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Loading Glossary… Liam Roach Aug 31 2025 at 1:19PM on page 166
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There is a lot of discussion and policy recommendations on how to reduce and optimise off-street parking here. But there is no mention here (or in curb and sidewalk) about on-street/curb parking.
On street parking is a massive amount of public land that is under-charging for use leading to shortages.
Rather than rates being set and adjusted by council periodically; policy should be set to target a 75% vacancy rate per block through pricing. This rate will ensure there is always 1 or 2 spaces availible per block, and the users of public space are paying market share; without requiring a motion to council every time.
Once opwration costs are covered, revenues should be shared between the city general fund and the neighbourhood in which the parking resides. This allows residence in parking overflow neighbourhoods to decide if they would rather gain more revenue from curb parking, or generate less revenue through offering deeper resident discounts.
Consideration should also be made for the multitude of delivery drivers now on our streets. They are unlikely to comply with meter feeding due to their time pressures; so providing a methodology that allows them to buy a block of time and use it only while parked to pick up/drop off will increase their ease and compliance. That 75% vacancy rate will also reduce or eliminate instances of them double parking.
On street parking is a massive amount of public land that is under-charging for use leading to shortages.
Rather than rates being set and adjusted by council periodically; policy should be set to target a 75% vacancy rate per block through pricing. This rate will ensure there is always 1 or 2 spaces availible per block, and the users of public space are paying market share; without requiring a motion to council every time.
Once opwration costs are covered, revenues should be shared between the city general fund and the neighbourhood in which the parking resides. This allows residence in parking overflow neighbourhoods to decide if they would rather gain more revenue from curb parking, or generate less revenue through offering deeper resident discounts.
Consideration should also be made for the multitude of delivery drivers now on our streets. They are unlikely to comply with meter feeding due to their time pressures; so providing a methodology that allows them to buy a block of time and use it only while parked to pick up/drop off will increase their ease and compliance. That 75% vacancy rate will also reduce or eliminate instances of them double parking.
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