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Parking Fines May Be Going Up Soon

Parking illegally during rush hour in a bike lane may soon come with a penalty of $150—but does it matter if enforcement doesn't improve?

At the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee this morning, councillors voted in favour of a proposal that would see fines for parking illegally during rush hour—defined as 6:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. on weekdays—go up substantially, to $150. A $150 fine would also apply to parking in a bike lane at any time. [...]

City Starts Issuing Temporary Parking Permits

Transportation City Hall is helping Torontonians join the 21st century with a small-but-genuinely-useful move. Residents can now purchase 24- or 48-hour on-street parking permits to accommodate overnight guests and out-of-town visitors who have short-term parking needs. Temporary permits can be purchased online (you will need a printer) up to one week in advance.

Duly Quoted: Paula Fletcher

"There are many situations which call for a short term permit. Spur of the moment decisions to stay overnight, either for romantic or 'too much merriment' reasons lead to a $30 ticket."

The Cost of Free Parking

Photo by designwallah, from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. You may not have known that this snowy February day in Toronto is in fact a very special one: it’s Free Parking Day Eve, everybody! Yes: starting tomorrow at 7:00 a.m., a website that writes about cars is springing for your parking in “Green P” lots and [...]

Ticket to Imbibe

It’s a little surprising to see police finally ticketing scooters parked on the sidewalk (which many people don’t realize is illegal), but a couple of unexpected gifts from a stranger may have taken the edge off these two unexpected gifts from a parking enforcement officer. Torontoist Flickr pool contributor intrepidacious spotted this charming slice of [...]

Sacrilegious Parking

Photo by Jamie Bradburn/Torontoist According to its website, Mount Pleasant Road Baptist Church promises to share with its parishioners, via John 10:10, “a delight that God is in the business of bringing order, beauty and joy to people who have suffered from the chaos of this world.” Joy, or at least a mischievous sense of [...]

Shoppers, Start Your Engines!

The Santa Claus Parade is over and done with for another year, but jolly old St. Nicholas and his clones have still hardly had time to get comfortable on their thrones in the shopping malls. All the same, there’s already no room at the inn—or the parking lots, anyway. As seen from a helicopter in [...]

Space, the Final Frontier

There goes another chunk of the ‘hood. The ground is all chewed up, the renta-fence is in place, and Queen West’s on-street parking just got a little bit worse. The cars have been kicked off the corner lot at Queen and Portland streets, ready for the construction crews to move in. The neighbourhood is a [...]

The Bu(i)ck Stops Here

For every condo high-rise that goes up, a parking garage does down. Several levels usually. But in many of the downtown towers, especially along Queen’s Quay, not all the young and eligibles who live there have cars. Some simply don’t need them, others have made a conscious decision, whether financially or ecologically based, not to [...]

Get Offa My Lawn

A funny thing happens on the western waterfront at the end of each summer. The Ex opens its doors to Children Of All Ages®, the Air Show deafens enthusiasts with aerobatic feats, and the City allows people to park—where else?—in the parks! Marilyn Bell Park is located just west of the CNE grounds and is [...]

TTC Reconsiders Parking Privileges, Election Really Super-Close, Guys Love Grocery Shopping

The TTC is looking at eliminating the free parking spaces allotted to Metropass holders at the 16 lots they own around the city. TTC Chair Adam Giambrone contended that the free spaces were costing the TTC more money than they brought in, which sounds like a valid argument until you remember that parking spots, like [...]

Sidewalks For Sale, PETA Still Dumbassed, And Hazel Might Run Again

Hey, are you a business wanting extra parking in front of your store? Well, good news: it turns out Toronto’s sidewalks are for sale! For as little as $75,000, you too can make the city suck a little more for anybody not in a car, as this is all part of Toronto’s brilliant “pretend it [...]