By Scott Etkin

Early last week, drivers on a portion of the Upper West Side awoke to find new parking rules in effect, including a new way to pay for parking.

The regulations affect parking on some parts of the side streets immediately adjacent to Columbus Avenue between West 73rd and 86th streets, a New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) spokesperson wrote to the Rag.

Some spots that were previously unmetered now have three-hour metered parking from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., except Sundays, though “most parking spaces on the side streets remain unpaid,” the spokesperson wrote.

For spots that are now metered for the first time, payments must be made using ParkNYC , an app that can be downloaded to a driver’s smartphone.

These changes are part of the DOT’s Smart Curbs pilot pr

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