 It's going to cost you more to park in certain parts of Seattle. On-street parking rates were updated Monday for the second time this year, and the goal is to curb demand and open up more parking spaces across the city. According to the Seattle Department of Transportation, the rates changed by 50 cents an hour in more than half of the city's busiest neighborhoods. Rates increased in 19 areas, including Ballard, Capitol Hill, First Hill, Columbia City, and Green Lake, and they decreased in four other areas.