Editing Palo Alto, California (section)

===Roads===
Palo Alto is served by two major [[freeway]]s, [[U.S. Route 101 in California|Highway 101]] and [[Interstate 280 (California)|Interstate 280]] and is traversed by the Peninsula's main north–south boulevard, [[El Camino Real (California)|El Camino Real]] ([[California State Route 82|SR 82]]). Santa Clara County maintains 2 expressways in Palo Alto; Route [[California county routes in zone G#G3|G3]] is the city's main east–west route and is the only road in the city that connects the two freeways directly. Route [[California county routes in zone G#G6|G6]] travels through the city as Alma Street, serving as an alternate route to SR 82. The city is also served indirectly by [[California State Route 84|State Route 84]] which traverses the [[Dumbarton Bridge (California)|Dumbarton Bridge]] to the north, and [[California State Route 85|State Route 85]] via [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]] to the south.

There are no parking meters in Palo Alto, and all municipal parking lots and multi-level parking structures are free but limited to two or three hours per weekday 8am–5pm.<ref>{{cite web|title=City of Palo Alto, CA – Parking|url=https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/pln/transit/parking/default.asp|website=Cityofpaloalto.org|access-date=April 23, 2018|language=en|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806063323/https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/pln/transit/parking/default.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Downtown Palo Alto has recently added many new lots to fill the overflow of vehicles.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sheyner|first1=Gennady|title=Commission pans parking meter plan|url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2017/10/12/planning-commission-pans-parking-meter-plan|access-date=April 23, 2018|work=Palo Alto Weekly|date=October 12, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Beginning in 2014, Palo Alto has begun implementing permit parking in some areas of the town.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheyner |first=Gennady |title=Palo Alto launches downtown parking-permit program |url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2014/12/03/palo-alto-launches-downtown-parking-permit-program |access-date=July 22, 2023 |website=www.paloaltoonline.com |date=December 3, 2014 |language=en}}</ref>