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A report coming to the next meeting of TEYCC proposes some newly designated carshare spaces on-street:
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I mean Communauto is the only operator in Toronto using the permit system so the total cap is generally useless right now anyway. The effective max as it stands today is 500, and this would increase it to 1,000.A report to the next meeting of Infrastructure and Environment Ctte recommends allowing each carshare company to acquire up to 1,000 free-floating carshare permits. There are the type that allow for extending parking of said vehicles on city streets as opposed to fixed spaces.
This move is being made because companies are currently limited to 500, and this is impacting Communauto which generally has vehicles fully booked each weekend.
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Good move; except, the City being what it is, they are not proposing to increase the total number of permits available (capped at 2,000); this should be boosted to at least 3,000 to make a more fulsome difference in private car ownership.
I mean Communauto is the only operator in Toronto using the permit system so the total cap is generally useless right now anyway. The effective max as it stands today is 500, and this would increase it to 1,000.
Even if a second operator joined the market, they could still operate a full fleet of 1,000.
I wouldn't worry about the total cap unless we started seeing more than 1 operator in the city.
A report to the next meeting of Infrastructure and Environment Ctte recommends allowing each carshare company to acquire up to 1,000 free-floating carshare permits. There are the type that allow for extending parking of said vehicles on city streets as opposed to fixed spaces.
This move is being made because companies are currently limited to 500, and this is impacting Communauto which generally has vehicles fully booked each weekend.
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Good move; except, the City being what it is, they are not proposing to increase the total number of permits available (capped at 2,000); this should be boosted to at least 3,000 to make a more fulsome difference in private car ownership.
Please consider sharing your experience with City Staff and/or the committee; and include that observation about Montreal too!gosh .. with Communatuo is not just weekends.. its about 4-5 days of the week you cannot find a car.. and some parts of the city (ie Beaches) can get extremely difficult trying to get a car. I've given up and buying a car in the near future.. I feel 1000 permits still wont be enough, iirc Communauto has over 3,700 free-floating permits in Montreal, and as I understand they still have issues with everything getting booked on weekends in Montreal too.
.. is that not kinda a middle finger to communauto ? No you cant increase your fleet .. and oh yeah please remember convert your existing fleet to a EV !