Montreal City Weblog

Kate 10:13 on 2023-09-08 Permalink Reply  

• Spi 11:20 on 2023-09-08 Permalink

  Did anyone actually believe Plante when she said that no decision had been made and things were still up for consideration?

• Spi 11:30 on 2023-09-08 Permalink

  Also I’d be very surprised if they collect anywhere near that figure of $5 million in extra revenue. There is no shortage of underground parking lots after business hours and their rates are generally competitive. Someone that had plans of paying for street parking only until 9 might now find it more economical to use a private parking lot thus depriving the city of the before 9PM parking revenue it would have collected. It’s not inconceivable that they might take in less money because of this change, but I doubt that was the point in the first place.

• Chris 13:20 on 2023-09-09 Permalink

  >There is no shortage of underground parking lots…

  When why are motorists always complaining it’s so hard to find parking?

• jeather 17:21 on 2023-09-09 Permalink

  It isn’t, people just want free parking.

• Spi 18:36 on 2023-09-09 Permalink

  Because a lot of people feel entitled to a parking spot right in front of their destination.

• Ian 20:10 on 2023-09-09 Permalink

  As a driver I can confirm that it is, in fact, difficult to find paid parking spots on the street downtown. Considering it costs around 16 bucks to park for four hours downtown on the street it actually is easier to and no more expensive to park in underground parking – if there is any available, which there often isn’t besides the very large lots like Guy-Favreau or PdA.

  That said, I only drive downtown to bring people with mobility issues to appointmeents – with the years-long street closures for worksites with no central coordination, daily detours, and construction roundabouts much of downtown isn’t really accsible by car anyhow. It even sucks to be on most of downtown St. Kitty as a pedestrian.

  I doubt this will make the city much money at all, it’s an obvious performative fiscal balancing/ anti-car act. I’d be more impressed if they could return the bus schedule to anything resembling useful. I’d way rather go downtown by bus but the schedule is so irregular it’s often easier & faster to just walk – and I live up at Van Horne.

• Chris 16:10 on 2023-09-10 Permalink

  jeather, Spi, yes, exactly (it was a rhetorical question). 🙂

  I wish they would implement a Shoupista solution.