Any vehicle parked on a Snow Emergency Route must be moved by 8 or it will be ticketed and towed, said Managing Director Camille C. Barnett.

A list of snow emergency routes can be found at www.phila.gov/streets.

Forecasters are predicting the snow will begin to fall about 4 p.m. and blanket the Philadelphia metro area with up to 12 inches through Saturday morning.

Philly will offer a special 24 hour flat snow rate of $5.00 for parking in all of the PPA’s center city garages, starting Friday night through Sunday evening.

The special $5.00 snow rate for 24 hours of parking is being offered at Center City garages owned or operated by the PPA:

Gateway at 16th & Vine

AutoPark at JFK (16th & JFK)

AutoPark at Independence Mall (5th & Market)

AutoPark at Jefferson (10th & Ludlow)

AutoPark at Gallery Mall (10th & Filbert)

8th & Filbert

To report a street in need of salting or plowing or for more information on any Streets Department program or service, call 3-1-1. You may also visit us on-line at www.phila.gov/streets/SNOW.

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