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‘I cannot afford this,’ Howard Park residents urge City of Toronto to address snowstorm parking rules as residents face fines (nowtoronto.com)
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Howard Park Avenue residents say being designated a snow route leaves them with no legal place to park during snowstorms, forcing them to risk fines or park far from home.

“If we park on our street, it’s a $100 ticket, and if you park nearby, we also get a ticket, like $45,” Silva said to Now Toronto. “No matter where we park, we get a ticket.”

In recent weeks, Toronto has been hit by two snowstorms. Sunday’s storm brought a historic 60 centimetres of snow to the region in one day. Silva says residents have already received parking tickets as a result of these events.

As a result, Silva says he now parks his car at a friend’s home downtown and then takes an Uber or the TTC back to his home.

“See how much time I’m wasting in the day? And how much extra money I’m [spending], I cannot afford this anymore,” he said.

Silva, who already received a ticket in February of last year, says the situation has taken a toll on him.

“I cannot concentrate on my work anymore, because when I leave my work, I have to think, ‘Oh, where am I gonna leave my car?,’” he said.

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[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

I'm against street parking as much the next person in this community, but if the city sells you a parking permit valid only on your street then designates that street to be a new snow route without simultaneously revising your permit for alternate streets, you have reason to be aggrieved.

Ideally, people on such streets wouldn't own cars, but honestly it'd be nice to see more actual snow removal in places where piling it up is problematic. Like around the 7:00 mark in this video from Montréal.