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TTC buses are now sitting on Eglinton Ave W around Oakwood these days with flashers on if there is a park car in the no parking zone. Driver are filling sheets indicating this problem on the ground that if a TTC drivers has an accident there all these complains will surface to should how little the City and Police enforce the no parking zone as well not dealing with the issue.

Time has come to remove on street parking as they cause most of the accidents as well delay traffic and TTC.

I don't support building more P lots or garages since the city can't support future traffic demand as well the cities were built for people in the first place. Why are developers wanting zero-50% parking requirements for new development? They can sell the existing spots over 50% and people are walking, cycling, using cabs or transit for their travel in the core area these day.

As for the comment about on street parking being a buffer zone, that a joke.
 
Green P and public parking in general should be viewed as an asset not a liability. To infer that it is a liability I feel is to not understand how our neighbourhoods actually function. One could question how Green P works or if it should be operated privately etc. but parking infrastructure is as much an asset as bike lanes or transit are. We could talk about the relative mix of these kind of urban assets in any given place but my comment is critical of the view that parking equals bad. Go the cities we admire for their bike infrastructure or transit in Europe and see how seriously they take their parking.
 
Where street parking has to exist it should do so well back from intersections, possibly leaving room only for a loading zone on a short block. While parking narrows the street and thereby reduces speeds, it also increases the interaction of cyclists and car doors.

For Green P, I would divide it into the following:
Street parking: retained in City operation, end of story. We don't want to make Chicago's mistake where future road use could be influenced/vetoed by a private company's business model
Off street parking: lots unlikely to be redeveloped sold, lots likely to be redeveloped leased on 5-10 year terms with renewal at City option. Preference to go to a new entrant to the Toronto parking market with some allowance where an incumbent doesn't own/operate a lot within a specified radius.

I'd like to see some of the proceeds invested into technology improvements for large offstreet lots where operators would deliver space availability counts to the City and the City would install information boards with similar function (not necessarily form) as those operated in Ireland. The operators would in turn commit to stuff like illuminating empty spaces to keep space seekers moving at a decent pace but not so visible that drivers are speeding around.
 

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Privatising parking is a silly idea. Cars use a lot of infrastructure and raising parking fees and keeping them within the government is a great way of internalising those costs.
 
RC8 said:
Privatising parking is a silly idea. Cars use a lot of infrastructure and raising parking fees and keeping them within the government is a great way of internalising those costs.
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Or you can take the capital raised from the parking, spend it on transit infrastructure and use parking taxes to help defray resulting operating costs. While the government owns offstreet lots, TPA is going to take the same view on parking taxes as any other offstreet operator.
 
dowlingm said:
Or you can take the capital raised from the parking, spend it on transit infrastructure and use parking taxes to help defray resulting operating costs. While the government owns offstreet lots, TPA is going to take the same view on parking taxes as any other offstreet operator.
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Can't the government set minimum pricing for parking? As well, it seems like right now some Green Ps are priced below market
 
Parking rates going up in Toronto, pending approval

increases to Green P lots and on-street parking generally range from 15 to 25 per cent, but a handful could see rates jump by up to 50 per cent.

See link.

Torontonians will pay more to park if proposals from the Toronto Parking Authority are approved.

The increases to Green P lots and on-street parking generally range from 15 to 25 per cent, but a handful of particularly in-demand lots could see rates jump by up to 50 per cent.

“2016 was an extremely busy year,” said Ian Maher, the authority’s vice-president of strategic planning. “It was probably the biggest increase in parking demand we’ve had.”

Maher said that’s partially due to the popular TPA mobile app.

The authority conducts annual reviews and adjusts prices accordingly. Its studies look at demand for parking, competition at nearby lots, prices in other cities and the last time local prices were changed.

This year’s proposed changes would result in $3.5 million in additional city revenue from Green P parking lots. The amount of additional revenue from on-street parking will likely be contained in a report going before the Government Management Committee on Sept. 25. Council will then consider the on-street parking proposal on Oct. 2, but the authority has the final say on Green P rates.

All of the proposed hourly Green P lot increases are either 25 or 50 cents per hour. The biggest percentage increase sees the hourly rate go from $1 to $1.50 on Broadview Ave., north of Queen St. E.

The authority recommends its top tier of on-street parking increase from $4 to $5 per hour, its second tier increase from $3 to $4 and its third tier increase from $2.25 to $3. The fourth tier would stay at $2 and the bottom two tiers, $1.50 and $1, would be consolidated into a $1 tier.
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Now if only there was an end to the free parking at shopping malls and suburban parking lots. For climate change.
 
mrgrieves said:
Can't the government set minimum pricing for parking? As well, it seems like right now some Green Ps are priced below market
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Green P lots were traditionally subject to a policy directive to be priced 25% below their private sector peers.

I believe that is finally changing. Thank goodness.
 
W. K. Lis said:
Parking rates going up in Toronto, pending approval

increases to Green P lots and on-street parking generally range from 15 to 25 per cent, but a handful could see rates jump by up to 50 per cent.

See link.



Now if only there was an end to the free parking at shopping malls and suburban parking lots. For climate change.
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That should be tackled.

But let's not forget grossly under-priced permit parking.

For as little as .50c per day, you can get a parking space from the City; in areas where no monthly pass would be offered at less than 10x that!
 
Northern Light said:
That should be tackled.

But let's not forget grossly under-priced permit parking.

For as little as .50c per day, you can get a parking space from the City; in areas where no monthly pass would be offered at less than 10x that!
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For clarity, permits start at $15.44 per month.

A charge closer to $50 would be a reasonable entry point.
 
1. End "Free Parking" in the GTHA. Park in a suburban parking lot at a shopping mall, medical centre, office park, movie threatre, etc., have the user pay for the parking space. Don't just include it or hide it in the price of the goods.

2. With the advent of hybrids, electric vehicles, and more efficient engines, the use of the gasoline tax as a revenue source for highway construction and maintenance decreases. Even though the gasoline has not increased since January 1, 1992, it is stuck at 14.¢ a litre. Also, it is the province that gets the revenue, except for a portion of gasoline tax goes to cities for transit (2¢ a litre today, 4¢ by 2021). By charging a "user fee" for parking, that can help to fund city street maintenance, instead of from just property taxes.

3. End subsidizing the use of parking garages or spaces by charging the full costs.

4. Parking ticket fines should be a lot more than it is now. Should not be equal to the price of a parking garage.
 
W. K. Lis said:
1. End "Free Parking" in the GTHA. Park in a suburban parking lot at a shopping mall, medical centre, office park, movie threatre, etc., have the user pay for the parking space. Don't just include it or hide it in the price of the goods.

2. With the advent of hybrids, electric vehicles, and more efficient engines, the use of the gasoline tax as a revenue source for highway construction and maintenance decreases. Even though the gasoline has not increased since January 1, 1992, it is stuck at 14.¢ a litre. Also, it is the province that gets the revenue, except for a portion of gasoline tax goes to cities for transit (2¢ a litre today, 4¢ by 2021). By charging a "user fee" for parking, that can help to fund city street maintenance, instead of from just property taxes.

3. End subsidizing the use of parking garages or spaces by charging the full costs.

4. Parking ticket fines should be a lot more than it is now. Should not be equal to the price of a parking garage.
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With you on most points, differ somewhat on #4

The whole GTA (or Ontario) is not the financial district; and charging people, many of modest means $100 + for a parking violation is more cruel than just.

Equally a set fine of $100 is peanuts to someone making well into six figures, let alone more.

I would rather see income contingent fines.

The floor would be similar to where we are now, say $30 for a typical parking offense.

That fine would be assumed to be for a full-time minimum wage earner, soon to be 30k per year.

So from there it would straight-line multiple based on income, You earn $100,000 per year, your parking fine is $100

Your earn $1,000,000 per year, your parking fine is $1,000

And so on.
 
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