A new proposal, if approved, would charge drivers for parking on residential streets in Vancouver, while cars deemed high polluters would be charged more for permits
Vancouver transportation planners have announced a proposed 'Climate Emergency Parking Program,' which would charge drivers for permits to park on the city’s residential streets. The permit charges would be higher for cars deemed high polluters.Vancouver transportation planners announced on Monday a proposed “Climate Emergency Parking Program,” which would, if approved, charge drivers for permits to park on the city’s residential streets.
Vancouverites will be able to air their opinions on the proposed permit fees in an official survey being offered by the city between this week and July 5. The parking permit fees require approval from Vancouver City Council before they can be enacted. If passed, they would be in place next year. The move comes as the city is also beginning to study the feasibility of a toll on entry into the city’s biggest business areas, downtown and Broadway, as part of the climate plan.If the fees are implemented, the city will become the first in North America to require parking permits for every residential street within its boundaries.
Ms. Carr added that she would like to see more emphasis in the city’s proposal on a benefit she saw when parking-permit fees were increased in the West End, where she lives. West End residents were then given the opportunity to decide how to use some of that revenue to improve their neighbourhood.
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