TORONTO – More than 300 vehicles were towed in the first week of John Tory’s campaign to rid live traffic lanes of parked cars during rush hour.
During the first five days of the campaign, 321 vehicles were towed and 2,430 tagged.
The enforcement is part of Mayor Tory’s effort to ease gridlock in Toronto, something which he says is made worse by drivers parking in live traffic lanes during rush hour.
Tory announced his six-point plan for tackling gridlock in Toronto in December. His other five points include changing how roads are closed to make sure shutdowns don’t interfere with closures on main highways or large events, launch a traffic enforcement team, accelerate improved signal timing, establish higher fees for developers seeking to close lanes during construction and speed up public sector construction projects.
The crackdown has forced Canada Post to shift trucks’ stop-times to off-peak hours between 1 and 3 p.m. and again after 7 p.m. instead of during the morning and afternoon rush hour.
“We also understand that our own delivery vehicles contribute to traffic congestion,” Canada Post said in a media release. “To help reduce traffic congestion and gridlock in the downtown core, we recognize that changes to operating procedures must be made by everyone who serves the downtown core.”
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