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Parking rates to jump in Boston’s hot spots

Parking meters line the street on Boylston Street in Boston. Keith Bedford / Globe Staff

Parking meter rates in the Back Bay and the Seaport District will soar next year under a test program that aims to reduce snarl, free up spaces, and shorten the time drivers spend circling for an on-street spot, officials from Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s administration announced Thursday.

The rates are set to increase Jan. 3, with drivers paying $3.75 per hour to park in the Back Bay and eventually up to $4 per hour in the Seaport. The current meter rate is $1.25 an hour.

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