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Starting Monday, August 12, the first changes will be implemented related to demand-based pricing for on-street paid parking. Council approved this pricing model in 2019 and received information on how it will be implemented this July. Do you have any questions? We’re here to answer them!
Periodically, parking rates will be reviewed and adjusted up or down by fifty cents as warranted to ensure that parking is appropriately priced to best support businesses, institutions, and tourism. Based on these reviews, on-street parking rates could see changes on a zone-by-zone basis once a year. This process will increase rates where demand for parking is very high to encourage turnover and create more available parking, and decrease rates where demand for parking is very low to increase demand. For the first parking rate adjustments, inflationary effects are being accounted for.
Did you know?
There are 20 paid parking zones in Ottawa, which each reflect a similar set of characteristics related to the level of demand for on-street paid parking.
The parking rate changes going into effect starting on Monday, August 12 will affect 11 of 20 zones. There are seven zones where rates will go up and four zones that will see their parking rates go down. For example, motorists wishing to park in the Rideau zone, which includes all paid parking on Rideau Street and immediately adjacent side streets east of King Edward Avenue, will be able to do so for only one dollar per hour! The cost of parking in the other nine zones will remain the same.
Information related to the parking zones and rates can be found at ottawa.ca/parking. Parking rate information is also available through Open Data Ottawa.
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