

Purchase a Cash Key or add value to it at various locations throughout the County including the Silver Spring and Bethesda Parking Stores, the Mid-County Regional Services Center, and the North Bethesda Transportation Management District office.

The County offers more than 12,000 parking spaces in downtown Silver Spring, of which 6,000 are individual meters that are Cash Key compatible. The remainder of the parking spaces are in Cashier or Pay on Foot garages, or are permit, carpool or handicapped spaces.

For more details about the Cash Key go to the County’s website at