West End Parking Strategy

West End Parking Strategy

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.

West End rates

West End permits are available at market rate. Long term residents or limited income households may be eligible to apply at the non-market rate.

Actions we're taking to improve parking

Timeline

Here is our process and anticipated milestones to create and deliver the strategy.

  • 2015-2016

    Community engagement

  • Feb 2017

    City Council approves the Strategy

  • June 2017

    Some visitor parking converted to pay parking

  • Sept 1, 2017

    Market-based permit prices begin

  • Dec 2017

    Council approves the framework for a West End Pilot Participatory Budgeting process

  • Sep 2017 - 2018

    Data collection to inform visitor and permit parking space conversions

  • Feb 2019

    Staff update of the participatory budgeting process to Council

  • March 2019

    Council approves by-law changes for long term resident allowance

  • April 2020

    Monitoring phase

  • January 2023

    Enforcement improvements with the use of licence plate recognition technology

  • We are here
  • May 1, 2025

    Division of the West End into 3 separate permit zones:

    • West End Plateau
    • Denman West
    • Davie-Beach