In an effort to encourage local holiday shopping, both Scranton and Wilkes-Barre are making some big changes to parking meter and garage prices. Wilkes Barre will suspend meter fines in the downtown area beginning at 8am Friday and until Monday, January 2nd. In Scranton, the rates for the downtown garages went from $4 an hour to $1 an hour for the first 10 hours of use as of today. On-street and monthly parking rates will remain the same.