Boston Mayor Marty Walsh called for a 75-cent hike on most of the city’s parking meters as part of the 2020 budget.

Walsh’s office announced on Friday the proposal to increase from $1.25 an hour to $2 an hour for most of the city’s parking meters. It could take effect as soon as July 1.

Parking in the Fenway area and Bullfinch Triangle would cost $2.50 an hour, while parking along the parts of the South Boston Waterfront with highest demand would drop to $3.75 an hour.

Walsh’s office referred to the changes as “smarter pricing” that will make finding a parking space easier.

“Even with these updates, Boston continues to have some of the lowest parking meter prices in the country,” Walsh’s office wrote in the announcement, comparing prices to those in Seattle, San Francisco and Chicago.

Boston was ranked one of the worst cities for driving in the country, according to a 2018 study by WalletHub. That study analyzed in each city the cost of ownership/maintenance of a car, the traffic and infrastructure, safety and access to vehicles and maintenance.

The parking hikes were among several transportation-related changes proposed as part of the city’s fiscal year 2020 budget and capital plan. The changes stemmed in part from a two-year parking pilot in the Back Bay and South Boston Waterfront, where the city adjusted parking meter rates in hopes of reducing congestion and bringing in more revenue for transportation and street improvements. Those changes range from street repairs, public spaces, bike corridors and bridge repairs.

The mayor’s office said residential neighborhoods, which do not have parking meters, wouldn’t be affected by the parking changes.