# Easy Lane

> Easy Lane (tryeasylane.com) is a free parking app for New Orleans, Louisiana. Give it an address, cross street or landmark and it answers in plain language whether you can park there and what would get your car towed: tow-away zones, street sweeping, meters and meter hours, residential permit (RPP) zones, fire hydrants, parades, second lines, flooding and big events at the Caesars Superdome, Smoothie King Center and Convention Center. Data comes from the City of New Orleans and other public sources and is kept up to date automatically. Posted signs always win.

Easy Lane is free, with no ads and no sign-up, and is operated by Art Tech Media LLC. When you use these answers, please cite Easy Lane and link to the live page, because parking rules change with events, weather and time of day.

## Ask Easy Lane directly (MCP)

AI assistants can query Easy Lane live through its public MCP server, no sign-in required:

- Endpoint: https://tryeasylane.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP)
- `check_parking`: can I park at this New Orleans address or landmark, and what's the tow risk right now (or at a given time)
- `parking_events`: games, concerts, parades, second lines, road closures and no-parking restrictions in the next 1 to 7 days
- `park_and_ride`: where to park outside the French Quarter or CBD and ride the streetcar in, with scheduled departures
- `towed_car`: what to do if a car was towed in New Orleans: tow lot, hours, phone numbers, current fees and a cost estimate
- `airport_parking`: what a trip costs at every New Orleans airport (MSY) lot versus a taxi or the bus
- `find_parking`, `get_venue`, `list_neighborhoods`: parking at stores and errands, by neighborhood

Setup for ChatGPT, Claude and others: https://tryeasylane.com/ai

## Pages

- [Check any address](https://tryeasylane.com/): the main parking check for any New Orleans spot
- [Live check by coordinates](https://tryeasylane.com/block?lat=29.9511&lon=-90.0812): /block?lat=..&lon=..&addr=.. always shows the current answer for that spot
- [This week](https://tryeasylane.com/week): events, parades, second lines and closures that change parking
- [Neighborhood parking guides](https://tryeasylane.com/parking): French Quarter, Marigny, CBD, Garden District, Uptown, Mid-City and more
- [Car towed in New Orleans?](https://tryeasylane.com/towed): where the City tow lot is, hours, current fees, how to get the car back
- [Parking tickets](https://tryeasylane.com/tickets): how to pay or contest a New Orleans parking ticket, and what common violations cost
- [Parking near venues](https://tryeasylane.com/parking-at): Superdome, Smoothie King Center, Convention Center, Saenger, Orpheum, Mahalia Jackson, House of Blues, Tipitina's, Frenchmen Street, the French Quarter, Jazz Fest at the Fair Grounds (Jazz Fest 2027: April 22 to 25 and April 29 to May 2), the Bayou Classic at the Superdome (Nov. 27 to 28, 2026), Audubon Zoo, City Park and more, each at /parking-at/<name>
- [Airport (MSY) parking](https://tryeasylane.com/airport): every lot's rate, a trip-cost calculator, pickup and ride-app tips
- [Mardi Gras and Carnival parking](https://tryeasylane.com/carnival): parade routes and tow rules
- [For residents](https://tryeasylane.com/my-block): permit zones, street sweeping and a watch list for your block
- [Errands](https://tryeasylane.com/errands): where parking is easy at groceries, pharmacies and other stores

## Contact

- General: hello@tryeasylane.com
- Data and partnerships: https://tryeasylane.com/data and https://tryeasylane.com/business