

Our goal is to make it easier to find parking in the West End permit zone without encouraging more driving overall.
We are working to make parking in the West End easier
It's hard to find parking in the West End resident parking permit zone whether you live there or visit someone who does. To find parking during busy periods, it takes:
- Residents about 5 minutes and over 1 km of extra driving
- Visitors about 10 minutes and almost 3 km of extra driving
The strategy responds to community-identified concerns and supports actions in the Transportation 2040 Plan and West End Community Plan.
Actions we're taking to improve parking
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Charge market-based rates for new parking permits
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Keep existing permit holders on the same rates
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Create a parking benefit district
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Divide the permit zone
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Unlock unused parking
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Improve parking enforcement
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Let visitors park in residential spaces when it's less busy
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Add parking meters to some visitor parking spaces
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Convert some residential parking to visitor parking
Timeline
Here is our process and anticipated milestones to create and deliver the strategy.
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2015-2016
Community engagement
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Feb 2017
City Council approves the Strategy
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June 2017
Some visitor parking converted to pay parking
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Sept 1, 2017
Market-based permit prices begin
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Dec 2017
Council approves the framework for a West End Pilot Participatory Budgeting process
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Sep 2017 - 2018
Data collection to inform visitor and permit parking space conversions
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Feb 2019
Staff update of the participatory budgeting process to Council
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March 2019
Council approves by-law changes for long term resident allowance
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April 2020
Monitoring phase
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January 2023
Enforcement improvements with the use of licence plate recognition technology
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We are here
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May 1, 2025
Division of the West End into 3 separate permit zones:
- West End Plateau
- Denman West
- Davie-Beach