Written by MARK NIELSEN
Citizen staff
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Friday, 18 July 2008 |
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BOB HARKINS
City council will consider a proposal during Monday night's meeting to remove all parking meters and institute a no-charge, two-hour time limit for on-street parking while replacing the two-warning ticket system with a $25 fine.
In other words, you would no longer have to plug meters with quarters to avoid a ticket, but if you exceeded the two-hour time limit -- city traffic personnel would keep an eye out for violators -- you'd get dinged $25 automatically, with no leniency for a first or second offence.
The proposals follow on completion of a study of downtown transportation and parking during which a consultant had suggested tougher measures to deal with parking violations: increasing the fine to $30 from the current $20, doing away with the two-ticket grace and replacing meters with ticket dispensers, one on each block.
Several other recommendations will be considered by council:
- convert Second and Fourth Avenues between Queensway and Victoria to two-way traffic.
- provide marked bicycle lanes and more secure bicycle parking.
- improve sidewalk safety and accessibility.
- develop a five-year transit plan and a sustainable transportation strategy.
- re-evaluate the pricing strategy for off-street parking: Many off-street lots are sold out but have low occupancy, suggesting the service may be underpriced although there may be other explanations, staff said in a report to council.
- Leave the parking system untouched at Civic Centre Plaza-Four Seasons Pool-Two Rivers Gallery and Bob Harkins public library branch.
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