Tears for the 1000 abolished parking spots
TVA says it’s counted up and found nearly a thousand parking spaces have been abolished this summer. But these are not permanently cancelled: the voies actives sécuritaires are specifically meant for summer, and should be ending over the next month.
Chris 10:01 on 2020-09-15 Permalink
Well, I don’t like their spin, but this is media doing their job finding facts that the City refuses (allegedly) to answer.
Nit: Kate, the article says “1000 espaces de stationnement *payant*”. Presumably even more non-paid spots have been removed too.
Of course they make these numbers sound big, but give no context. 1000 out of how many?
Ian 10:36 on 2020-09-15 Permalink
More relevant would be what percentage in specific neighbourhoods… it doesn’t help to know that there is lots of paid parking available on Charlevoix if you were hoping to find parking on Fairmount.
For example, in Mile End almost all paid parking on east-west streets has been removed, and as I predicted, there are lots of people with out of town plates illegally parking on residential streets with sticker parking .