Fans headed to the Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament this weekend should be able to find ample parking around the Richmond Coliseum.

The inauguration today in Capitol Square is open to the public, although seating is limited. Here are some questions and answers provided by Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell’s transition office, for those planning to attend: Q:Where can the public park? Answer: Lot 22 at Ninth and Broad streets and Lot 13, behind the Executive Mansion, will be the closest public parking decks, but they will fill quickly. The Ridefinders Commuter guide has a full listing of public parking areas in downtown Richmond. http://www.ridefinders.com/FrontEnd.

No more chatter.  No more waiting.  The Richmond Folk Festival is ready to launch tomorrow with its eclectic lineup that will commandeer the downtown riverfront area for three days.  To make sure you’re fully prepared, we thought we’d break down the basics to help you navigate your time there. HOURS

The economy is in distress and people are driving less, but that’s not affecting garage parking prices, according to a recent study. U.S. parking-garage owners and operators have managed to hold rates near last year’s levels, according to the survey conducted by real estate services company Colliers International. Monthly parking rates fell a modest 0.9 percent to an average of $154.23. Daily rates rose 1.2 percent, or 18 cents, to an average of $15.96 a day.

A looming debt payment no longer looks ominous for the cash-strapped authority that oversees a number of parking garages in downtown Richmond, but another big shortfall already is in sight. The city advanced more than $655,000 yesterday to the Broad Street Community Development Authority to make up a shortfall in the debt payment due June 1 on bonds that were sold six years ago to pay for new parking, demolition of Sixth Street Marketplace and public improvements to the declining downtown retail corridor.

Virginia is preparing to build a $16 million parking deck on land it just bought in downtown Richmond. Pending approval by the General Assembly, the state plans to issue bonds to build the 1,000-space deck at Seventh and East Franklin streets on a surface parking lot it bought this week for $4 million from a Fredericksburg company. The deck will serve state employees at 600 E. Main St., a 24-story office building purchased by the state last year, but it won’t help the Richmond CenterStage performing-arts center, as once envisioned.